Canada Ranked 4th Best Place in the World in 2024

According to the CIC News Report, Canada has ranked 4th in the updated U.S. News country rankings for 2024—achieving an overall indexed score of 94.1. The country’s high ranking was helped by strong results in areas like quality of life, entrepreneurship, social purpose, and flexibility. So, if you are planning to study abroad in Canada, hopefully, you’ve made the best decision of your life. 

Top 10 Countries by the US News Country Rankings 2024

Countries	2024 Ranking	Indexed score
Switzerland	1	100.00
Japan	2	96.6
The United States of America	3	94.2
Canada	4	94.1
Australia	5	92.9
Sweden	6	91.7
Germany	7	90.6
The United Kingdom	8	87.9
New Zealand	9	86.0
Denmark	10	85.2

Factors Affecting US News Country Ranking

The U.S. News Rankings evaluate 73 different factors about each country, based on surveys of “engaged citizens.” These factors are grouped into 10 main themes. Such as-

• Movers: Looks at how a country is seen as different, dynamic, and unique.
• Quality of Life: Includes factors like affordability, job market, economic stability, family-friendliness, income equality, political stability, safety, education, and healthcare quality.
• Entrepreneurship: Measures a country’s connection to the world, education and skills of its workforce, innovation opportunities, ease of starting a business, access to capital, technology, infrastructure, and legal systems.
• Agility: Looks at how adaptable, modern, progressive, and responsive a country is.
• Social Purpose: Considers how much a country cares about human rights, animal rights, the environment, gender equality, religious freedom, social justice, and having trustworthy institutions and equal political power.
• Open for Business: Evaluates how easy it is for businesses to operate, including factors like low bureaucracy, low corruption, cheap manufacturing, favourable taxes, and transparent government.
• Cultural Influence: Looks at a country’s impact on global culture, including entertainment, fashion, trends, prestige, and strong brands.
• Adventure: Considers how fun, friendly, scenic, and good for tourism a country is, along with its climate.
• Power: Evaluate how much global influence a country has, including its political and economic strength, military, and international partnerships.
• Heritage: Looks at a country’s rich history, food, culture, and famous landmarks.

Why Canada Ranked 4th in the US News Country Rankings 2024?

Canada has ranked among the top five best countries in the U.S. News rankings for the past four years. Last year, Canada was ranked second overall. The table below shows Canada’s overall scores based on the themes mentioned earlier.

Ranking Theme	Score	Ranking
Adventure	57.5	16
Agility	89.2	2
Cultural Influence	52.6	16
Entrepreneurship	81.9	6
Heritage	41.1	30
Movers	27.2	43
Open for Business	79.8	15
Power	41.2	13
Quality of Life	94.2	5
Social Purpose	97.8	3

Canada also scores high in several other U.S. News rankings, including:

• 2nd place for the best countries to headquarter a company (the only one in the top ten outside of Europe and Asia)
• 4th place for the best education systems
• 5th place for racial equality
• 5th place for transparency (the only non-European country on the list)
• 6th place for comfortable retirement
• 6th place for the best countries to raise a child

Keep your eyes on AIMS Education’s news portal to get more updates regarding studying abroad, countries, visa and immigration rules and so on. 

FAQ

Which is the best country in the world in 2024?

Ans: For the third year in a row, Switzerland is ranked as the best country in the world by U.S. News & World Report.

Is Canada the best in the world?

Ans: According to the US News Country Rankings 2024, Canada is the 4th best country in the world. 

Which country is number one in the world?

Ans: Switzerland ranked 1st by the US News Country Rankings 2024 in the world.