Rank 5: Sweden Sweden (5th) performs consistently well across all six pillars (Enable, Attract, Grow, Retain, Vocational and Technical Skills, and Global Knowledge Skills), belonging to the top 15 in each of them.
The country is a high performer in retaining talent (4th in the Retain pillar), Lifelong Learning (3rd), Vocational and Technical Skills (10th), and Global Knowledge Skills (11th). “Even though Sweden is not one of the top attractors of talent in terms of External Openness (28th) despite its Lifestyle advantages (3rd), it is a top country in terms of Internal Openness (2nd) with an exemplary Tolerance of minorities,” according to the GTCI report.