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New Zealand has once again been named one of the best countries in the world.
In the first ever Best Countries rankings from US News, Aotearoa made the list at number 11, narrowly missing out on the top ten.

The report was based on how global perceptions defined a country and looked at a number of characteristics and impressions. More than 16,000 people from around the world were surveyed. 

We were beaten by our neighbour Australia, which was ranked at number six. The results were divided into a number of categories.

For adventure, New Zealand was ranked at number five, after Brazil, Italy, Spain and Thailand. 

The report said that each visitor to New Zealand would spend $2842 on tourism during their visit.

Aotearoa also performed well in the categories of citizenship (number eight), open for business (number six) and quality of life (number six).
Despite our interesting culture and history, we didn't do too well when it came to heritage - coming in at number 34. Our low ratings for history and cultural attractions could perhaps be explained by New Zealand being a relatively young country compared to others on the list.

We also scored low when it came to power (number 34), receiving a big zero for "strong military" and "politically influential".

However, our country was described in glowing terms such as "picturesque" by the report - although it seemed confused over whether Auckland or Wellington was the capital.
"The Kiwi spirit and culture are personified by such notable natives as Sir Edmund Hillary who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953 and Lord Rutherford, who split the atom," it read.
"The bungee jump, Hamilton Jet boat, referee's whistle and frozen meat are also credited to New Zealanders."

It's certainly not the first time our greatness has been recognised. A global UN report in 2015 ranked New Zealand the ninth best country in the world - an honour we share with Canada.

Also last year, Auckland's Waiheke Island was named as the fifth best destination in the world by Lonely Planet.


Best countries
1. Germany
2. Canada
3. United Kingdom
4. United States
5. Sweden
6. Australia
7. Japan
8. France
9. Netherlands
10. Denmark
11. New Zealand


See also the top ten (10) cities to live in the world, click the link here.

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The 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index (living, standard, world, record, migration, ranking, "Auckland Repair"

I was reading the the online newspaper, New Zealand Herald and bumped into this article about the prosperity ranking of countries in the world.  You will find it interesting as the there is a co-relation of each country's prosperity versus the corruption rating in the world.  [http://tiny.cc/nz5]

Most of us that is living a stress-less lifestyle here in New Zealand would count our blessings; the economy is always stable; the education system is world-class and the kids' future seems much brighter than most of the so called "first world countries".


Source: , http://www.prosperity.com/


1 Norway
2 Denmark
3 Finland
4 Australia
5 New Zealand
6 Sweden
7 Canada
8 Switzerland
9 Netherlands
10 United States
11 Ireland
12 Iceland
13 United Kingdom
14 Austria
15 Germany
16 Belgium
17 Singapore
18 Japan
19 France
20 Hong Kong
21 Slovenia
22 Taiwan
23 Spain
24 Czech Republic
25 Italy
26 Portugal
27 South Korea
28 Uruguay
29 Poland
30 United Arab Emirates
31 Kuwait
32 Chile
33 Costa Rica
34 Hungary
35 Estonia
36 Israel
37 Slovakia
38 Croatia
39 Greece
40 Panama
41 Argentina
42 Lithuania
43 Malaysia
44 Trinidad and Tobago
45 Brazil
46 Bulgaria
47 Latvia
48 Tunisia
49 Saudi Arabia
50 Kazakhstan
51 Romania
52 Thailand
53 Mexico
54 Belarus
55 Jamaica
56 Belize
57 Botswana
58 China
59 Sri Lanka
60 Mongolia
61 Vietnam
62 Morocco
63 Russia
64 Philippines
65 Colombia
66 South Africa
67 Paraguay
68 Dominican Republic
69 Ukraine
70 Indonesia
71 Namibia
72 Macedonia
73 Peru
74 Jordan
75 Venezuela
76 Uzbekistan
77 Ecuador
78 El Salvador
79 Algeria
80 Turkey
81 Guatemala
82 Bolivia
83 Syria
84 Lebanon
85 Honduras
86 Moldova
87 Nicaragua
88 India
89 Egypt
90 Ghana
91 Nepal
92 Iran
93 Mali
94 Senegal
95 Cambodia
96 Bangladesh
97 Tanzania
98 Rwanda
99 Uganda
100 Sudan
101 Zambia
102 Cameroon
103 Mozambique
104 Kenya
105 Yemen
106 Nigeria
107 Ethiopia
108 Central African Republic
109 Pakistan
110 Zimbabwe

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2008 Corruption Perceptions Index

Where do you live on this earth? Are you proud of the country you are living in now? See below, the top ten countries percepted as least corruptible in the world!

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Source: Transparency International

Country Rank	Country	2008 CPI Score	Survey Used	Confidence Range
1	Denmark	9,3	6	9.1 - 9.4
1	New Zealand	9,3	6	9.2 - 9.5
1	Sweden	9,3	6	9.2 - 9.4
4	Singapore	9,2	9	9.0 - 9.3
5	Finland	9,0	6	8.4 - 9.4
5	Switzerland	9,0	6	8.7 - 9.2
7	Iceland	8,9	5	8.1 - 9.4
7	Netherlands	8,9	6	8.5 - 9.1
9	Australia	8,7	8	8.2 - 9.1
9	Canada	8,7	6	8.4 - 9.1
39	Taiwan	5,7	9	5.4 - 6.0
40	South Korea	5,6	9	5.1 - 6.3
45	Bhutan	5,2	5	4.5 - 5.9
45	Czech Republic	5,2	8	4.8 - 5.9
47	Malaysia	5,1	9	4.5 - 5.7
80	Thailand	3,5	9	3.0 - 3.9
141	Philippines	2,3	9	2.1 - 2.5
178	Iraq	1,3	4	1.1 - 1.6
178	Myanmar	1,3	4	1.0 - 1.5
180	Somalia	1,0	4	0.5 - 1.4

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The Young Billioaires of the World, 2009 (David Lim, Auckland, New Zealand)

Sergey Brin, 35, Google co-founder, $12bn

Larry Page, 36, Google co-founder, $12bn

Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, 39, Abu Dhabi ruling family,
$4.9bn

Daniel Ziff, 37, Ziff Brother Investments, $3.5bn

John Arnold, 35, Centaurus Hedge Fund, $2.7bn

Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis, 25, $2.1

Kenneth Griffin, 40, Citadel Hedge Fund, $1.5bn

Chu Lam Yiu, 39, Huabao International, $1.5bn

Jerry Yang, 40, Yahoo co-founder, $1.1bn

William Ding, 38, Netease founder, $1.1bn

Andrey Melnichenko, 37, MDM Bank founder, $1bn

source: Forbes

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The World's Billionaires 2008 (GDI, David Lim, Auckland, New Zealand)

Source: Forbes

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The number 13 has long been considered unlucky by superstitious people around the globe. How fitting, then, that Bill Gates' reign as the world's richest person ends after his 13th year at the top.

Despite being worth $58 billion, $2 billion more than last year, Gates is now just the world's third-richest person, ceding the top spot ranking to his good friend and partner in philanthropy, Warren Buffett, whose net worth jumped $10 billion to $62 billion. (All stock prices and net worth valuations were locked in on Feb. 11.) Ranked No. 2 is Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helú, whose fortune has doubled in just two years to $60 billion.

It is certainly a dawning of a new era. But not just because of Gates' fall. The 22nd annual rankings of the World's Billionaires reflects all sorts of upheavals in the list's makeup. Two years ago, half of the world's 20 richest were from the U.S. Now only four are. India wins bragging rights for having four among the top 10, more than any other country.

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For the first time ever, the number of billionaires Forbes could identify crossed into four figures, reaching 1,125. The total net worth of the group is $4.4 trillion, up $900 billion from last year. Despite the turbulence in the U.S. markets, Americans account for 42% of the world's billionaires and 37%, of the total wealth; those shares are down two and three percentage points, respectively, from last year.

Sixteen years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia, with 87 billionaires, is the new No. 2 country behind the U.S., easily overtaking Germany, with 59 billionaires, which held the honor for six years.

The rankings include 226 newcomers. Seventy-seven of the new faces come from the U.S., half of whom made their fortunes in finance and investments, including John Paulson and Philip Falcone, both of whom became wealthy shorting subprime debt. Another third of the new billionaires comes from Russia (35), China (28) and India (19). Two of the most noteworthy new entrants are South Africa's Patrice Motsepe and Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, the first black Africans to make their debut among the world's richest. Dangote is also the first-ever Nigerian billionaire.

It is also a record-breaking year for young billionaires, with Forbes finding 50 under the age of 40, 25 of whom are new to the list. Sixty-eight percent of these under-age-40 tycoons built their 10-figure fortunes from scratch, including Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page; former Enron trader John Arnold, who now runs a hedge fund; India's Sameer Gehlaut, who started online brokerage Indiabulls; and, last but not least, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who at age 23 might just be the youngest self-made billionaire in history.

Zuckerberg is probably destined to be the most talked about newcomer of the year because of his age and ingenious social-networking site, but there are fascinating entrepreneurs of all ages climbing into the ranks. Some of the more notable ones include China's Gao Dekang, who is one of the world's biggest makers of down jackets and vests; Portugal's Americo Amorim, who turned his grandfather's small cork operation into the world's largest; and Brazil's Eike Batista, who built and lost a gold mining fortune, before hitting it big in iron ore. He is now one of the world's richest mining billionaires.

With all the rosy news of the past year and the overall gains, it is easy to lose sight of the volatility that has been wreaking havoc on these fortunes on a daily basis for months. For instance, Hong Kong's richest person, Li Ka-shing, lost $5.5 billion of his net worth, all tied to publicly held stocks, in the 37 days between Jan. 4 and Feb. 11.

Meanwhile, mainland China's richest person, 26-year-old Yang Huiyan, fell from $17.3 billion in September to $7.4 billion in the rankings. Google co-founder Sergey Brin's fortune touched $25.5 billion in the past year but is now down to $18.7 billion. Others were hit much harder, falling off the list entirely, including Lehman Brothers (nyse: LEH - news - people ) chief Richard Fuld and Bear Stearns (nyse: BSC - news - people ) ex-chief James Cayne (he was sacked), both victims of the world's credit crunch, and Pulte Homes (nyse: PHM - news - people )' William Pulte, whose stock collapsed along with the housing market.

What will happen in the next 12 months as we continue our wealth watching? There will likely be some big losers, some big winners and a lot of ups and downs in between. The only certainty is change itself. This page is sponsored by www.TheKiwi.ws