The publication Newsweek has ranked Spain as third best for health but 32 for their education system (read article in Castilian here, La Vanguardia). The weekly magazine analysed five indicators of well being and power of 100 countries and pronounced the Spain's health system ranked third, tied with Sweden but only behind Japan and Switzerland. The publication highlights the universal coverage and the average lifespan of a healthy person living in Spain (74 years on average) and the efficiency and overall quality of the health system.  However, it doesn't read so well for their education system, which Newsweek puts Spain at a  ranking of 32, behind countries like Kazakhstan, (14th), Poland (17th) and Cuba (20th). However there are concerns over the indicators used to arrive at these figures, which doesn't include key skills but is based on the average years of schooling (16.1 years in Spain) and literacy rate, which hits 98 percent. Education minister, Àngel Gabilondo, acknowledged yesterday that he is "satisfied with what is happening" in Spanish education. He went on and said that we need to consider where they came from as a country and praised the work done in the last 25 years. The report places Spain at an overall 21st position, scores Spain's economy at 19th, political environment at 21, whilst for quality of live scores 22. In comparison to other EU countries, Spain is also in the middle of the table, and is the eleventh country in the Union.