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【世界网友】当今世界出生地好坏国家排行榜 分布图令人意外
由 Admin 周一 九月 29, 2014 11:52 am
If you came into the world today and could pick your nationality,there are at least 15 better choices than to be born American,according to a studyby the Economist Intelligence Unit.The firm looked at 80 countries, scoring them across 11 variables to determine“which country will provide the best opportunities for a healthy, safe andprosperous life in the years ahead.” The results, mapped out above, are bothsurprising and not.
根据《经济学人》的一项调查，如果你现在走进人类世界，并且可以自行选择国籍的话，相对于美国，全球至少还有15个国家会是更好的选择。该机构挑选了80个国家，根据11个可变量来决定“哪个国家在未来能提供更加健康，安全和富足的生活”。研究结果意料之外，却又在情理之中。
The study incorporates hard data on facets such as economicopportunity, health standards and political freedoms; subjective “quality oflife” surveys; and economic forecasts for 2030, when an infant born today wouldbe entering adulthood. Even gender equality, job security (as measured byunemployment data), violent crime rates and climate are taken intoaccount.
研究机构首先就硬性数据方面进行比较，比如经济发展机会，健康卫生标准和政治自由度；主观“生活质量”调查；预测2030年经济发展，因为那时是现在出生婴儿进入成年期，甚至该调查还将性别平等，就业保障，暴力犯罪率和气候条件纳入了调查范围。
Here’s some of what I found interesting about the data.
下列是我从调查数据中发现的有趣现象。
Money can’t buy you happiness, though it will get you 2/3 of the way.
虽然金钱占据幸福感来源的三分之二，但是金钱仍买不来幸福
The correlation between wealth, as measured by gross domestic product(GDP) per capita, and happiness is clear, though not nearly as clear as youmight expect. The report concludes from the results that “GDP per head aloneexplains some two thirds of the inter-country variation in life satisfaction,and the estimated relationship is linear.” Only two-thirds!
根据国内人均国民生产总值衡量，财富和幸福之间的关联性不言而喻，但是该报告经过调查得出结论“单独的GDP数值约占生活满意度的三分之二，与预估的关系呈线性联系。”金钱只占幸福感来源的三分之二！
If you look at the map, you’ll see that the world’s richest countriesscore highly, but not in the top category. The United States and Germany,two of the world’s economic powerhouses, tied for 16th place; Japan ranks waydown at 25th. Britain and France scoreeven worse.
所以看看地图，虽然地球上最富有的国家评分较高，但却不是出生地的最佳选择。世界经济强国美德两国，排名并列16，日本则下跌至25位。英法两国得分更差。
The Middle East offers some greatlessons on money and well-being. The region scores poorly in general, with twoexceptions.
我们能做中东地区在金钱与幸福的关系中学到一些东西。该地区整体评分不高，但却有两个国家例外。
Democratic and developed Israel, which is about as rich perperson as the European Union average, ranks 20th. But the top-ranking countryin the region, at 18th, is the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. Even moretelling, though, is the gulf between the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia, which for allits oil money scores much lower, perhaps due in part to problems such asrepressive laws or a lower human development index.
民主和发达的以色列，人均财富排名与欧盟平均水平不相上下，排名20，石油资源丰富的阿拉伯联合酋长国则靠前，排名18位。虽然阿联酋和沙特阿拉伯同属石油资源丰富地区，但由于镇压性法律或人类发展指数较低等原因，后者得分更低。
The best countries to be born in are small, peaceful, homogenous, liberaldemocracies.
选择出生条件最佳国家应该具备的条件：领土面积小、发展均匀、国内和平以及具有自由民主的政体。
Yes, it’s yet another international ranking on individual well-beingwhere the Nordic countries come out on top, alongside Ireland, Australia,New Zealand and Canada. The top15 also include Austria and Switzerland,which seem to meet similar criteria. The three best places to be born are, inorder: Switzerland, Australia and Norway.
是的，世界个人幸福感排名中，爱尔兰、澳大利亚、新西兰、加拿大和几个北欧国家拔得头筹。前15位还包括奥地利和瑞士。三个最佳出生地依次为：瑞士，澳大利亚和挪威。
Here’s a surprise: the top-ranked countries also include Asia’s twosuper-rich city-states, Hong Kong and Singapore,as well as Taiwan.I’ll admit to being surprised by the data’s suggestion that a newborn today isbetter off being Taiwanese than American or German, particularly because Taiwan’s agingpopulation and declining birthrate could lead the economy to decline. But Taiwan doesenjoy good political freedoms and improving health and living standards.
不过令人惊讶的是：亚洲几个超富裕国家地区也名列前茅，它们是香港，台湾和新加坡。不得不承认，在台湾人口老龄化和出生率降低可能导致经济滑坡现象下，调查结果显示新生儿出生于台湾比生于美德两国生活会更好，我对此非常惊讶。不过，台湾的确拥有良好的政治自由度，并且在不断改善健康条件，提高生活水平。
There is some interesting variation among the top-ranked countries. New Zealandranks seventh overall even though its GDP per capita is low compared to manyworse-ranking European countries. Singapore, though ranked sixth, isnot a liberal democracy by any stretch, andlife satisfaction in thehyper-competitive city seems relatively low. But it sure is rich.
排名靠前的国家也有些有趣的变化。虽然新西兰人均国内生产总值低于很多欧洲国家，但是它整体排名第七。新加坡虽然排名第六位，但是由于不够自由民主，生活竞争激烈，似乎生活满意度相对较低，不过毫无疑问，新加坡是一个富足的国家。
It’s still best in the West.
西方国家仍是最佳选择。
In spite of Asia’s miraculous growth and of Europe’seconomic decline, factors such as political rights and health standards keepthe Western world overwhelmingly desirable. Other than a small number ofexceptions, most of which are mentioned above, the top third of the rankings isdominated by Europe and other Western states.
尽管亚洲正在经历奇迹般的经济增长，而欧洲遭受经济衰退，但是政治权利和医疗健康等因素使得西方国家最终获得压倒性胜利。除了极少数例外，前三分之一出生较佳国家排行榜依旧被欧洲和其他西方国家占据。
Even Portugal and Spain, for alltheir very real troubles, score highly. A child born today is likely to have abetter life, according to the data, in Polandor Greece — yes, Greece — than in rising economic giants such as Brazil, Turkeyor China.
即使是葡萄牙和西班牙现在面临诸多麻烦，但得分仍然很高。根据相关数据显示，出生于波兰或希腊的孩子将来能获得更好的生活，是的，你没看错，与经济不断增长的巴西，土耳其和中国相比，希腊仍是较佳出生地。
Poverty, violence and/or lack of freedom define the worst countries to beborn into.
最差国家定义：贫穷，暴力，缺乏自由。
Countries with violence, poverty or political *** all rankpoorly, but the variance within the bottom fifth or so is fascinating. Theworst three countries to be born into, in order from the bottom up, are Nigeria, Kenyaand Ukraine.
贫穷，暴力和存在政治压迫的国家排名较差。最差国家出生地排名从下到上依次为：尼日利亚、肯尼亚和乌克兰。
Some of the bottom-ranked countries are not actually so poor, such as Russia, whichhas bad records on political rights and public health. Ecuador, backsliding on political rights, is thesole low-scoring country in an otherwise optimistic-looking Latin America.
一些排名靠后的国家并没有传说中那么差，比如俄罗斯，但是由于存在政治权利不公和公共健康的不良记录，使得排名靠后。厄瓜多尔则是由于政治权利倒退，是在具有乐观前瞻性的拉丁美洲中唯一一个得分较低的国家。
Though countries such as Indonesiaand Vietnamare projected to show astounding economic growth over the next generation, theyare poortoday.Thismap is a reminder that being born into a poor society, even one that offersopportunities for new wealth, can still mean life-long challenges.
虽然印尼和越南等国家在将来会展现出惊人的经济增长势头，不过现在，它们仍然不是出生地的好选择。这张地图提醒我们出生于贫穷社会虽然有更多获取财富的机会，但同时也意味着需要终身面临挑战。
Inequality plus poverty is much worse than just plain poverty.
发展不平衡加贫穷比单单贫穷更糟糕
Three telling cases here are Angola,Kazakhstan and Ukraine, all ofwhich scored much lower than I’d have expected. Both Angolaand Kazakhstan are enjoyingrapid economic growth from energy and mineral exports, and Ukraine is amiddle-income democracy. But all three have severe and worsening problems witheconomic inequality, which in turn are fueling corruption and poor governance.
我们接下来讨论安哥拉，哈萨克斯坦和乌克兰，这三个国家排名比我预期差很多。安哥拉和哈萨克斯坦依赖于能源和矿产出口，经济均在快速增长。乌克兰则是一个经济发展水平中等的民主国家。不过，经济发展不平衡现象日益恶化，反之助长***，同时削弱政府管理能力。
You’re worse off being born in any of these three countries, accordingto the data, than you are just about anywhere else, including Sri Lanka, a poorhotbed of ethnic violence, oppressive Vietnam, or evenSyria. Pakistan places higher than Angola or Ukrainebut just below Kazakhstan.
根据数据显示，生于斯里兰卡，种族暴力温床的越南，甚至叙利亚都比生于安哥拉，哈萨克斯坦和乌克兰要好。巴基斯坦排名高于安哥拉和乌克兰，略低于哈萨克斯坦。
Chinais still not a great placeto be born.
中国尚不能称为出生最佳地
The country ranks 49th out of 80, just below Latvia and Hungary. That’s an amazing finding,given that China now has thesecond-largest number of billionaires in the world after the United Statesand might some day have the most. You would think that, with so many Chinesefamilies catapulting to higher status within a society that is itself seeinghistoric gains, Chinawould be a great place to be born in 2013.
中国在80个国家当中，排名49位，仅次于拉脱维亚和匈牙利。中国亿万富翁数量世界排名第二，有可能赶超美国，所以这一发现令人吃惊。你可能会想，中国本身出于历史变革，经济发展的大时期，中国家庭会与国家一道具有更高的地位，所以2013年出生于中国应该是一个不错的选择。
The statistics are a reminder that, for all of China’sastounding gains, those gains have not benefited all Chinese equally. Abouthalf of the country is still rural and 128millionarestill below the poverty line. Even in the big coastal cities, the rising costof living, stalled political freedoms and worsening income inequality mean thatthe next 20 or 30 years may not be prosperous for a lot of families.
不过，统计数据提醒我们中国惊人的经济收益并没有平等地惠及所有中国人。中国一半地区仍是农村，并且还有1.28亿人生活在贫困线下。即使在沿海大城市，上升的生活成本，止步不前的政治自由和日益拉大的收入差距都能说明在未来二、三十年，很多中国家庭仍无法达到富裕的标准。
So, if you’re a Westerner fretting about American decline or Europeancollapse, then if nothing else, know that your children have still lucked intoone of the best deals in history: being born in the right place at the righttime.
所以，如果你来自西方国家，并且还在为美国的衰落或者欧洲的经济崩溃感到烦恼，那你要知道你的孩子仍然非常幸运，生活在史上最好的国家：恰逢其时。
评论翻译：
reg123
10:38 AMGMT+0800
One of the bigbenefits of living in Canada,is the health care system, gun control, a moderate population and greatresources.
Another benefit is being next door to America, a great neighbour that hascontributed to the wealth in our country.
居住在加拿大有很多好处，比如健全的卫生保健系统，枪支管制，人口适度以及丰富的资源。还有一个就是我们伟大的邻邦美国，为加拿大国家财富做出了不少贡献。
macalina1
10:10 AMGMT+0800
Whythere is no mention of Chile...the only country in southamerica in light blue... The constant issue of thiscountry, America is just theUSA...Everybody can see the one of the best countries is Canada and the journalist ignoresit completely. The tendency of looking your own belly button.
为什么没提到智利….智利是南美洲唯一一个显示淡蓝色的国家….美国最大的问题就是，只提美国….我们都能看到最佳国家加拿大，记者完全无视加拿大存在，只盯着自家的肚脐看。
Lucifer69
10:06 AMGMT+0800
Mexico should be blood red.
墨西哥应该是血红色
wmbrent
9:51 AMGMT+0800
The Kenya andKazakstan ratings are ridiculous, coming from someone who has lived in both.
肯尼亚和哈萨克斯坦的评分最荒谬，是根据在这两个国家居住过的人评的么
diegogerman
9:37 AMGMT+0800
Ecuador!
In here there is true freedom of expression
Daily Liar
厄尔多瓜！
这里能实现真正的自由表达
《每日一骗》
nikster2011
8:47 AMGMT+0800
Maybethey should ask some people who have lived in different places?!
Walk through "rich" Singapore, you see unhappy faceseverywhere. Walk through "poor" northern Thailand, you see genuine smileseverywhere. Europe is stagnant - the USA is undersold up there, it mighthave its share of problems most of which are caused by the absence of truedemocracy, but it has individual freedom and endless amounts of land. Chinesemegacities are where the money is today but nobody is happy to live there. Idont have an answer as to which is the best place to live ... but neither doesthe above list. Its absolutely meaningless.
也许该问问居住在这些国家的人？！
走过“富足”的新加坡，随处可见不开心的面孔。漫步“贫穷”的泰国，你则能看到张张真诚的笑脸。欧洲停滞不前，美国由于缺乏真正的民主，从而面临很多问题，但是美国有个人自由和广袤的土地。中国大都市不缺钱，但是居住在那儿的人都不快乐。我不知道地球上哪里才是最适宜生活的地方…..不过肯定不是上面给出的那些名字。这个调查毫无意义。
beet
7:03 AM GMT+0800
I'm surprised Max Fisher thinks Taiwan's low birth rate woulddecrease the quality of life. The fewer babies there are, the more attentionand economic and environmental resources can be given to those who *are* there.It tends to raise the quality of life, not lower it. Also, Germany and the United States' birth rate are notso hot themselves.
I'm also surprised that Max Fisher is surprised thatChinawould rank low. Chinahas 1.3 billion people. If it's quality of life approached anything near thatof the U.S. and Europe, it'd have the world's largest economy four timesover. Chinahas also been important because it is big, not because the average Chinese isparticularly rich.
Max Fisher认为台湾低出生率会降低生活质量，这种观点我很意外。出生的孩子越少，居住在那儿的人才能获得更多关注，才能享用更多经济和环境资源。低出生率应该能够提高生活质量。此外，德国和美国本土出生率也不是太高。
Max Fisher还提到中国的排名。中国是一个13亿人口的大国，假如每个中国人的生活品质接近美国和欧洲的人均水平，那么中国会超过最大经济体水平4倍多。中国现今地位日益重要是因为中国的壮大，而不是每个中国人都富裕了。
Aiditaforpeace
9:08PM GMT+0800
China is the explanation showing that economic opportunityalone it is not the factor to be make a country the best place to live to live.
中国是用来解释单独的经济发展并不能使得这个国家成为最佳出生地。
thegrendel
6:11 AMGMT+0800
Pakistan among the worst?
Say it ain't so
巴基斯坦位列末尾？
告诉我这不是真的
pmendez
5:44 AMGMT+0800
I,too, am surprised the Ukraineranks so low.
I, for one, would rather be born in Ukraine rather than most of theAfrican and/or Moslem countries, especially if I were a girl. I'd take incomeinequality, corruption and poor governance over female circumcision, arrangedmarriages and stoning any day
个人对于乌克兰排名如此靠后表示不相信。
我觉得出生于乌克兰总比在大多数非洲或者穆斯林国家要好得多，特别是女性，我不得不忍受收入不平等，女性割礼，包办婚姻，政府***和某天被投石而死的可能。
TomSeattle1
1/8/2013 6:50AM GMT+0800
Americansalways have a tough time believing that there are countries other than ourswhere the quality of life is better. No American city ranks in the top ten ofplaces to live
美国人总是很难相信世界上还有比美国生活质量更高的国家。世界最佳居住地前十名没有美国城市。
NMcowboy
1/8/20137:04 AM GMT+0800
Quitethe opposite. Most Americans were shocked that the U.S. is not the worst country inthe world to be born
正相反。因为美国没能入选世界最糟糕出生地国家，大部分美国人深感震惊。
Greed Over Patriotism
1/8/20138:41 AM GMT+0800
New York City is a great place to live,
if you have $60 million
纽约是个好地方
前提是你须有6千万美元
gibsonj45acoustic
3:44 AMGMT+0800
Butthe best places have gun control, universal health insurance, and liberaldemocracy
最好的国家应该包括枪械管理，全民医疗和自由民主
britlib
3:47 AM GMT+0800
Well that eliminates the USA....
如果要满足上述条件，美国可以闪了……
pjs1965
1/8/201312:04 PM GMT+0800
I'msure glad I have and maintain my dual citizenship with Switzerland. Ifthe Republicans here in the USAsucceed in trashing this place I have another place to call home
明智地保留了瑞士的双重国籍，如果共和党成功捣毁美国，我还有个叫做家的地儿。
BettyLou4you@gmail.com
1/8/201312:05 PM GMT+0800
Bye
走好
根据《经济学人》的一项调查，如果你现在走进人类世界，并且可以自行选择国籍的话，相对于美国，全球至少还有15个国家会是更好的选择。该机构挑选了80个国家，根据11个可变量来决定“哪个国家在未来能提供更加健康，安全和富足的生活”。研究结果意料之外，却又在情理之中。
The study incorporates hard data on facets such as economicopportunity, health standards and political freedoms; subjective “quality oflife” surveys; and economic forecasts for 2030, when an infant born today wouldbe entering adulthood. Even gender equality, job security (as measured byunemployment data), violent crime rates and climate are taken intoaccount.
研究机构首先就硬性数据方面进行比较，比如经济发展机会，健康卫生标准和政治自由度；主观“生活质量”调查；预测2030年经济发展，因为那时是现在出生婴儿进入成年期，甚至该调查还将性别平等，就业保障，暴力犯罪率和气候条件纳入了调查范围。
Here’s some of what I found interesting about the data.
下列是我从调查数据中发现的有趣现象。
Money can’t buy you happiness, though it will get you 2/3 of the way.
虽然金钱占据幸福感来源的三分之二，但是金钱仍买不来幸福
The correlation between wealth, as measured by gross domestic product(GDP) per capita, and happiness is clear, though not nearly as clear as youmight expect. The report concludes from the results that “GDP per head aloneexplains some two thirds of the inter-country variation in life satisfaction,and the estimated relationship is linear.” Only two-thirds!
根据国内人均国民生产总值衡量，财富和幸福之间的关联性不言而喻，但是该报告经过调查得出结论“单独的GDP数值约占生活满意度的三分之二，与预估的关系呈线性联系。”金钱只占幸福感来源的三分之二！
If you look at the map, you’ll see that the world’s richest countriesscore highly, but not in the top category. The United States and Germany,two of the world’s economic powerhouses, tied for 16th place; Japan ranks waydown at 25th. Britain and France scoreeven worse.
所以看看地图，虽然地球上最富有的国家评分较高，但却不是出生地的最佳选择。世界经济强国美德两国，排名并列16，日本则下跌至25位。英法两国得分更差。
The Middle East offers some greatlessons on money and well-being. The region scores poorly in general, with twoexceptions.
我们能做中东地区在金钱与幸福的关系中学到一些东西。该地区整体评分不高，但却有两个国家例外。
Democratic and developed Israel, which is about as rich perperson as the European Union average, ranks 20th. But the top-ranking countryin the region, at 18th, is the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. Even moretelling, though, is the gulf between the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia, which for allits oil money scores much lower, perhaps due in part to problems such asrepressive laws or a lower human development index.
民主和发达的以色列，人均财富排名与欧盟平均水平不相上下，排名20，石油资源丰富的阿拉伯联合酋长国则靠前，排名18位。虽然阿联酋和沙特阿拉伯同属石油资源丰富地区，但由于镇压性法律或人类发展指数较低等原因，后者得分更低。
The best countries to be born in are small, peaceful, homogenous, liberaldemocracies.
选择出生条件最佳国家应该具备的条件：领土面积小、发展均匀、国内和平以及具有自由民主的政体。
Yes, it’s yet another international ranking on individual well-beingwhere the Nordic countries come out on top, alongside Ireland, Australia,New Zealand and Canada. The top15 also include Austria and Switzerland,which seem to meet similar criteria. The three best places to be born are, inorder: Switzerland, Australia and Norway.
是的，世界个人幸福感排名中，爱尔兰、澳大利亚、新西兰、加拿大和几个北欧国家拔得头筹。前15位还包括奥地利和瑞士。三个最佳出生地依次为：瑞士，澳大利亚和挪威。
Here’s a surprise: the top-ranked countries also include Asia’s twosuper-rich city-states, Hong Kong and Singapore,as well as Taiwan.I’ll admit to being surprised by the data’s suggestion that a newborn today isbetter off being Taiwanese than American or German, particularly because Taiwan’s agingpopulation and declining birthrate could lead the economy to decline. But Taiwan doesenjoy good political freedoms and improving health and living standards.
不过令人惊讶的是：亚洲几个超富裕国家地区也名列前茅，它们是香港，台湾和新加坡。不得不承认，在台湾人口老龄化和出生率降低可能导致经济滑坡现象下，调查结果显示新生儿出生于台湾比生于美德两国生活会更好，我对此非常惊讶。不过，台湾的确拥有良好的政治自由度，并且在不断改善健康条件，提高生活水平。
There is some interesting variation among the top-ranked countries. New Zealandranks seventh overall even though its GDP per capita is low compared to manyworse-ranking European countries. Singapore, though ranked sixth, isnot a liberal democracy by any stretch, andlife satisfaction in thehyper-competitive city seems relatively low. But it sure is rich.
排名靠前的国家也有些有趣的变化。虽然新西兰人均国内生产总值低于很多欧洲国家，但是它整体排名第七。新加坡虽然排名第六位，但是由于不够自由民主，生活竞争激烈，似乎生活满意度相对较低，不过毫无疑问，新加坡是一个富足的国家。
It’s still best in the West.
西方国家仍是最佳选择。
In spite of Asia’s miraculous growth and of Europe’seconomic decline, factors such as political rights and health standards keepthe Western world overwhelmingly desirable. Other than a small number ofexceptions, most of which are mentioned above, the top third of the rankings isdominated by Europe and other Western states.
尽管亚洲正在经历奇迹般的经济增长，而欧洲遭受经济衰退，但是政治权利和医疗健康等因素使得西方国家最终获得压倒性胜利。除了极少数例外，前三分之一出生较佳国家排行榜依旧被欧洲和其他西方国家占据。
Even Portugal and Spain, for alltheir very real troubles, score highly. A child born today is likely to have abetter life, according to the data, in Polandor Greece — yes, Greece — than in rising economic giants such as Brazil, Turkeyor China.
即使是葡萄牙和西班牙现在面临诸多麻烦，但得分仍然很高。根据相关数据显示，出生于波兰或希腊的孩子将来能获得更好的生活，是的，你没看错，与经济不断增长的巴西，土耳其和中国相比，希腊仍是较佳出生地。
Poverty, violence and/or lack of freedom define the worst countries to beborn into.
最差国家定义：贫穷，暴力，缺乏自由。
Countries with violence, poverty or political *** all rankpoorly, but the variance within the bottom fifth or so is fascinating. Theworst three countries to be born into, in order from the bottom up, are Nigeria, Kenyaand Ukraine.
贫穷，暴力和存在政治压迫的国家排名较差。最差国家出生地排名从下到上依次为：尼日利亚、肯尼亚和乌克兰。
Some of the bottom-ranked countries are not actually so poor, such as Russia, whichhas bad records on political rights and public health. Ecuador, backsliding on political rights, is thesole low-scoring country in an otherwise optimistic-looking Latin America.
一些排名靠后的国家并没有传说中那么差，比如俄罗斯，但是由于存在政治权利不公和公共健康的不良记录，使得排名靠后。厄瓜多尔则是由于政治权利倒退，是在具有乐观前瞻性的拉丁美洲中唯一一个得分较低的国家。
Though countries such as Indonesiaand Vietnamare projected to show astounding economic growth over the next generation, theyare poortoday.Thismap is a reminder that being born into a poor society, even one that offersopportunities for new wealth, can still mean life-long challenges.
虽然印尼和越南等国家在将来会展现出惊人的经济增长势头，不过现在，它们仍然不是出生地的好选择。这张地图提醒我们出生于贫穷社会虽然有更多获取财富的机会，但同时也意味着需要终身面临挑战。
Inequality plus poverty is much worse than just plain poverty.
发展不平衡加贫穷比单单贫穷更糟糕
Three telling cases here are Angola,Kazakhstan and Ukraine, all ofwhich scored much lower than I’d have expected. Both Angolaand Kazakhstan are enjoyingrapid economic growth from energy and mineral exports, and Ukraine is amiddle-income democracy. But all three have severe and worsening problems witheconomic inequality, which in turn are fueling corruption and poor governance.
我们接下来讨论安哥拉，哈萨克斯坦和乌克兰，这三个国家排名比我预期差很多。安哥拉和哈萨克斯坦依赖于能源和矿产出口，经济均在快速增长。乌克兰则是一个经济发展水平中等的民主国家。不过，经济发展不平衡现象日益恶化，反之助长***，同时削弱政府管理能力。
You’re worse off being born in any of these three countries, accordingto the data, than you are just about anywhere else, including Sri Lanka, a poorhotbed of ethnic violence, oppressive Vietnam, or evenSyria. Pakistan places higher than Angola or Ukrainebut just below Kazakhstan.
根据数据显示，生于斯里兰卡，种族暴力温床的越南，甚至叙利亚都比生于安哥拉，哈萨克斯坦和乌克兰要好。巴基斯坦排名高于安哥拉和乌克兰，略低于哈萨克斯坦。
Chinais still not a great placeto be born.
中国尚不能称为出生最佳地
The country ranks 49th out of 80, just below Latvia and Hungary. That’s an amazing finding,given that China now has thesecond-largest number of billionaires in the world after the United Statesand might some day have the most. You would think that, with so many Chinesefamilies catapulting to higher status within a society that is itself seeinghistoric gains, Chinawould be a great place to be born in 2013.
中国在80个国家当中，排名49位，仅次于拉脱维亚和匈牙利。中国亿万富翁数量世界排名第二，有可能赶超美国，所以这一发现令人吃惊。你可能会想，中国本身出于历史变革，经济发展的大时期，中国家庭会与国家一道具有更高的地位，所以2013年出生于中国应该是一个不错的选择。
The statistics are a reminder that, for all of China’sastounding gains, those gains have not benefited all Chinese equally. Abouthalf of the country is still rural and 128millionarestill below the poverty line. Even in the big coastal cities, the rising costof living, stalled political freedoms and worsening income inequality mean thatthe next 20 or 30 years may not be prosperous for a lot of families.
不过，统计数据提醒我们中国惊人的经济收益并没有平等地惠及所有中国人。中国一半地区仍是农村，并且还有1.28亿人生活在贫困线下。即使在沿海大城市，上升的生活成本，止步不前的政治自由和日益拉大的收入差距都能说明在未来二、三十年，很多中国家庭仍无法达到富裕的标准。
So, if you’re a Westerner fretting about American decline or Europeancollapse, then if nothing else, know that your children have still lucked intoone of the best deals in history: being born in the right place at the righttime.
所以，如果你来自西方国家，并且还在为美国的衰落或者欧洲的经济崩溃感到烦恼，那你要知道你的孩子仍然非常幸运，生活在史上最好的国家：恰逢其时。
评论翻译：
reg123
10:38 AMGMT+0800
One of the bigbenefits of living in Canada,is the health care system, gun control, a moderate population and greatresources.
Another benefit is being next door to America, a great neighbour that hascontributed to the wealth in our country.
居住在加拿大有很多好处，比如健全的卫生保健系统，枪支管制，人口适度以及丰富的资源。还有一个就是我们伟大的邻邦美国，为加拿大国家财富做出了不少贡献。
macalina1
10:10 AMGMT+0800
Whythere is no mention of Chile...the only country in southamerica in light blue... The constant issue of thiscountry, America is just theUSA...Everybody can see the one of the best countries is Canada and the journalist ignoresit completely. The tendency of looking your own belly button.
为什么没提到智利….智利是南美洲唯一一个显示淡蓝色的国家….美国最大的问题就是，只提美国….我们都能看到最佳国家加拿大，记者完全无视加拿大存在，只盯着自家的肚脐看。
Lucifer69
10:06 AMGMT+0800
Mexico should be blood red.
墨西哥应该是血红色
wmbrent
9:51 AMGMT+0800
The Kenya andKazakstan ratings are ridiculous, coming from someone who has lived in both.
肯尼亚和哈萨克斯坦的评分最荒谬，是根据在这两个国家居住过的人评的么
diegogerman
9:37 AMGMT+0800
Ecuador!
In here there is true freedom of expression
Daily Liar
厄尔多瓜！
这里能实现真正的自由表达
《每日一骗》
nikster2011
8:47 AMGMT+0800
Maybethey should ask some people who have lived in different places?!
Walk through "rich" Singapore, you see unhappy faceseverywhere. Walk through "poor" northern Thailand, you see genuine smileseverywhere. Europe is stagnant - the USA is undersold up there, it mighthave its share of problems most of which are caused by the absence of truedemocracy, but it has individual freedom and endless amounts of land. Chinesemegacities are where the money is today but nobody is happy to live there. Idont have an answer as to which is the best place to live ... but neither doesthe above list. Its absolutely meaningless.
也许该问问居住在这些国家的人？！
走过“富足”的新加坡，随处可见不开心的面孔。漫步“贫穷”的泰国，你则能看到张张真诚的笑脸。欧洲停滞不前，美国由于缺乏真正的民主，从而面临很多问题，但是美国有个人自由和广袤的土地。中国大都市不缺钱，但是居住在那儿的人都不快乐。我不知道地球上哪里才是最适宜生活的地方…..不过肯定不是上面给出的那些名字。这个调查毫无意义。
beet
7:03 AM GMT+0800
I'm surprised Max Fisher thinks Taiwan's low birth rate woulddecrease the quality of life. The fewer babies there are, the more attentionand economic and environmental resources can be given to those who *are* there.It tends to raise the quality of life, not lower it. Also, Germany and the United States' birth rate are notso hot themselves.
I'm also surprised that Max Fisher is surprised thatChinawould rank low. Chinahas 1.3 billion people. If it's quality of life approached anything near thatof the U.S. and Europe, it'd have the world's largest economy four timesover. Chinahas also been important because it is big, not because the average Chinese isparticularly rich.
Max Fisher认为台湾低出生率会降低生活质量，这种观点我很意外。出生的孩子越少，居住在那儿的人才能获得更多关注，才能享用更多经济和环境资源。低出生率应该能够提高生活质量。此外，德国和美国本土出生率也不是太高。
Max Fisher还提到中国的排名。中国是一个13亿人口的大国，假如每个中国人的生活品质接近美国和欧洲的人均水平，那么中国会超过最大经济体水平4倍多。中国现今地位日益重要是因为中国的壮大，而不是每个中国人都富裕了。
Aiditaforpeace
9:08PM GMT+0800
China is the explanation showing that economic opportunityalone it is not the factor to be make a country the best place to live to live.
中国是用来解释单独的经济发展并不能使得这个国家成为最佳出生地。
thegrendel
6:11 AMGMT+0800
Pakistan among the worst?
Say it ain't so
巴基斯坦位列末尾？
告诉我这不是真的
pmendez
5:44 AMGMT+0800
I,too, am surprised the Ukraineranks so low.
I, for one, would rather be born in Ukraine rather than most of theAfrican and/or Moslem countries, especially if I were a girl. I'd take incomeinequality, corruption and poor governance over female circumcision, arrangedmarriages and stoning any day
个人对于乌克兰排名如此靠后表示不相信。
我觉得出生于乌克兰总比在大多数非洲或者穆斯林国家要好得多，特别是女性，我不得不忍受收入不平等，女性割礼，包办婚姻，政府***和某天被投石而死的可能。
TomSeattle1
1/8/2013 6:50AM GMT+0800
Americansalways have a tough time believing that there are countries other than ourswhere the quality of life is better. No American city ranks in the top ten ofplaces to live
美国人总是很难相信世界上还有比美国生活质量更高的国家。世界最佳居住地前十名没有美国城市。
NMcowboy
1/8/20137:04 AM GMT+0800
Quitethe opposite. Most Americans were shocked that the U.S. is not the worst country inthe world to be born
正相反。因为美国没能入选世界最糟糕出生地国家，大部分美国人深感震惊。
Greed Over Patriotism
1/8/20138:41 AM GMT+0800
New York City is a great place to live,
if you have $60 million
纽约是个好地方
前提是你须有6千万美元
gibsonj45acoustic
3:44 AMGMT+0800
Butthe best places have gun control, universal health insurance, and liberaldemocracy
最好的国家应该包括枪械管理，全民医疗和自由民主
britlib
3:47 AM GMT+0800
Well that eliminates the USA....
如果要满足上述条件，美国可以闪了……
pjs1965
1/8/201312:04 PM GMT+0800
I'msure glad I have and maintain my dual citizenship with Switzerland. Ifthe Republicans here in the USAsucceed in trashing this place I have another place to call home
明智地保留了瑞士的双重国籍，如果共和党成功捣毁美国，我还有个叫做家的地儿。
BettyLou4you@gmail.com
1/8/201312:05 PM GMT+0800
Bye
走好
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