BANGKOK: Asean countries have emerged as strong favourites among the 89 “best countries in the world” ranking for 2024, according to a listing prepared by the US News & World Report.
Among them is Malaysia which took the 38th spot. Singapore is ranked 14th, Thailand 28th Indonesia 41st, Vietnam 44th, the Philippines 45th, Cambodia 68th, and Myanmar 73rd.
The ranking has been prepared in collaboration with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the US and WPP, a global communication company. It surveyed the opinions of some 17,000 respondents in 89 countries from March to May this year.
The ranking measures the global performance of countries on a variety of metrics, including adventure, agility, cultural influence, entrepreneurship, heritage, movers, open for business, power, quality of life and social purpose.
Switzerland is the best country in the world for 2024 with a perfect score of 100. In second place is Japan, followed by the US, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Germany, the UK, New Zealand and Denmark, according to the Washington DC-based digital media outlet. - Agencies
