16. Luxembourg
Also with 82 years of life expectancy (also divided by 84 years for women and 80 years for men) is Luxembourg on 16th position. This data is not much of a difference with the UN’s list: Luxembourg is 17th with 81.3 years.
With approximately $100,000, Luxembourg is the world’s highest in terms of country’s per capita income. It is only exceeded by city-states.
What makes the people of Luxembourg so rich? First of all, the country is a tax haven. Second of all, it has the highest minimum legal salary in the Europe and the second highest in the world after Australia.
Luxembourg is a small country. It is only less than one thousand square miles. And it is inhabited by only 500 thousand people.
