Unemployment: The numbers are under-reported because it's very, very easy to get shoved away on a benefit that doesn't count as unemployment, although someone o

Unemployment: The numbers are under-reported because it's very, very easy to get shoved away on a benefit that doesn't count as unemployment, although someone of your condition would be considered unemployed in other countries. The Danish "employment ratio" (number of employed people as a fraction of the total population) is very high compared to the rest of Europe, but only until you remember that housewives are almost inexistent. Average wealth: Pretty decent, but stagnant and falling rapidly relative to other western countries. Class mobility: Very high in relative term, very low in real terms. There's a very short way to the top (and the bottom) so it's pretty easy to get there. The top just isn't very high up, so you're still upper middle class compared to other countries. Should you happen to break out of the middle class, the Jantelov-based scorn will be severe. Freedom: Not great. Especially suspicion of tax evasion ("black work") routinely trumps basic civil liberties. The tax authorities were granted blanket permission to enter private property without a warrant if there is visible building activity. Pollution: Very high "green" taxes on energy has made comparably cheap wood burning stoves very popular. This is then the cause of very high levels of particle pollution, especially in the winter. Education: The extreme egalitarianism that is found across society is particularly pervasive in the educational system leading to a painfully low quality education from kindergarden to university. This has been made particularly acute by a political focus on educating the "knowledge society" which has re-wired secondary and upper education to focus almost exclusively on quantity. I think the danish model could work fairly well, but the political system (and a more than willing electorate) has shown itself to be completely incapable of even minor reforms to substantially address the mentioned issues.