Feb 11, 2013 03:00 AM ET
The Norwegians came out on top once again in the UN's annual rankings of global wealth, health and education.
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With its 81.0 years of life expectancy, average annual income of $58,810 and more, Norway tops a recent UN report ranking quality of life.
The going only seems to get better in Norway which on Thursday was named by the United Nations as the country with the best quality of life for a record-matching eighth time.
Oil-rich Norway -- with its 81.0 years of life expectancy, average annual income of $58,810 and 12.6 years of schooling -- has now topped the Human Development Index (HDI) for all but two years since 2001.
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Norway is the best place in the world to live while Niger is the least desirable, according to an annual report by the United Nations.
Criteria examined included life expectancy, literacy rates, school enrolment and country economies.
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