Since 1990,the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has ranked the world's "most desirable places to live." The rankings are based on a Human Development Index (HDI), which includes national measures of life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and per capita GDP. It can be found here:http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi

If you were asked to make your own list of the best places to live, how important would a country's per capita real GDP be as a criterion? What other factors would you consider in making your list?