10. The United States of America
Numbeo Standard of Living Index: 179.73
Numbeo Ranking: 7
OECD Better Life Index Ranking: 11
Insider Monkey Score: 13
United States ranks 10th in our list of the countries with the highest standard of living in the world in 2017. The US has realized that the idea of a sole breadwinner in a family is outdated; therefore, over 40 percent of the households have multiple earners. The United States has always encouraged creativity and innovation, which has led to new ideas and in turn have created wealth for the innovators. However, the income is distributed very unevenly which means that while the US performs better when averages are considered, if importance was given to wealth distribution, the country would perform poorly.
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