UK retirement system sticks at world's 17th best

While the placing remains the same as in 2018 - and one place higher than in 2017 - declines in health, finances and wellbeing caused its accumulated score to drop marginally from 73% to 72%. In particular, the rating for material wellbeing fell by two percentage points to 69%, ranking 18th compared to 16th in 2018 and 15th in 2017. The measure is based on an assessment of income equality, income per capita, and unemployment, using data from a variety of sources, including the World Bank and Eurostat. However, the lowest score among the sub-indices was found in the assessment of finan...