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League Table (based on 2011 results)

Country Your criteria All criteria
Rank Score Rank Score
Thailand * 1 0.52
Saudi Arabia * 2 0.52
Singapore 3 0.51 1 0.49
Egypt * 4 0.51
Switzerland * 5 0.50
Hong Kong 6 0.48 2 0.48
Malaysia * 7 0.48
Philippines * 8 0.48
Mexico 9 0.48 4 0.45
Japan * 10 0.47
United Arab Emirates 11 0.47 3 0.46
Bahrain * 12 0.46
United States 13 0.46 6 0.44
South Africa * 14 0.46
Qatar * 15 0.46
Russia * 16 0.46
Brazil * 17 0.45
Vietnam * 18 0.45
Canada * 19 0.44
Australia 20 0.43 5 0.45
Belgium * 21 0.42
India * 22 0.41
Spain * 23 0.40
Turkey * 24 0.40
China 25 0.39 8 0.41
Germany * 26 0.39
New Zealand * 27 0.38
France 28 0.36 7 0.42
United Kingdom 29 0.36 10 0.35
Italy * 30 0.35
Netherlands 31 0.33 9 0.38

* Unfortunately we cannot give an overall ranking for these countries as we received insufficient Raising Children Abroad data.

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The top ranking country for Finances in 2011 was Thailand.

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