Ammon News - AMMAN - Results of the annual Quality of Life Index revealed that Jordan scored 55 points out of 100 points.

The 2010 ranking is set on the basis of nine criteria related to the environment, health, cost of living, economy, culture and leisure, infrastructure, risk, security and climate.

According to the newly released report, Jordan and Kuwait scored (55 pts) followed by Lebanon, Morocco and Bahrain (54points) Syria (53pts), Qatar (52pts), Egypt (51pts), while Algeria and UAE scored (50 pts).

At the Arab level, Tunisia ranked highest with 83rd overall on the list.

In terms of the cost of living, Jordan scored 56 out of 100, while in leisure and culture it received 60.

According to the magazine's website, Jordan scored 45 in economy, 59 in environment, 33 in freedom, 80 in health, 68 in climate, 28 in infrastructure, and 71 in risk and safety.

The magazine, which based its index on data from official sources including government websites, the World Health Organization, and the Economist magazine among others, ranked France (82pts) as the country with the highest quality of life.

Austria came second, followed by Switzerland (3), Germany (4), New Zealand (5), Luxembourg (6), the US (7), Belgium (8), Canada (9) and Italy (10), according to the magazine's website.

Chad, Sudan, Yemen and Somalia, represented the four countries with the lowest quality of life, according to the index.

//Petra/