Canada has dropped several places in a global ranking list of the “best countries” in the world, one step below its neighbour to the south.
According to the U.S. News Best Countries ranking, Canada ranked 19th on the list for 2025, while the United States ranked 18th.
The rankings mark a tumble for Canada, which placed fourth in 2024 and second in 2023. However, this is largely owing to a change in methodology for how the rankings are decided.
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Instead of the “the perceptions-based approach of prior years,” the list ranked countries on eight metrics – governance, health, infrastructure, natural environment, opportunity, civic health, culture and tourism, and economic development.
Governance and infrastructure, in which Canada ranked 18th and 20th. respectively, had the highest weightage. While Canada scored high on lack of political violence and the rule of law, the governance score was dragged down by its tax system.
On infrastructure, while Canada got a perfect score on electricity access, it scored quite poorly on renewable electricity.
Canada’s natural environment ranked 63rd, the country’s lowest rank on any metric. This was largely due to high carbon emissions and a lack of urban green space, according to the ranking. Canada’s highest rank was for culture and tourism, ranking eighth in the world.
The country ranked 27th in health. While Canada got a perfect score on universal health coverage and scored very high on life expectancy, its overall health score was dragged down by a lack of physicians and hospital beds.
Canada has indeed turned into a chit hole this last decade where once upon a time it had a lot of promise. Too bad.
Stupid merkans! Can’t even tell they are being trolled.
Stupid merkans, can’t even tell they are being
Utter balderdash! I wouldn’t live in the excited state of merka for anything! This, I think is another or the mango Mussolini’s bribes to get what he wants!
People blaming our ranking on Trump need to be sterilized.
Canada has never been anything without its allies. Since our nations inception, we have been tied at the hip to two of history’s super powers. The idea that we can go it alone is baffoonery. Its narcissistic nonsense.
How much the president of the United States pay you for that ranking of CANADA?
So all you Liberals blaming the USA and Trump. Saying this article is biased as its an American publication. But yet the 🇺🇸 sits at 18th. Cmon they would have made the top 10 at least if this was biased. You guys have been brainwashed by Carney and his tough guy talk about the USA. But yet did you just hear Carney at his meeting in NYC supporting MAGA. How does that make your Liberal minds feel.
And Canada Will continue to sink under the Liberal dictatorship.
that’s because of high inflation . no jobs and mass immigration turning it into a third world s**t hole
It’s not MAGA you f *ucking ret ard. It’s a non-profit out of England that does this.
Consider the source, MAGA
Canada is a sh @t hole now and has been dropping since these Liberal f *ucks took over in 2015.
Of course, if Canada ranked super high, i’d be praising this ranking.
Anyone who thinks this is a legit ranking and not influenced by MAGA has their head up their %$#.
As a canadian who travels extensively I think the ranking is fair. We are slipping further and further behind other countries in quality of life. Particularly transport, Healthcare & livable cities.
This one really hit a nerve with the Elbozos crowd. We can tell by the volume of upset obvious Liberals posting. Can’t take that the Liberals after 11 years have utterly screwed up Canada.
This is completely B.S. The fact wr atr behind U. S. Is simply a lie. It says natural environment is bad. What country are they looking at? Governance is excellent compared the broken U.S. System.
This just shows that Canada is a total mess and a dysfunctional gong show. It is time people wake up before we get much worse. I believe the only way to stop this descent is for the West to split. Canada can have Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
Guess it depends on who gets polled. Last month we were 25th, and nothing in the country has changed for the better.
Canada dropping in global rankings should not surprise anyone when serious concerns about corruption, tag switching, drug smuggling syndicates, and insider access at Toronto Pearson International Airport continue making headlines after recent W5 investigations. It could have ranked way lower than 18th if these issues had surfaced before the survey deadline.
Passengers go through strict airport security every day, yet many Canadians are questioning whether the same level of scrutiny exists internally for employees, contractors, and executives with insider access. What is even more frustrating is the feeling that no one is seriously doing anything about it, including the PM and MPs. Issues tied to organized crime, accountability, and public safety do not just affect airports, they affect Canada’s global reputation as well.
Don’t care what they say canada in all aspects is better than the us
It’s a US publication. Slightly biased.
Every L I b t a r d should be proud of this achievement give yourself a big pat on the back.
It’s a US company doing the ranking so of course they ranked Canada below the US. Typical dictatorship propaganda.
Back to blaming liberals. Funny how we ranked low on health score which is provincial (so blame your premier) and also low due to carbon emissions which should make you cons very happy. Also, was this US news produced – meaning a study totally objective and not influenced by the administration because as you all know, US news and media have a great track record of not being influenced by Trump.
Canada has been in decline for years and it isn’t because of Donald Trump. This is mainly due to poor economic policies of Trudeau and Carney regimes.
If you’re a hard working person who wants to make a decent living in a safe place, Canada hates you. If you’re a drug addicted criminal who wants to steal with no punishment, Canada welcomes you.
Plenty of butt hurt elbows clown here bitching about Trump . Go get em Steven F (F for fool)
You can cherry pick your data to get whatever result you want. People should take these results as an indication to not trust that source any longer.
As for all of the Maple MAGA’s jumping in to throw their bias at everyone who’s tired at hearing it. Yes….your drivel is expected. Wish you would all just move to the US so we could stop hearing it.
If you are lazy, broke, drug addicted or a criminal Canada sit very high in any list as a place for you . If you make a good living and have the opportunity to port that career south you go because it’s just better by all metrics. Anyone who denies that just has there elbows up and head in the sand .
If there were not a clearer sign that Canada is nothing without the US…
Hate Trump all you want, the US will always be a better ally than India, China or Europe.
We built up trade with the US because Europe did not want what we had to offer.
Our sour dairy policies have killed free trade deals with the EU, and now the US.
Their ranking is based on what, number of citizens killed, medeling in other counties affairs, encouraging racism, having a leader who is convicted felon. What exactly does this poll present. There is only two other countries in the world I’d choose to live in besides Canada. Norway or Poland. Certainly not the USA.
There is a significant segment of Canadians that will be forced into poverty or near poverty but will be happy about it because at least we owned the Americans by destroying our quality of life. Elbows Strong!
I like how the only source provided is another global news article lmao
How the Globe and Mail could find some ranking that somehow finds Canada’s ranking to have plummeted seems to be a tool for advancing some political narrative. It would be nice if, as a well known and prominent media group, you would stick to a more detailed and relevant analysis instead of counting on sensationalism for your headlines.
Bull cookies , according to U.S. news . That says it all
Here you go Liberals, just so you don’t feel bad about this ranking.
World Atlas Repcore nations ranks Canada #1! Citied for its safety, excellent health care, and stability.
World Report scores Canada highest for economic stability, family friendliness, and ROBUST public job market.
Theres your confirmation bias, brought to you by AI
Now, go to work every day, ( if you still have a job) and enjoy 6 hour wait times for a paper cut, while coming back house you can’t afford to wonder whether or not you can feed the kids. Then, pay your ridiculouly high taxes to programs you don’t even support.
Enjoy your high ranking survey.( not made in US)
I was going to say at least Carney isn’t setting up a literal circus complete with strong men and freaks. But then, is what Carney/Liberals/Trudeau have done any better? Our country is a f*scist circus, complete with media clowns running around creating distraction.
Why do f*scists have to change things? There have been cranes at work around, spending billions on the House for fortifications and making it into a granite castle so all these pukes are untouchable, pretty much the full decade these azzholes have been in power! What’s the difference between those cranes and Trumps ballroom cranes or his circus cranes? NOTHING AT ALL!
All thanks to the Liberals that has no values or morals!
Strange all of a Sudden Carney wants to make America Great!!!!!
Well if political stability, crime rate and racism are added to the measurements the US would drop way down and Canada would be higher in the rankings.
STUPID!
CANADA below the US??? Unbelievable.
First of all, look at who did the survey.. the US !!! Of course its biased and ranking the US above Canada.. what a joke!! Trump at it again!
If Canadians had an honest look in the mirror, we could own our faults.
-oil sands and transportation are big polluters.
-agriculture is struggling
-healthcare professionals shortage is a crisis
-we are heavily taxed
-cost of living affects majority of us
-provincial and federal governments are expensive inefficient bureaucratic drains on our country
These results are a reflection of where we currently are work needs done to fix and change our problems.
What absolute nonsense…. get stuffed!
Québec is basically all renewable electricity production (Hydro). How the heck did Canada end up with a low score?
When you have that many Singh in your country, what do you expect?
Canada is never below the U. S. in any way. Did DRump buy this too? Likely.
Import the third world, expect a third world ranking.
Don’t elect a clown, but get one anyway and end up with a three ring circus.
Dumb article given the climate in the US right now
This ranking is bogus. It comes from the Americans whom changed the ranking system. It does not make it right. Of course the magats of Canada (pp fans) go off the deep end blaming the government for something that is not true. The USA is on the verge of a civil war and yet they rank ahead of us. That alone should tell you that this list is bogus.
Not surprising Canada has become pretty abysmal over the last decade
Bottom of article says ” Created with AI, contains mistakes.”
When you compare this stupid list to other credible lists, it has no credibility.
B U LL S H I T ! ONCE AGAIN
that’s because USA has ICE , Canada open arms
If you take a deep dive into their ranking system, they actually gave Canada a 0 in a category, I can’t remember off the top of my head, like animal diversity. Im sure if you look closely you’ll see other discrepancies in their scoring.
I have a feeling changing those 0s will actually pop Canada up a few rankings. Though you wouldn’t have the click bait material you do being below the US
So says an American poll, lol
So a more realist ranking system has torpedoed the Liberal governments of Trudeau and Carneyand their terrible policies that have had a fundamentally negative effect on Canada. Yet more evidence that the Carney Liberal government is an abject failure as was the Trudeau one before it.
“governance” disappears when you rule over people through removal of rights, “health” declines when you abandon healthcare of civilians to prioritize money, “infrastructure” doesn’t exist in most places that aren’t big cities, “natural environment” is literally burning because claims of green initiatives are more important than the actual environment, “opportunity” is now only given to people who aren’t from here, “civic health” isn’t a thing, “culture and tourism” is fancy wording for virtue signalling and scheming, and “economic development” doesn’t happen when you abandon the majority for the impression of the few. Canada is broken and circling a drain pipe. We don’t need government mouthpiece news to explain it to us in falsified fancy terms.
Lol, Don’t you just love when a survey/poll confirms your beliefs?
And then the reactions when it doesn’t?
We don’t need a survey to see that Canada is in decline…and almost all of it is due to government policy. Notice I didn’t specify which government.
I’ve lived in the US and I live in Canada. ANY suggestion that the US is superior in any meaningful way is simply ludicrous. There are a few areas where things are better there (consumer prices), but there are so many more where they are worse that it makes the comparison silly.
bad reporting/false headline… you can’t speak to tracking results when the methodology changed to the extent it has here… you can say Canada sits 19th per new approach… that’s it
Import the third world, become the third world. We have all seen the deterioration of our streets and our prized nature reserves. These new immigrants that are flooding the streets have no respect for our way of life, no wonder we are falling down the rankings. Half of us don’t even recognize this country anymore, sad to see…
Sad
Seems all pretty subjective. These types of rankings can easily be skewed as is shown in the manipulation of weighting. 2nd place and 19th place demonstrate the rankings have little value unless you are trying to make the stats say what you want. Usually the truth is somewhere in between.
Same government for 20 years but had higher rank. Liberals must go but this is simply america bull trying to appease separatist l.
More american propaganda by the orange fool
@Duke
Alberta installed more mw of renewable energy over the last 5 years than any other province in the country.
Try again.
That’s what happens when you open the floodgates to india
First to 25th over 10 years is quite a drop. I wonder if there is country falling faster than Canada?
Our green push is one of the worst among western countries. Alberta dragging us down?
USA under current regime must rank very low it depends on Canada for every vital resource
Why Canada dropped, no housing, lack of work, to many new people destroying culture, destroying land, not following basic laws, homeless camps, indesisive government, high taxes,
The slogans gang won’t be happy with that
Keeping our happiness levels down!! Arghhh Lol xD
Yes liberals have screwed everything but it does say canada was 4 and 3 just a few years ago with the same crud government. So what has changed? They changed how the rankings are calculated and by who, trump butt suckers. What a shocker that they are ahead now lol!
hmmmm I wonder what happened 10 years ago that led to the downward spiral we are on…
10 years ago Canada was #1, what happened
10 years of Liberal mismanagement.
On global freedom and democracy indices, Canada consistently ranks higher than the U.S. We also have a higher life expectancy. So the metrics used here to “evaluate” countries are questionable.
Of course the elbozo cult thinks everything is fine and dandy and say we’re the “best country in the world”!! This IS NOT the same country I grew up in! Pull your heads out of your @ss elbozos!
What a crock of B.S. because taking this info from “According to the U.S. News Best Countries ranking” sits beside ALL of the other B.S. that is coming from that country. People dying in the streets and Canada is below the U.S.?
What a joke for a story.
government say to make bad country look and taste good for immigrants, canada despicable country
Wait a minute…this can’t be our inept, corrupt, high spending federal government’s fault. Nooo….this is Trump’s fault! Tariffs! Tariffs! Tariffs!
There is always a way to screw a result.
This new ranking system just proves it
I wonder why Canada is circling the toilet bowl?
Keep those elbows up right????
New lows achieved year in year out.
The benefits and of Liberal policies continue to shine thru!