The World's Best Countries For Women Have Just Been Revealed & Canada Made The Top 5

Over 8,000 women were surveyed to make this ranking.
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A new ranking from the U.S. News & World Report has revealed the world's best countries for women and Canada has landed in fourth place. 

The list was generated by ranking attributes including human rights, gender equality, income equality, progress, and safety. 

Editor's Choice: Canada Has Been Named The Best Country In The Entire World For The First Time Ever

The top 10 list goes as follows: 

  • Sweden
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Canada
  • Netherlands
  • Finland
  • Switzerland
  • New Zealand 
  • Germany 
  • Australia 

According to the report, 8,048 women were surveyed in the ranking process. 

While Canada may have received fourth place for women, it did receive an overall award of World's Best Country of 2021.

  • Britanny Burr was a Staff Writer at Narcity Canada, who drove growth within Narcity's Western coverage and readership. Having lived between her hometown, Canmore, Alberta and Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, and NYC over the past 10 years, she is obsessed with finding the best local hot spots. She holds a B.A. in English and has over six years of professional writing experience as Head Writer and Editor for YUL.Buzz in Montreal, and Creative Copywriter at JAKT in NYC. News by day, poetry by night — the written word is Britanny's nearest and dearest.

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