Lies, damned lies and statistics.

Healthiest

• Japan
• Sweden
• Iceland
• Switzerland
• Germany
• France
• Italy
• Denmark
• Austria

Supposedly "Best Countries to Live & Work Abroad"

• Singapore ($627-955/1-bedroom apt)
• Hong Kong ($2,830/2-bedroom apt.)
• United Arab Emirates ($5,400-15,000/year studio apt)
• Mexico ($495/one bedroom apt. in Mexico City)
• Australia ($2,400/month apartments in Sydney; $1,200/month in Melbourne)
• France ($1,317/month for one bedroom apt. in Paris)
• China ($1,000-9,000/month in Shanghai)

Most Pollution

• Mongolia
• Botswana
• Pakistan
• Senegal
• Saudi Arabia
• Egypt
• United Arab Emirates
• Iran (Ahvaz especially)
• Nigeria
• Kuwait

Most Biodiverse (# animal/plant species)

• Brazil (60,000)
• Colombia (55,000)
• China (35,000)
• Indonesia (32,000)
• Mexico (29,000)
• South Africa (25,000)
• Venezuela (23,000)
• Ecuador (22,000)
• U.S.A. (21,000)
• India (21,000)
• Peru (20,000)
• Bolivia (20,000)
• Australia (18,000)
• Malaysia (17,000)
• Costa Rica (14,000)
• Thailand (13,000)
• Democratic Republic of Congo (13,000)
• Vietnam (12,000)
• Tanzania (12,000)
• Panama (10,000)
• Argentina (11,000)
• Madagascar (11,000)
• Philippines (10,000)

Most Corrupt

• Somalia
• N. Korea
• Myanmar
• Afghanistan
• Uzbekistan
• Turkmenistan
• Sudan
• Iraq
• Haiti
• Venezuela

Most Inhospitable/Hostile to Visitors

• Haiti (fake road blocks, carjacking, organ harvesting)
• Colombia (kidnapping, extortion, robbery, murder, car bombings, drug trade)
• Pakistan (kidnapping, murder, ransom, violent civil riots) - reasonable, if you're savvy.
• Algeria (civil war, terrorism, ambushes, fake road blocks)
• S. Africa (rape capital, wild crime rates) - but reasonable, if chicks don't go out at night alone
• Brazil (kidnapping, ransom, organized crime, violent street crime, gang shoot outs)
• Zimbabwe (robbery, snatching, assaults on foreigners) - okay, as long as you travel light
• Lebanon (watch out for some regions: active terrorism against tourists)
• India (females ought to watch out at night, cover up)
• Israel, West Bank...obviously......

Local Purchasing Power

• Qatar
• Switzerland
• United Arab Emirates
• U.S.
• Germany
• Australia
• S. Korea
• Canada
• Denmark
• Sweden
• Austria

Lowest Obesity (3-10%)

• Japan
• South Korea
• Switzerland
• Norway
• Italy
• Austria
• France
• Denmark
• Sweden
• Netherlands

Highest Obesity (18-30+%)

• U.S.A.
• Mexico
• U.K.
• Slovakia
• Greece
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Hungary
• Luxembourg