What is going on, everyone
Welcome back to the world according to Briggs and a list about the most loved countries on
the planet. We just got done doing the most hated countries on the planet. Now the more important subject of the two, the most loved countries
There are several different organizations that do surveys about countries that are the
most loved or like the other day, the most hated. The Reputation Institute does a study
The Pew Research people do one about attitudes towards different countries. Gallup has their own version
I looked at all the surveys I could find and came up with a list of the countries that are most frequently on those surveys at the top 10
There are a lot of different reasons people from other countries may love another country
It could be the generosity towards other countries, great experiences when they visit, the natural beauty, quality of life for its population, the culture, the food
There's a lot of reasons people love countries. And I'll tell you right now, if you want to go back and look at the other list, no matter what is said about a country, a state, any place
There's going to be different opinions on each one. I talked about how India showed up in all the surveys as one of the most hated countries on the planet
And I get a bunch of people like sending me almost a resume for India. Like these are all the quality things about India
You need to take it off the list. Don't you need to get that out to other people. So when they do the survey again in a couple of years, India isn't on the list right now
It's on the list. They acted like there's all these great things that India accomplished
They are. They have a long history and a great culture of some beautiful things
But right now, not a lot of people like them. And that's true with any country on the planet, any state in the United States, any city you go to
You're going to have people that love it and you're going to have people that hate it. All right, let's see what countries people say they love
Number 10, Norway. Like I said in the last video, a lot of times when a country is hated, it goes way back to something they did in their history
Apparently, they don't go that far back because Norway, along with Sweden and Denmark
gave us the Vikings. And if you know anything about European history, you know these guys were a frickin' nightmare
for a very long time. But today's Norwegians are nothing like their 8th century countrymen
I guess you'd call them countrymen. Wasn't a country back then, but you get what I'm saying. As this list goes on, you will see that most of the countries
come from this same area of the world. They all share something Norway excels in
quality of life for the residents. Norwegians, on average, live a very healthy life
and their work-life balance is always one of the best in the world
Whenever there's a survey about that, Norway's one of those countries that has a really good work-life balance
Norway isn't a terribly large country. They only have a population of 1.3 million residents
From a tourist point of view, this is a beautiful place. I mean, all the little different islands
the land itself, the beautiful architecture, definitely a good place to visit
Number nine, Denmark. Just south of Norway and west of Sweden, you have the small country of Denmark
Denmark is home to one of the most beautiful cities on the planet, Copenhagen. If you ever get a chance, visit Copenhagen
Like Norway, Denmark has a little over 5 million residents and they enjoy the second best quality of life in the world
along with the second best social purpose. Social purpose is just how the country cares
about human rights about the environment gender equality religious freedom respect of property well political power things like that If you ever want to visit I heard nothing but great things about taking a cruise from New York that goes up there from Iceland and Norway and
then down to Copenhagen. Take that cruise if you're into cruises. It's supposed to be one of the best
ones. Number eight, the Netherlands. Down the coast a bit from Denmark and sandwiched between
Germany, Belgium, and the North Sea, you have the Netherlands and their most famous city, Amsterdam
Last time I talked about the Netherlands, someone asked me why it isn't Holland anymore. Basically, this is how it goes. The difference between Netherlands and Holland is the Netherlands
is the term for the country as a whole. It's got 12 providences, while Holland refers to just two
provinces of North and South Holland. But the Dutch have formed what has long been considered
a very tolerant society. Now, in recent years, some politicians are kind of voicing concerns
over immigration. The Netherlands are considered to have the highest concentration of museums in
the world. And it only makes sense. I mean, this is the birthplace of Rembrandt and Van Gogh
The Netherlands are the most populous country on this list so far with just over 17 million
residents. Number seven, New Zealand. Other than Auckland being one of the most expensive cities
on Earth right now, I've never heard much bad about New Zealand. Everyone I know that's ever
visited. Everyone I know that's ever lived there, which is only three people, but probably know eight
or nine people that have visited. They have nothing but great things to say about New Zealand
New Zealand is considered to be the most scenic country in the world and one of the happiest
This is an incredibly beautiful country. They even have the clearest lake on earth. The water
is just the clearest. It's actually called Nelson's Blue Lake. It's got a visibility of 80 meters
like down. You can see 80 meters down. Most of the lakes I've ever been to, you're lucky if you
can see two feet down. New Zealand has a population of just over 5 million residents, and it is
seventh most loved country in the world. Number six, Sweden. And back up north, we go to Sweden
birthplace of Ingrid Bergman, Alfred Nobel, and PewDiePie. For you older people, the name PewDiePie
doesn't ring a bell. He's the biggest YouTuber as far as subscribers go. I think there's one
channel that has more, but it's really part of a corporation from India. Anyway, moving on. Sweden
Sweden is flanked by Norway to the west, the Baltic Sea to the east, and expands across
much of Scandinavia's peninsula and is one of the largest countries in the European Union
by landmass. Sweden is ranked third in quality of life and has one of the best work-life balances on earth
Swedes are some of the world's most generous people. They donate on average about 1% of their gross national product to humanitarian aid programs
every single year. And that's how this country of just over 5 million became the sixth most loved country
Number five, Australia. Who doesn't love Australia and Crocodile Dundee videos or movies at one point
What is strange about that, back in the 80s, a lot of Americans thought that's how Australians were, just like Crocodile Dundee
I had an Australian guy tell me one time that if you travel to parts of the Outback
you'll find people like that without the movie exaggerations. You know, he said
you'll see where that character came from in some of these people Australia is loved because of the people and the land They both beautiful Australia is ranked sixth for outdoor lifestyle and the government gets high marks for modernization
and responsiveness. I guess that's an important stat to have, responsiveness. I mean, you're
working for the people and you want to respond to what they want. Makes sense. Number four, Switzerland. Switzerland is one of those countries that has just a great reputation
I mean, it's a beautiful, beautiful country. And then their reputation is just untarnished
They stay out of wars. They stay out of other people's business. This wasn't part of this survey to find out which is the most loved country
But I did see stats before that Switzerland is considered the best country to have a business
or to do business with. I'm sure most of that has to do with banking
But as far as the beauty of Switzerland, if you want to see a good video that shows how
amazing this country is there's a youtuber named is harris and she has a great video on switzerland
i'll put a link in the description down below it's worth watching switzerland and it's 8.5
million residents come in at number four number three germany yeah germany is a much loved country
now i mentioned this before that usually when someone has something horrible in their past they
carry a lot of that hatred for decades and decades and maybe even centuries
Germany, as we know, has a very, very dark past, but they've gone so far past it
It's now part of history. It's not viewed as these Germans are evil. It's viewed as these Germans taught us a lesson of how not to be
And the German people of today are nothing like it. I actually made a video, a trolling video about Germany a while back
And oh my God, these people defended this country like it was a family member
It was, in a way, it was kind of beautiful. It got a little irritating, but it was kind of beautiful
Germany is great for tourism. It's great for relocation. And it's considered the second best country
on the planet for entrepreneurship. But I think the history and the travel
are what gets them to be such a loved country. They're at number three with their 83 million residents
I didn't know they had that many. I honestly thought they would be under 50 million. The country doesn't seem that crowded
I mean, they've got some big cities, but it just seems like it's very rural outside those cities
Like they wouldn't have that many people. Anyway, yeah, they got 83 million, a little over 83 million residents
Number two, Japan. Yeah, just like Germany, this is another country that has done such good
that they've moved past their darker past, which obviously along with Germany
World War II was pretty ugly. They did some other bad things in the past too, but Japan now is nothing like that
They do have a reputation for overworking their people, or I guess the people do it voluntarily
It's just part of their culture to work hard, achieve goals, and just be successful
That is very much ingrained in their culture. Japan is ranked fifth when it comes to cultural influence
which how their culture and their history affect consumers and fashion and design, things like that
In other words they haven strayed too far away from their ancient culture when it comes to things like design and fashion etc They are considered the number one country for entrepreneurship on the planet which is outstanding Business people and tourists alike
love Japan. They always give it high marks. It's one of the places I plan on visiting within the
next couple of years. Japan is a little more populated than just about any other place on
this list with their 126.3 million residents. Yeah, some of their places like Tokyo and Yokohama
They're pretty crowded. Now, before we get to number one, don't forget we got another channel called On This Day
There is a link down below. Maybe you should check that out. Give it a big thumbs up if you find a video you like
or subscribe. All right, on to number one. And number one, Canada
This one does not shock me at all. Canada has been doing the right things for a long time
when it comes to their people. Their land is beautiful. The only thing I ever hear that's bad about Canada is they're a little overtaxed
But, I mean, that's true for just about any country. Here in the United States, some people think they're great because they have that universal health care
Then others say it's horrible because they're overtaxed because of it, and it's just not that good
Every Canadian I know has nothing but great things to say about their health care system
That's what I go by. I go by the people. I listen to the other things that are going on around there
But when I want to know about something like that, if I know someone from a country, I ask the person
And I probably know 20 people that are from Canada or who have lived in Canada
And at least five or six of them, we've talked about the health care system. They all think it's great
And that's a big reason a lot of people love this country, the health care system
But once you get past that, it is a huge country with a lot of open land that is beautiful
The people are decent. As an example, I did that trolling video on Germany
And I mean, I got everything from death threats to just insults
I made a mistake. I didn't make a mistake. I just worded it poorly and I made it sound like I was saying Ottawa was actually in Quebec
when it's right on the border, but it's in Ontario. Yeah, they were nothing but polite in correcting me
I don't think I found one where they were rude in the slightest. The point I'm trying to make are Canadian people are one of the biggest reasons people
love this country. And I'm one of them. People are great. The land is beautiful and the government takes care of their people
Of course, we're going to get complaints about this, but they have a reputation for being responsive to their citizens
Not everyone's going to feel that way, but majority of people do. And of course, we're going to get some dude named Doug that lives in Regina
and he's going to talk about how the government sucks. I don't know what the deal is with Canada and dudes named Doug
Seems to be a lot of them named Doug there. Canada is the second largest country on the planet as far as area goes
but they're 37th when it comes to population. They only have a little over 38 million residents
I think the New York City and the Los Angeles metro area have more people than the entire country of Canada
All right, that's today's video. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Hope you got some information out of it
Now go out, have a great day, be nice to each other. Thank you