The last three years, Norway has been ranked the country with the highest human development in the world, closely followed by Australia on the Human Development Index list. This is a list made according to measures of levels of income, distribution of income, life expectancy and level of education. Australia and Norway are very even on most indicators, and achieve overall scores of respectively 0.93 and 0.94 out of 1.
New Zealand is also among the top five, with an overall score of almost 0.91 on the HDI.
For the complete list and ranking indicators, click here. To read more about the UN Human Development Index, click here.
The official release from the UN can be read here. Radio Australia and the Age have also released articles on the topic. Follow the links to read the full articles.