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France ranked the world’s best place to live

For the fifth year in a row, International Living Magazine has ranked France the “best place to live in the world” (out of 194 countries) in its annual “Quality of Life Index.”

Factors taken into account were graded on a 0-100 scale (with 100 being the best). The results are as follows for France (full country list available on the link):
-Cost of Living: 55
-Leisure & Culture: 81
-Economy: 69
-Environment: 72
-Freedom: 100
-Health: 100
-Infrastructure: 92
-Risk & Safety: 100
-Climate: 87
-FINAL SCORE: 82

Other countries figuring near the top of the list:
#2 Australia, Germany and Switzerland (81 points each)
#3 New Zealand (79)
#4 Luxembourg, United States, Belgium (78)

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