UN Rates Best, Worst Countries

UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
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Stockholm locals bask in rare sunlight in the Swedish capital.

The Scandinavian country ranked sixth in a new listing of the world's best places to live. Sweden enjoys a high life expectancy, adult literacy rate, school enrollment rate, and GDP per capita, according to 2005 data in the recently released UN Human Development Report 2007/2008.

It is also ranked second, behind Norway, as the nation with the strongest gender empowerment. About 47 percent of Swedish parliament seats are held by women.

In Japan, also a top ten country on the list, women only hold about 11 percent.

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