Albert Einstein once said to the world that education is not only about learning facts, rather it is about training the mind to think, to produce, and to excel!
Education is , therefore, the one and only weapon that one can use to change the world and this is clearly true for some countries that have devoted much time, made great efforts, and spent real money in the hope of contributing to the development of this sector, which will automatically lead to empowering their position in the world.
Guess what? They made it! Click on NEXT and let’s find out together about these powerful countries that The Annual World Economic Forum has listed as the highest educated countries in the entire world!
Norway
Of course, you are not surprised! It’s Norway and everyone knows well how comfortable and balanced the life there! In fact, this Scandinavian country is highly developed and this can be clearly seen in the great achievement and success that the country has achieved!
Norway is also widely known for its strong and booming economy and the latter fact is as a result of the strong educational sector. A strong education automatically means a strong nation that’s why Norway tend to invest heavily in education.
It even devotes an annual expenditure of nearly 14,000 dollars per one single pupil from primary to tertiary education.
Finland
According to the annual international study, Finland was ranked right behind the top spot! It is a strong, well developed, and highly educated country. Well, now you can finally understand why! In fact, Finland values education and gives it a great attention.No wonder why its educational system is widely-acclaimed.
That’s not everything as it is also very interesting to know that teachers in Finland are selected very carefully and are required to have a master degree in education to be eligible to teach. Plus, they are selected from the top 10 percent of the country’s graduates!
Switzerland
Switzerland comes in the third place which means that the top 3 spots are filled by European nations. The latter country is armed with high education, know-how, and great development.
This is of course due to all the efforts that the country makes to improve its education sector. The country actually spends an average of $16,000 annually per one single student.
What a great investment, don’t you think? It’s also worth knowing that a very large majority of Switzerland’s population has received a full secondary education.
The United States
Luckily, the United States is among those countries with the highest education. It is also the first non-European country on this list and also among the top12 countries with the largest population.
The country received high scores in terms of development and know-how. Even more interesting to know, surprisingly a large proportion of adults, about 43% in the United States have actually received a university education, which is really cool!
Denmark
With much respect to development, Denmark holds the 34th overall ranking and considered to be reasonably a well-balanced country. The latter country is also known to have spent the largest share of its greatest wealth on the education sector. Education is definitely not just a sacred sector but also a priority that can never be neglected or replaced in Denmark.
Germany
Germany is somehow like Denmark! It’s true that Germany is behind regarding deployment but this cannot change the fact that this country has been ranked the 7th in know-how and development.
While most of the countries are measured in terms of their population and education level, it’s good to mention that Germany is one of the countries where free accessible public education programs have really taken place.
New Zealand
New Zealand is the best when it comes to Education! For this particular reason, it is always ranked among the top educational systems in the world. That’s not everything, The educational system in New Zealand is very innovative and has introduced many new studying options for students.
The country’s educational department outlined a new way for students to take their daily courses. Students can actually take some courses online. This way, they are not obliged to attend the school on a daily basis or at least not on certain days of the week.
Sweden
The Scandinavian reputation continues to enhance and Sweden is again another Scandinavian country ranked among countries with the highest education. No wonder that it has been ranked third in the know-how category! Verily Education is the key!
Slovenia
That’s surprising, we know as the majority of you never ever expected to find Slovenia in this list. Well, you read it right, Slovenia is actually highly ranked in terms of development and capacity.
Austria
Austria is another European country on this list, that is highly and widely acclaimed for its strong education and the well developed educational system.
Very briefly, it seems that Albert Einstein was totally right and education is the most empowering force in the world that creates knowledge, builds confidence, breaks down barriers to opportunity, and give birth to a stronger and powerful tomorrow!