Human Development Index 2007: Rank 32nd out of 178 countries .
Index of Economic Freedom 2007: Rank 31st out of 157 countries .
Reporters Without Borders worldwide press freedom index 2007: Rank 14th out of 169 countries .
Global Competitiveness Report 2006: Rank 29th out of 125 countries .
Democracy Index (January 2007): Ranks 18th of 167 countries (the highest rank of functioning democracy along with only 27 others) .
It was also ranked as the highest alcohol-consuming nation by The Economist in 2006.
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