2010-08-25

In a study by Newsweek Sweden ranked as the third best nation in the world, after Finland and Switzerland. In regards to the policital climate, Sweden ranked as number one. 

In NEWSWEEK’s first-ever Best Countries special issue, we set out to answer a question that is at once simple and incredibly complex—if you were born today, which country would provide you the very best opportunity to live a healthy, safe, reasonably prosperous, and upwardly mobile life? Many organizations measure various aspects of national competitiveness. But none attempt to put them all together.

For this special survey, then, NEWSWEEK chose five categories of national well-being—education, health, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and political environment—and compiled metrics within these categories across 100 nations. A weighted formula yielded an overall list of the world’s top 100 countries.

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www.newsweek.com/2010/08/16/best-countries-in-the-world.html