+339 You were (or are) surprised to learn that Australia ranks as the second most developed country in the world, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

what really surprises me is that USA jumped 4 places to 8th.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The United States is ranked 4th.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

my mistake i was looking at the wrong thing, still jumped up a lot

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not unexpected, I just thought maybe england or japan would rank above it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What's the first one?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Norway? I think.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm Aussie and I had no idea... so good luck to the rest of the world!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yea Norway is number 1.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

do you have a link to the list?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why would I be surprised at this?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was guessing Canada would be ahead of Australia

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What surprises me is the UK is 26

by Anonymous 13 years ago

not surprised at all with that. i live in australia and i wouldn't want to live anywhere else. we have pretty much everything, and to a high standard.

by Anonymous 13 years ago