•  First, a well-educated electorate has underpinned political systems which have been able to produce pragmatic policies that have helped in adapting to a rapidly changing world. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index, the Nordic countries (plus the Netherlands, which is often considered a Nordic model country) are the most democratic countries in the world.
5  •  Second, education has enabled these countries to tap into the full pool of human potential and has contributed to the absence of rigid social classes. Reflecting this, the Nordic countries are among the most mobile societies in term of intergenerational income mobility.