Which country has the highest Quality of Life Numbeo?

Netherlands has the highest Quality of Life Numbeo in 2026, at 213.6, followed by Denmark (212.2) and Luxembourg (211.9).

Which country has the lowest Quality of Life Numbeo?

Sri Lanka has the lowest Quality of Life Numbeo in 2026, at 61.

What is the median Quality of Life Numbeo across countries?

The median is 145.3 across the 88 countries with data in 2026.

Where does this standard of living by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Quality of Life Index by Country - Numbeo; Best Countries List - U.S. News; The World’s Best Countries For Quality of Life - CEO World; Human Development Index - United Nations. Last updated 2026-10-28.

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Standard of Living by Country

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Netherlands has the highest Quality of Life Numbeo in 2026 (213.6), followed by Denmark (212.2) and Luxembourg (211.9). Sri Lanka has the lowest (61).

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Quality of Life Numbeo, 2026

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Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 88 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

145.3

Middle half 117.75 – 175.6

Average

145.73

88 countries

Highest

213.6

Netherlands

Lowest

Sri Lanka

Over time · 2023–2026

The top 5 in 2026, against the median.

Median of all countries
Netherlands
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Oman
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Data

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198 countries · # = rank by Quality of Life Numbeo

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1	Netherlands	213.6	85.6	96.63	0.955	12th
2	Denmark	212.2	100	97.7	0.962	4th
3	Luxembourg	211.9	61.7	95.46	0.922	15th
4	Oman	207.6	8.8	84.26	0.858	65th
5	Switzerland	206.2	96.5	97.78	0.97	6th
6	Finland	204.4	90	96.53	0.948	1st
7	Austria	199.8	78.8	95.05	0.93	14th
8	Germany	196.3	88.7	96.42	0.959	11th
9	Iceland	195.8	58	97.43	0.972	2nd
10	Norway	195.4	94.3	97.56	0.97	3rd
11	Estonia	190.7	14.9	94.3	0.905	17th
12	Australia	189.6	88.1	93.73	0.958	18th
13	Sweden	189.3	99.9	97.37	0.959	5th
14	New Zealand	188.5	81.5	95.6	0.938	10th
15	United States	186	55.4	91.59	0.938	30th
16	Spain	185.8	59.8	94.85	0.918	29th
17	Japan	185.6	73.1	95.04	0.925	8th
18	Qatar	182.7	36.2	87.46	0.886	60th
19	Slovenia	181.5	15	93.88	0.931	24th
20	Lithuania	178.2	16.2	91.4	0.895	23rd
21	Croatia	176.6	25	90.41	0.889	33rd
22	United Kingdom	175.9	80.5	93.04	0.946	21st
23	United Arab Emirates	175.5	46.9	92.59	0.94	41st
24	Czechia	175.3	31.4	93.7	0.915	16th
25	Belgium	175.2	76.4	95.99	0.951	9th
26	Canada	172	94.2	90.67	0.939	13th
27	France	169.8	61.8	94.77	0.92	20th
28	Portugal	169.5	57.8	90.39	0.89	39th
29	Israel	167.7	12.7	88.43	0.919	28th
29	Ireland	167.7	69.8	97.52	0.949	22nd
31	Latvia	167.3	14.9	91.01	0.889	26th
32	Saudi Arabia	165.3	30.8	86	0.9	73rd
33	Kuwait	162.7	15.9	85.65	0.852	59th
34	Cyprus	159.6	14.5	92.31	0.913	38th
35	Slovakia	158.6	14.6	89.86	0.88	27th
36	Singapore	158.1	53.1	97.88	0.946	7th
37	Poland	156.1	51.7	86.82	0.906	25th
38	Taiwan	155.5	—	92.89	—	—
39	Puerto Rico	153.1	—	—	—	—
40	Italy	152.9	55.4	94.41	0.915	31st
41	South Africa	150.9	13.8	70.5	0.741	81st
42	South Korea	150.4	50.3	93.44	0.937	19th
43	Bulgaria	148.3	18.3	85.86	0.845	43rd
44	Hungary	147.6	30.7	89.61	0.87	32nd
45	Romania	143	18.3	86.92	0.845	35th
46	Turkey	142.1	28.4	88.31	0.853	76th
47	Greece	140.8	34.5	90.09	0.908	40th
48	Uruguay	139.1	11.5	85.7	0.862	44th
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	136.5	—	84.1	0.804	56th
50	Belarus	135.7	—	84.7	0.824	46th
51	Malta	135.3	—	92.27	0.924	34th
52	Malaysia	135.2	30.1	69.79	0.819	37th
53	China	134.8	49.4	83.52	0.797	53rd
54	Ecuador	128.7	7.5	82.23	0.777	82nd
54	Hong Kong	128.7	—	96.35	0.955	—
56	Serbia	127.6	5.6	85.93	0.833	52nd
57	Costa Rica	127.3	14.1	80.36	0.833	45th
58	Georgia	126.6	—	86.1	0.844	55th
59	Jordan	125.6	7.1	78.65	0.754	71st
60	Mexico	125.3	23.3	82.89	0.789	62nd
61	North Macedonia	124.2	—	85.19	0.815	—
62	Argentina	123.4	16.4	85.18	0.865	48th
63	India	122.3	20.9	71.72	0.685	90th
64	Armenia	121.9	—	82.94	0.811	61st
65	Panama	120.4	7.2	87.21	0.839	57th
66	Brazil	117.8	20.3	81.9	0.786	69th
67	Tunisia	117.6	8.3	75.8	0.746	75th
68	Ukraine	117.1	—	76.56	0.779	49th
69	Russia	115.6	17.7	80.1	0.832	58th
70	Morocco	114.1	17.8	72.69	0.71	84th
71	Azerbaijan	111.1	4.2	81.56	0.789	—
72	Chile	109.8	14.7	86.05	0.878	51st
73	Kazakhstan	107.5	4	85.06	0.837	47th
74	Thailand	106.8	27.3	85.13	0.798	42nd
75	Colombia	105.9	9.3	81.25	0.788	70th
76	Albania	105.6	—	83.58	0.81	50th
77	Kenya	99.4	6.3	68.68	0.628	95th
78	Pakistan	98.3	—	59.48	0.544	96th
79	Lebanon	98.2	—	76.79	0.752	83rd
80	Vietnam	92.5	21.8	77.69	0.766	64th
81	Peru	92.3	12.1	82.18	0.794	79th
82	Indonesia	91.1	21.5	70.15	0.728	72nd
83	Iran	88	—	58.97	0.799	87th
84	Philippines	87.1	20.2	74.71	0.72	74th
85	Egypt	81.9	13.4	75.05	0.754	85th
86	Venezuela	75.2	—	73.33	0.709	—
87	Bangladesh	73.3	10.8	63.41	0.685	91st
88	Sri Lanka	61	8.3	67.75	0.776	68th
—	Nigeria	—	—	66	0.56	97th
—	Ethiopia	—	—	63.07	0.497	98th
—	DR Congo	—	—	62.36	0.522	—
—	Tanzania	—	—	65.04	0.555	—
—	Myanmar	—	6.1	62.02	0.609	94th
—	Sudan	—	—	63.48	0.511	—
—	Uganda	—	—	66.27	0.582	—
—	Algeria	—	5.3	80.6	0.763	80th
—	Iraq	—	—	70.58	0.695	86th
—	Afghanistan	—	—	61.96	0.496	—
—	Yemen	—	—	61.63	0.47	—
—	Angola	—	—	68.32	0.616	100th
—	Uzbekistan	—	—	78.57	0.74	54th
—	Mozambique	—	—	61.82	0.493	—
—	Ghana	—	6.1	68.79	0.628	92nd
—	Madagascar	—	—	62.91	0.487	—
—	Ivory Coast	—	—	65.11	0.582	—
—	Cameroon	—	3.6	67.93	0.588	—
—	Nepal	—	—	62.96	0.622	—
—	Niger	—	—	61.05	0.419	—
—	North Korea	—	—	60.85	—	—
—	Syria	—	—	66.72	0.564	—
—	Mali	—	—	61.41	0.419	—
—	Burkina Faso	—	—	61.68	0.459	—
—	Malawi	—	—	63.4	0.517	—
—	Zambia	—	—	67.74	0.595	—
—	Chad	—	—	60.33	0.416	—
—	Somalia	—	—	59.18	0.404	—
—	Senegal	—	—	64.64	0.53	—
—	Guatemala	—	4	69.86	0.662	88th
—	Cambodia	—	9.5	68.54	0.606	93rd
—	Zimbabwe	—	4.4	66.15	0.598	99th
—	Guinea	—	—	62.21	0.5	—
—	Benin	—	—	63.33	0.515	—
—	Rwanda	—	—	65.99	0.578	—
—	Burundi	—	—	61.55	0.439	—
—	Bolivia	—	—	72.12	0.733	—
—	South Sudan	—	—	59.8	0.388	—
—	Haiti	—	—	66.52	0.554	—
—	Dominican Republic	—	11.2	83.9	0.776	67th
—	Honduras	—	4	69.38	0.645	—
—	Tajikistan	—	—	70.76	0.691	—
—	Papua New Guinea	—	—	67.56	0.576	—
—	Cuba	—	—	82.57	0.762	—
—	Togo	—	—	65.88	0.571	—
—	Sierra Leone	—	—	61.74	0.467	—
—	Laos	—	—	69.3	0.617	89th
—	Turkmenistan	—	—	79.99	0.764	—
—	Libya	—	—	81.18	0.721	—
—	Kyrgyzstan	—	—	74.05	0.72	—
—	Nicaragua	—	—	70.54	0.706	—
—	Paraguay	—	—	75.7	0.756	63rd
—	Republic of the Congo	—	—	61.81	0.649	—
—	El Salvador	—	2.9	70.65	0.678	77th
—	Liberia	—	—	62.75	0.51	—
—	Central African Republic	—	—	59.94	0.414	—
—	Palestine	—	—	60.83	0.674	—
—	Mauritania	—	—	65.25	0.563	—
—	Eritrea	—	—	63.23	0.503	—
—	Mongolia	—	—	79.76	0.747	78th
—	Namibia	—	—	68.92	0.665	—
—	Moldova	—	—	82.42	0.785	—
—	Gambia	—	—	63.24	0.524	—
—	Jamaica	—	—	74.26	0.72	—
—	Gabon	—	—	71.65	0.733	—
—	Botswana	—	—	74.63	0.731	—
—	Lesotho	—	—	64.94	0.55	—
—	Guinea-Bissau	—	—	62.38	0.514	—
—	Equatorial Guinea	—	—	69.78	0.674	—
—	Bahrain	—	12.4	86.66	0.899	66th
—	Trinidad and Tobago	—	—	87.14	0.807	—
—	Timor-Leste	—	—	67.55	0.634	—
—	Eswatini	—	—	68.82	0.695	—
—	Mauritius	—	—	83.67	0.806	—
—	Djibouti	—	—	63.43	0.513	—
—	Fiji	—	—	75.15	0.731	—
—	Comoros	—	—	67.78	0.603	—
—	Solomon Islands	—	—	66.76	0.584	—
—	Guyana	—	—	79.88	0.776	—
—	Bhutan	—	—	76.65	0.698	—
—	Macau	—	—	94.87	—	—
—	Suriname	—	—	70.87	0.722	—
—	Montenegro	—	—	86.09	0.862	—
—	Maldives	—	—	82.16	0.766	—
—	Cape Verde	—	—	70.29	0.668	—
—	Brunei	—	—	87.42	0.837	—
—	Belize	—	—	73.67	0.721	—
—	Bahamas	—	—	86.4	0.82	—
—	Vanuatu	—	—	69.17	0.621	—
—	Barbados	—	—	86.29	0.811	—
—	Sao Tome and Principe	—	—	69.02	0.637	—
—	Samoa	—	—	74.09	0.708	—
—	Saint Lucia	—	—	77.56	0.748	—
—	Kiribati	—	—	69.53	0.644	—
—	Seychelles	—	—	84.91	0.848	36th
—	Grenada	—	—	—	0.791	—
—	Micronesia	—	—	69.91	0.615	—
—	Tonga	—	—	78.71	0.769	—
—	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	—	—	84.05	0.798	—
—	Antigua and Barbuda	—	—	89.88	0.851	—
—	Andorra	—	—	94.04	0.913	—
—	Dominica	—	—	79.2	0.761	—
—	Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	—	86.87	0.84	—
—	Liechtenstein	—	—	95.64	0.938	—
—	Monaco	—	—	95.87	—	—
—	Marshall Islands	—	—	75.59	0.733	—
—	San Marino	—	—	89.97	0.915	—
—	Palau	—	—	83.77	0.786	—
—	Nauru	—	—	72.06	0.703	—
—	Tuvalu	—	—	70.26	0.689	—

What correlates with Quality of Life Numbeo (2026)?

Pearson r against 1,758 other country metrics sharing at least 53 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Quality of Life Numbeo tend to score higher on these

Immigration IndexEasiest Countries to Immigrate To
r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 72
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WJP Rule of Law Index Overall ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index
r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 79
Plot
Social Mobility IndexSocial Mobility by Country
r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 71
Plot
Local Purchasing Power Index (Numbeo)Cost of Living by Country
r = +0.85 · very strong · n = 87
Plot
Median IncomeMedian Income by Country
r = +0.85 · very strong · n = 77
Plot
WJP RoLI Criminal Justice ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 79
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Quality of Life Numbeo tend to score lower on these

Failed States IndexFailed States
r = −0.84 · very strong · n = 84
Plot
Fragile States Index
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 85
Plot
Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 84
Plot
Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 84
Plot
Public ServicesFailed States
r = −0.80 · very strong · n = 84
Plot
Gender Inequality Index ScoreGender Inequality Index by Country
r = −0.80 · very strong · n = 85
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Quality of Life Numbeo?: Netherlands has the highest Quality of Life Numbeo in 2026, at 213.6, followed by Denmark (212.2) and Luxembourg (211.9).
Which country has the lowest Quality of Life Numbeo?: Sri Lanka has the lowest Quality of Life Numbeo in 2026, at 61.
What is the median Quality of Life Numbeo across countries?: The median is 145.3 across the 88 countries with data in 2026.
Where does this standard of living by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Quality of Life Index by Country - Numbeo; Best Countries List - U.S. News; The World’s Best Countries For Quality of Life - CEO World; Human Development Index - United Nations. Last updated 2026-10-28.