How Sweden is different?
- h00293417
- Apr 18, 2016
- 1 min read
Will Point Out How Sweden Is Different From Other Country??
· Swedish women have their first child in average at 30 years old, the oldest in Europe along with Ireland and the Netherlands.
. Sweden has the smallest gender employment-rate gap in the developed world, with only 4% more men in employment than women.
· Sweden has the highest percentage of working mothers in the developed world, no less than 76% of them.
· The Swedes spend the longest time in tertiary education with an average student age of 25.5 years old.
· 40% of Swedish women and 32% of Swedish men aged 25 to 64 participate in education or training. Compare it to the EU average is 10% for women and 9% for men.
· Sweden has the highest proportion of personal computers per capita in Europe, with 500 P.C.'s per 1,000 people.
A 2007· UNICEF report on child well-being in rich countries ranked Sweden as the best country on 3 out of 6 dimensions (children's material well-being, health & safety, and behaveors & risks), and second best country overall after the Netherlands.
· As of 2006, Sweden was the most generous country in the world regarding aid to poor countries. It is the only nation where donations exceed 1% of the GDP.
· The Swedish maternity and paternity leave is one of the longest and most generous in the world, allowing the father and mother to take a shared total of 480 days (16 months) off at 77.6% of their salary.
· The OECD Better Life Index found that Sweden was the best developed country for the environment (as of 2016).
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