Overall Scandinavian countries perform very well. It is worth noting these countries have extremely high Tax Rates, but they  know exactly what to do with the money.

The UK is ranked in 28th position. This begs a question are things much worse in the UK than the Government admits too.

Ireland despite its monetary woes is in 7th position.

Top 10 Highly Developed Countries

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank countries according to their development levels from “very high” to “low.” Countries are placed based on life expectancy, education, standard of living, child welfare, health care, economic welfare, and population happiness. Formulas are used to factor all the variables and determine the scores of countries. Critics have cited the HDI as inaccurate or vague, but coming up with top ten highly developed countries list on my own opinion would have been very subjective and probably badly ranked. Thus, I…