New Delhi : India ranks 66th in the latest list of where-to-be-born places in the world, based on a ‘quality of life’ index, prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), an associate company of the magazine Economist.

Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013, followed by Australia Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Singapore, in that order.  

US comes 16th  with Germany in this list .

Britain comes 27th and China comes 49th.  Even Sri Lanka comes 63rd alongwith Philippines, followed by Ecuador and then India at 66th.

Pakistan and Bangladesh are at the 75th and 77th positions respectively.

Health, wealth and trust in public institutions are the major indicators in the index to say that people will tend to be the happiest and will have the best quality of life.

One of the most important factors is being rich, but other factors come into play – including crime, trust in public institutions and the health of family life.

In total, the index takes into account 11 indicators.

These include fixed factors such as geography, others that change slowly over time such as demography, social and cultural characteristics, and the state of the world economy.

The index also looks at income per head in 2030, which is roughly when children born in 2013 will reach adulthood.

Nigeria comes last in this list.