Rating calculations

Here's an explanation of how our rating system works.

The rating scale goes from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).

Country rating questionnaire

If you can choose would you live in this country?:

• [ 5 ]  Yes
• [ 4 ]  Maybe
• [ 3 ]  Not sure
• [ 2 ]  No
• [ 1 ]  I wish I can move out of here

Corruption:

• [ 5 ]  No corruption
• [ 4 ]  Extremely rare
• [ 3 ]  Average
• [ 2 ]  Above average
• [ 1 ]  Very corrupted

Infrastructure: Water, Roads, rail-roads, postal services, electricity, gas, Internet access, mobile, etc.

• [ 5 ]  Highest standard
• [ 4 ]  Good and improving
• [ 3 ]  Average
• [ 2 ]  Aging
• [ 1 ]  Never existed

Cost of health and education:

• [ 5 ]  Free for everyone
• [ 4 ]  Free for citizens
• [ 3 ]  Some sort of co-payment
• [ 2 ]  Both private and public
• [ 1 ]  Fully private

Quality of health and education:

• [ 5 ]  Excellent
• [ 4 ]  Good
• [ 3 ]  Average
• [ 2 ]  Below average
• [ 1 ]  Terrible

Human Rights:

• [ 5 ]  Highly respected
• [ 4 ]  Above average
• [ 3 ]  Average
• [ 2 ]  Below average
• [ 1 ]  Its dangerous to be different in any respect

Economic stability:

• [ 5 ]  Very strong economy
• [ 4 ]  Growing
• [ 3 ]  Average
• [ 2 ]  Shrinking
• [ 1 ]  Collapsing

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Place rating questionnaire

Things to do and see:

• [ 5 ]  Everything you can imagine
• [ 4 ]  You have to dig below surface
• [ 3 ]  Same as everywhere else
• [ 2 ]  There is nothing special to see or do
• [ 1 ]  Booooooring

Feel, look and vibe:

• [ 5 ]  Very beautiful and cool place
• [ 4 ]  Nice place
• [ 3 ]  Average
• [ 2 ]  It can be improved
• [ 1 ]  Ugly

Safety:

• [ 5 ]  Very safe
• [ 4 ]  Mostly safe
• [ 3 ]  Some areas are safer
• [ 2 ]  One always has to be on alert
• [ 1 ]  Dangerous

City infrastructure: Schools, hospitals, water access, Internet, hydro, roads, etc.

• [ 5 ]  Great
• [ 4 ]  Mostly great
• [ 3 ]  OK
• [ 2 ]  Some infrastructure
• [ 1 ]  Non existing

Climate:

• [ 5 ]  Very nice climate all year round
• [ 4 ]  Mostly nice
• [ 3 ]  Variable
• [ 2 ]  Sometimes is nice
• [ 1 ]  Extreme conditions

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Rating scheme

We use the following scheme to convert the number scale into descriptive ratings: