Sweden has been ranked the second best country in the European Union at growing, attracting and retaining talent by a new international study, trailing only the United Kingdom among the EU nations.

Sweden placed fifth overall in international university Instead’s 2017 Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI), the highest ranking of the Nordic nations. Switzerland placed first, followed by Singapore, the United Kingdom and the USA.

And the Swedes performed well across the board, registering good scores in the GTCI’s six categories of enabling talent, attracting talent, growing talent, retaining talent, providing vocational skills and providing knowledge skills.

“Sweden performs particularly well across all six pillars, belonging in the top 15 in each of them,” the report notes.
“In particular it excels at retaining talent, ranking 4th. With strong formal education and excellent access to lifelong learning, the country can count on a well balanced pool of both vocational skills (10th) and global knowledge skills (11th),” it adds.

There was more good news for Sweden in the study’s accompanying Global Cities Talent Competitiveness Index (GCTCI), where second city Gothenburg stepped out of Stockholm’s shadow and placed fifth, beating major cities like Madrid, Paris and Los Angeles in the process.
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