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Here Are The 10 Best Countries For Finding Love If You're A Millennial

by Jake Cappuccino

People are always trying to get a leg up on dating. They're always trying to see what they can do, how they can dress and where they can go to increase their chances of finding like-minded individuals to date.

Millennials are no different than any other age group in that regard, but some places are better than others for dating when you're a young person.

Well, thanks to US News & World Report, we can all see exactly which countries are best for dating as a Millennial. US News actually created a list of best countries in the world, and it derived a list of the best places to date as a Millennial from that other main list, using responses only from Millennial-aged participants.

To create its list, US News defined 65 attributes, or "terms that can be used to describe a country and that are also relevant to the success of a modern nation," and surveyed 16,248 people from 36 countries in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Attributes were divided into nine subgroups that, when taken all together, determined the rankings of the best countries. The subgroups were adventure, citizenship, cultural influence, entrepreneurship, heritage, movers, open for business, power and quality of life.

The participants themselves considered a random selection of countries and country attributes, with the end result being that each survey participant considered about half of the attributes for about a third of the countries, according to US News' methodology.

Business Insider reports for the Millennial dating survey that US News scored each country on five attributes: friendliness, fun, sexiness, trustworthiness and approachability.

Given those qualities, here are the 10 best countries for dating, according to Millennials.

1. Brazil

2. Italy

3. Spain

4. Australia

5. New Zealand

6. Canada

7. Thailand

8. Netherlands

9. France

10. Mexico

Check out the rest of the countries over at US News & World Report, and head there for more details about the survey's methodology and the attributes that contributed to each country's ranking.

In case you're curious, of the 60 countries that made the list, the worst five countries for dating as a Millennial were Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Iran.

Also in case you're curious, here are the 10 best countries overall, according to US News' report.

1. Germany

2. Canada

3. United Kingdom

4. United States

5. Sweden

6. Australia

7. Japan

8. France

9. Netherlands

10. Denmark

Citations: Millennials Pick: Best Countries for Dating (US News & World Report), Overall Best Countries Ranking (US News & World Report), Methodology: How the 2016 Best Countries Were Ranked (US News & World Report), The 25 best countries for dating, according to millennials (Business Insider)