Nederland draagt van alle landen het meeste bij aan de mensheid

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holland_tom twitterde op maandag 11-12-2017 om 09:30:14 Congratulations to the Netherlands for being the country that – apparently – contributes the most to humanity. reageer retweet

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For the second year in a row, the UK has slipped in the ranks of the Good Country Index: it still ranks as doing more good and less harm than 150 other countries, with Afghanistan in last place, but is now in eighth place after Ireland.

The top three are the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark, on the index created using 35 separate indicators to rank the countries that contribute most to the greater good of humanity rather than for their own citizens.

Only three years ago the UK held fourth place in the index, and was ranked top for its global contribution to science and technology, thanks to its Nobel prizes, scientific journals and other international publications it has produced. It lost that status the following year, and now sits below Ireland, which has climbed back into the top 10, rated first for its contribution to international prosperity and equality, and second for its contribution to international health and wellbeing.

In September the UK also slipped from the top 10 most charitable countries, in the separate index maintained by the Charities Aid Foundation, which measures charitable giving and volunteering, after a surge of giving from developing countries. Earlier this year it only made a fairly miserable 19th place in an index of happy countries produced by the United Nations: Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland were the happiest.

Simon Anholt, the creator of the Good Country Index, said a successful country was one that “contributes to the good of humanity”.

“Of course, it must serve the interests of its own people, but never at the expense of other populations or our shared resources: this is the new law of human survival, and it’s a balance which is far more easily maintained than many people imagine,” he added.

The top 10 “good countries” are: the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, United Kingdom, Austria and Norway.

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Op maandag 11 december 2017 12:36 schreef TheJanitor het volgende:
Kunnen dus wel wat minder doen.

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Op maandag 11 december 2017 12:38 schreef TheJanitor het volgende:
Bijdragen, zal wel wat centen kosten, neem ik aan?

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Op maandag 11 december 2017 12:55 schreef J.A.R.V.I.S. het volgende:
Mooi dat iedereen trots is, wat een feest, blijkbaar heeft niemand de OP gelezen anders was dit wel opgevallen:

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Toch mooi dat wij het topland zijn waar de burgers op de 2e rang worden geplaatst, voorbeelden zijn natuurlijk gratis zorg voor vluchtelingen en de werkende burger mag krom liggen.

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“Of course, it must serve the interests of its own people, but never at the expense of other populations or our shared resources: this is the new law of human survival, and it’s a balance which is far more easily maintained than many people imagine,” he added.