Denmark is the best placed country among the members of the EU to provide its citi-zens with adequat...
Denmark is the best placed country among the members of the EU to provide its citi-zens with adequate pensions, according to the European Pensions Barometer. Portugal, the top ranked country in 2005's inaugural Barometer, slipped to 13th place due to improvements in demography and private pension provision by other countries and the influx of new countries into the scope of the survey. Two EU accession countries in 2006 - Estonia and Latvia - were among the top four, relegating the Netherlands and the UK to fifth and sixth place respectively in the survey. The UK pension system ranked si...
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