According to the statistics of the United Nations Development Programme in 2007, Norway is the country with the highest quality of life in the world, and developed countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan are also among the best. If you count the countries with the fastest improvement in quality of life since 1990, developed countries have lagged behind. Of the 116 countries counted by the United Nations Development Programme, Mozambique, a country in southeastern Africa, has seen the fastest improvement in quality of life over the past 17 years, with its quality of life index increasing by 50 per cent in 2007 compared with 1990. Many African countries have made similar achievements as Mozambique. As the most high-profile developing country in the world, China's quality of life index has also improved by 27% over the past 17 years.
tics of the United Nations Development Programme?
In 2007, the quality of life index in Mozambique was not higher than that in China