I agree, and actually I came to West Africa after 10 years in Canada.

In many ways, West Africa has a better quality of life than Canada.

(yes, of course there are also many ways it's much, much worse, but it's worth remembering it's not all bad, and we in the West can learn a lot from people who love life more than money and family more than things.)

I have lived and been all over both countries. This is wrong - the quality of life is very similar. Of course, the US has famously higher levels of certain social ills than you'd expect for a country of its wealth, but that's not saying the same thing. Really curious about where your perception of it comes from. Do you live in Canada?

People far enough up the income ladder have a decent quality of life in North Korea

Evidenced by the constant brain drain from the US to Canada to take advantage of that massive increase in quality of life...oh shit wait.