Looking To Get Away From It All, Permanent-Like? Here Are Some Suggestions
by bill - 2020-12-13 20:32:37 ( in life, travel, advice) [php version] rebuild
If you're looking to get away from it all, here is some hopefully useful information. If you're primarily English-speaking (maybe looking to move permanently), here's a list of countries (whose primary language is NOT English) ranked by English Proficiency Index for their English skills. The top 12 are...
Netherlands
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Austria
Portugal
Germany
Belgium
Singapore
Luxembourg
South Africa
All countries whose official language is English
If you'd rather avoid Corruption (might not include presidential elections), here's this from tradingeconomics.com of the top 10 (from good to bad)...
- Denmark
New Zealand- Finland
- Singapore
- Sweden
Switzerland- Norway
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Luxembourg
Ranked by Internet Speeds (as of March 2017, on tradingeconomics.com), the top 15 are...
South Korea- Norway
- Sweden
Hong Kong- Switzerland
- Finland
- Singapore
Japan- Denmark
Monaco
United States- Netherlands
Romania
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
Ranked by Crime Rate (on numbeo.com), the bottom 15 (1 being worst) are...
Venezuela
Papua New Guinea- South Africa
Afghanistan
Honduras
Trinidad And Tobago
Brazil
Guyana
El Salvador
Syria
Jamaica
Namibia
Angola
Peru
Puerto Rico
...and (on numbeo.com) the best 20 for Crime (though totalitarian regimes tend to rank highly) are as follows:
Qatar
Taiwan
United Arab Emirates
Georgia
Oman- Hong Kong
Slovenia
Isle Of Man- Switzerland
- Japan
Rwanda
Armenia
Estonia
Iceland- Austria
Croatia
Belarus- Czech Republic
- Finland
- Denmark
Last and least, these are the European countries not in the EU (yet)
Albania
Andorra- Armenia
Azerbaijan- Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina- Georgia
- Iceland
Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Moldova- Monaco
Montenegro
North Macedonia- Norway
Russia
San Marino
Serbia- Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine- United Kingdom
Vatican City
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