Freedom and Health are the best qualified categories

Sometimes it is necessary to read about the countries you want to visit, especially if this information comes from outsiders. Maybe you are looking for a Costa Rica house rental to pass your vacations quietly on an excellent environment.

Here you have some interesting information about Costa Rica.Costa Rica is placed as the best nation of the whole region with 71 points out of 100. This is according to the International Living magazine and its 2010 Quality of Life Index: 194 Countries Ranked and Rated to Reveal the Best Places to Live; Costa Rica is tied on the first place with its southern neighbor Panama. It means that also having a is a reliable option when retiring or making a new life for your family. In order to elaborate this research there were given a rank from 1-100 to the following categories: Cost of Living, Culture and Leisure; Economy, Environment, Freedom, Health, Infrastructure, Safety and Risk,and Climate.

Each one represents a percentage of the total qualification. All the information involves "official" sources, including government websites, the World Health Organization, andThe Economist, to name some. The highest score for Costa Rica was 100 in the category of Freedom. This data was taken from the NGO Freedom House on its report of 2009. In order to get to that conclusion it is included the civil rights and liberties of the citizens in each country.

Health also got high qualifications 78 points of 100, since Costa Rica counts with the social security funded by the government and a small percentage of each worker.From the other side, the country only got 48 points on infrastructure. This entry contemplates the length of the railroads, quantity of highways and airports, and the port infrastructure.

These numbers are affected by the size of the country. But that and advantage for those who look for quietness. The annual precipitation and temperature were evaluated for the category of climate. Both of them related to the probability of natural disasters. On this category Costa Rica had 79 from 100. At the top of the list is France, Australia, Switzerland and Germany.