Here are different countries’ national animal.

Global Prosperity Index survey ranked the most prosperous countries in the world where safety and security was the most important issue. Here are the countries that take personal safety of the people living there very seriously.

According to the Legatum Institute, a London based research institute, here are the world’s most advanced, healthiest, richest and happiest countries.

The World Economic Forum created the index using different measurements to rank the most educated countries in the world with the highest score being seven. The factors the score is based on include the rate at which people studied at a university or an equivalent as well as on five questions given by business leaders from each country like "In your country, how well does the education system meet the needs of a competitive economy?" and "In your country, to what extent do companies invest in training and employee development?"

The World Economic Forum has published The Global Competitiveness Report this weekend. They analyzed different data like levels of corruption, inflation, and policy stability to provide an “insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity.”

The ranking was made by the Reputation Institute taking into account various factors such as the quality of exports, contribution to global culture, standard of living, general tolerance, beauty, and safety.
 

The not-for-profit organization Social Progress Imperative ranked the countries by quality of life. They took into consideration the scores of three main indexes: 1. Basic Human Needs, which includes medical care, sanitation, and shelter. 2. Foundations of Wellbeing, which covers education, access to technology, and life expectancy. 3. Opportunity, which looks at personal rights, freedom of choice, and general tolerance. Then all the three factors were added together before giving each country a score out of 100.
 

Millennials or Generation Y are the people who were born in the early 1980s to around 2000. So, the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, U.S. News & World Report made a list of the best countries to live in, according to Generation Y that was defined as adults between 18 and 35 years old.
 

World Press Freedom Index has been published just recently by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) which shows a ranking of 180 countries where freedom of the press is at its best. Countries are ranked based on the freedom allowed for journalists with scores ranging from 0 to 100. 0 is the best score and 100 is the worst.

According to Global Finance Magazine, small countries continue to lead the ranking list of the richest countries of the world. What's interesting is that the top three countries are unchanged from 2015.

The International Energy Agency published Trends in Photovoltaic Applications report about who is generating the most raw power from solar and who has the greatest capacity installed to deliver solar energy. The survey was made between 1992 and 2014 but it is the most recent data that is available. This shows that we need to explore solar energy the best we can.