TOP 10 BEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
# 10. Netherlands
GDP
907 billion
POPULATION
17.3 million
GDP PC, PPP
52,295
Situated along the fringes of Western Europe, the Netherlands is a coastal lowland freckled with windmills characteristic of its development around the water. Three major European rivers - the Rhine, Meuse and Schelde - run through neighboring Germany and Belgium into the nation's busy ports.
GDP
$ 531 billion
POPULATION
10.3 million
GDP PC, PPP
51,687
The Kingdom of Sweden, flanked by Norway to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east, expands across much of the Scandinavian Peninsula and is one of the largest countries in the European Union by land mass. Capital city Stockholm was claimed in the 16th century, and border disputes through the Middle Ages established the modern-day nation
The Kingdom of Sweden, flanked by Norway to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east, expands across much of the Scandinavian Peninsula and is one of the largest countries in the European Union by land mass. Capital city Stockholm was claimed in the 16th century, and border disputes through the Middle Ages established the modern-day nation.
# 8. United Kingdom
GDP
2.83 trillion
POPULATION
66.8 million
GDP PC, PPP
42,354
The United Kingdom is a highly developed nation that exerts considerable international economic, political, scientific and cultural influence. Located off the northwest corner of Europe, the country includes the island of Great Britain - which contains England, Scotland and Wales - and the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The country's role on the global stage faces new questions as the nation withdrew from the European Union. , as well as the policies supporting the eurozone.
# 7. New Zealand
GDP
209 billion
POPULATION
4.98 million
GDP PC, PPP
41,999
British and Polynesian influences course through picturesque New Zealand, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Australia . Early Maori settlers ceded sovereignty to British invaders with the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and European settlers flooded in. Today, 70 percent of Kiwis, a common term for the people of New Zealand after a native flightless bird, are of European descent. A sense of pride has surged among the Maori, the country's first settlers who now account for about 14 percent, as homeland grievances become more openly addressed.
# 6. United States