Sweden best country to grow old – UN

GENEVA: Sweden is the best place to grow old and Afghanistan the worst, according to a United Nations-backed study on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) that warns many countries are ill-prepared to deal with the old age time bomb.

In a rapidly greying world, the Global AgeWatch Index—the first of its kind—found that Sweden, known for its generous welfare state, followed by Norway and Germany were best equipped to deal with the challenges of an ageing population.