Canada ranks #2 in 2023 Best Countries

Canada has been qualified as one of the best countries in the world by multiple polls. According to the most recent one, the U.S. News & World Report “2023 Best Countries” published on September 6, 2023, Canada has been recognized the 2nd-best country out of 87 to live in 2023 (up from #3 in 2022). 

Canada’s overall ranking

With an Overall Ranking of 99.3, Canada has achieved the following individual rankings:

Category	Attributes	Rank #
Adventure	friendly fun, good for tourism pleasant climate scenic sexy	20
Agility	adaptable dynamic modern progressive responsive	2
Cultural influence	culturally significant in terms of entertainment fashionable happy has an influential culture has strong consumer brands modern prestigious trendy	15
Entrepreneurship	connected to the rest of the world educated population entrepreneurial innovative provides easy access to capital skilled labour force technological expertise transparent business practices well-developed digital infrastructure well-developed infrastructure well-developed legal framework	5
Heritage	culturally accessible has a rich history has great food many cultural attractions many geographical attractions	28
Movers	different distinctive dynamic unique	57
Open for business	cheap manufacturing costs favourable tax environment non bureaucratic not corrupt transparent government practices	11
Power	a leader economically influential has strong exports politically influential strong educational alliances strong military	13
Quality of life	a good job market affordable economically stable family-friendly income equality politically stable safe well-developed public education system well-developed public health system	3
Social purpose	cares about animal rights; cares about human rights cares about environment committed to climate goals committed to social justice gender equality racial equity religious freedom respects property rights trustworthy well-distributed political power	4

The highest rankings

Canada scored the highest in the following attributes:

Attributes	Rank
happy	79.0
modern	97.6
connected to the rest of the world	95.5
educated population	96.4
entrepreneurial	77.4
transparent business practices	85.0
well -developed digital infrastructure	72.1
well-developed infrastructure	89.9
well-developed legal framework	92.8
culturally accessible	77.2
many geographical attractions	70.4
non bureaucratic	87.8
not corrupt	100.0
transparent government practices	75.0
economically influential	83.5
strong educational alliances	73.7
a good job market	98.4
economically stable	98.2
family-friendly	98.5
politically stable	91.8
safe	93.2
well-developed public education system	88.7
well-developed public health system	91.2
cares about animal rights	75.4
cares about human rights	98.7
cares about environment	88.8
committed to climate goals	79.4
committed to social justice	73.5
gender equality	91.4
racial equity	100.00
religious freedom	100.00
respects property rights	87.4
trustworthy	90.5
well-distributed political power	89.9

20 Best Countries in the world

The best 20 countries in the world are:

Country	Overall Score
Switzerland	100.0
Canada	99.3
Sweden	98.9
Australia	97.6
USA	96.4
Japan	95.1
Germany	94.8
New Zealand	92.6
UK	92.4
Netherlands	90.2
Norway	89.6
France	88.2
Denmark	88.2
Finland	87.8
Italy	82.0
Singapore	81.9
Spain	79.5
Belgium	77.1
United Arab Emirates	76.8
China	76.1

  
Source: Canada – Rankings, News | U.S. News Best Countries (usnews.com)