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The KidsRights Index is an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation, in cooperation with Erasmus University Rotterdam: Erasmus School of Economics and the International Institute of Social Studies. It comprises a ranking of all UN member states that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and for which sufficient data is available, as of 2024 a total of 194 countries are part of the Index.

KidsRights Index 2024

This year’s study has revealed there has been a 21% rise of serious children’s rights violations in armed conflicts around the world, owing to conflicts in Israel and Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and many more countries across the globe. In Israel and Gaza alone, since October 2023 nearly 8,000 children have been killed.

In addition, the 2024 KidsRights Index Report has identified that progress on the UN’s ‘Agenda 2030’ and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relevant to children contained therein, is severely lagging. Only one in three of the UN’s child-related SDG indicators have been met or are on track to be met, meaning that only one in four children will live in countries where these will be eventually met.

Read more on the release of the KidsRights Index 2024 in the press release linked below.

KidsRights Index 2024: ‘Study reveals 21% rise in violence against children worldwide: Polycrisis for children deepens due to rise in conflicts and continued Covid-19 fallout’

The polycrisis impacting children’s rights across the world is deepening as young people continue to suffer from a multitude of crises, according…

The KidsRights Index report 2024

The KidsRights Index exists of 5 domains:

Right to Life
Right to Health
Right to Education
Right to Protection
Enabling Environment for Child Rights

A country’s total score on the KidsRights Index has been calculated as the geometric mean of the scores of the five domains. Each domain has the same weight. The scores for each domain are calculated as the average value of the indicators. To review the score for each domain per country, visit the table below.

The Index is a ranked country list, with colour-coding indicating relevant clusters of rankings. There are five different clusters which display a similar performance level, as each cluster concerns countries for which the scores belong to the same distribution. Within a cluster the scores of countries are thus more similar than across clusters. The clusters are expressed on a color spectrum in the above world map. For more information, visit the Methodology and FAQ page.

Please view the map above or the table below to see the scores for each country.

Countries	Rank KRI 2024	Score KRI 2024	Rank Life	Score Life	Rank Health	Score Health	Rank Education	Score Education	Rank Protection	Score Protection	Rank Environment	Score Environment
Afghanistan	194	0,209	176	0,434	156	0,612	186	0,258	144	0,586	193	0,010
Albania	154	0,523	49	0,881	65	0,939	95	0,694	50	0,951	184	0,071
Algeria	56	0,759	81	0,823	101	0,873	81	0,723	40	0,970	58	0,500
Andorra	24	0,809	33	0,912	5	0,997	X	X	X	X	32	0,583
Angola	163	0,488	169	0,498	183	0,430	136	0,599	164	0,377	47	0,571
Antigua and Barbuda	34	0,790	39	0,907	32	0,982	116	0,654	X	X	6	0,667
Argentina	84	0,710	59	0,867	78	0,928	26	0,860	87	0,866	136	0,300
Armenia	125	0,604	76	0,828	57	0,957	118	0,649	58	0,939	168	0,167
Australia	135	0,584	3	0,979	17	0,990	1	1,000	30	0,977	185	0,071
Austria	10	0,854	21	0,950	23	0,987	36	0,841	15	0,988	33	0,583
Azerbaijan	77	0,725	111	0,774	73	0,934	74	0,740	84	0,873	86	0,429
Bahamas	141	0,568	97	0,803	86	0,912	X	X	X	X	155	0,250
Bahrain	29	0,793	38	0,909	1	1,000	39	0,835	42	0,967	87	0,429
Bangladesh	96	0,692	120	0,756	134	0,756	129	0,625	122	0,692	17	0,643
Barbados	36	0,788	53	0,876	67	0,938	134	0,603	67	0,918	7	0,667
Belarus	79	0,720	64	0,862	6	0,997	44	0,824	47	0,954	139	0,286
Belgium	8	0,858	20	0,951	25	0,986	2	1,000	12	0,990	59	0,500
Belize	85	0,709	107	0,783	98	0,887	102	0,687	83	0,874	88	0,429
Benin	168	0,463	180	0,357	179	0,469	171	0,497	139	0,617	104	0,417
Bhutan	94	0,694	113	0,770	87	0,912	101	0,687	60	0,937	117	0,357
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	65	0,738	135	0,666	129	0,794	41	0,833	111	0,774	18	0,643
Bosnia and Herzegovina	49	0,764	50	0,881	123	0,825	77	0,735	32	0,976	60	0,500
Botswana	92	0,699	147	0,605	110	0,860	108	0,676	97	0,832	48	0,571
Brazil	102	0,665	88	0,812	88	0,910	47	0,810	85	0,868	156	0,250
Brunei Darussalam	63	0,741	67	0,847	9	0,993	86	0,719	X	X	61	0,500
Bulgaria	30	0,793	68	0,844	76	0,931	73	0,742	66	0,921	34	0,583
Burkina Faso	166	0,468	178	0,424	181	0,459	166	0,518	155	0,442	62	0,500
Burundi	144	0,564	173	0,474	176	0,507	143	0,581	133	0,634	19	0,643
Cabo Verde	50	0,764	72	0,835	102	0,872	110	0,669	96	0,833	20	0,643
Cambodia	176	0,435	128	0,710	139	0,709	140	0,588	115	0,738	186	0,071
Cameroon	165	0,472	177	0,425	165	0,571	119	0,647	159	0,416	118	0,357
Canada	66	0,738	17	0,955	43	0,971	33	0,846	28	0,979	140	0,286
Central African Republic	191	0,266	190	0,164	194	0,236	184	0,285	168	0,291	105	0,417
Chad	192	0,244	192	0,067	187	0,348	185	0,277	170	0,206	21	0,643
Chile	53	0,762	34	0,912	26	0,984	19	0,899	79	0,888	119	0,357
China	110	0,651	42	0,902	50	0,965	83	0,722	X	X	141	0,286
Colombia	44	0,777	85	0,816	80	0,925	61	0,776	93	0,846	49	0,571
Comoros	177	0,431	154	0,575	155	0,619	122	0,640	129	0,649	180	0,100
Congo	146	0,556	153	0,578	175	0,518	104	0,684	118	0,727	120	0,357
Cook Islands	106	0,657	91	0,809	124	0,819	X	X	X	X	89	0,429
Costa Rica	60	0,746	47	0,888	59	0,955	28	0,851	75	0,898	121	0,357
Côte d'Ivoire	173	0,446	179	0,382	173	0,548	165	0,520	146	0,568	142	0,286
Croatia	88	0,706	40	0,907	75	0,933	76	0,737	22	0,983	143	0,286
Cuba	38	0,784	65	0,858	63	0,943	84	0,719	78	0,891	50	0,571
Cyprus	47	0,771	29	0,931	58	0,956	23	0,868	16	0,988	122	0,357
Czechia	14	0,841	32	0,914	10	0,993	43	0,832	31	0,977	51	0,571
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	142	0,568	94	0,805	154	0,626	151	0,564	41	0,970	161	0,214
Democratic Republic of the Congo	186	0,324	181	0,357	192	0,266	159	0,533	153	0,494	173	0,143
Denmark	9	0,858	23	0,948	24	0,987	3	1,000	2	0,996	63	0,500
Djibouti	158	0,515	163	0,547	161	0,592	176	0,427	70	0,915	144	0,286
Dominica	128	0,599	137	0,653	117	0,850	144	0,580	X	X	114	0,400
Dominican Republic	118	0,626	121	0,746	82	0,917	103	0,686	99	0,823	157	0,250
Ecuador	82	0,715	77	0,828	107	0,866	63	0,774	107	0,784	90	0,429
Egypt	28	0,797	103	0,788	69	0,937	65	0,765	80	0,886	22	0,643
El Salvador	185	0,332	95	0,805	119	0,843	93	0,708	94	0,844	194	0,010
Equatorial Guinea	190	0,290	175	0,469	174	0,540	X	X	162	0,391	187	0,071
Eritrea	171	0,453	146	0,612	185	0,409	180	0,392	X	X	91	0,429
Estonia	27	0,802	37	0,910	60	0,955	60	0,777	25	0,981	64	0,500
Eswatini	131	0,591	170	0,497	138	0,723	94	0,705	124	0,664	92	0,429
Ethiopia	179	0,407	150	0,586	188	0,322	157	0,534	169	0,222	65	0,500
Fiji	70	0,735	126	0,726	71	0,935	54	0,790	104	0,801	66	0,500
Finland	7	0,859	14	0,958	29	0,983	4	1,000	10	0,992	67	0,500
France	17	0,826	16	0,956	34	0,978	40	0,835	20	0,985	68	0,500
Gabon	139	0,579	142	0,626	151	0,659	106	0,679	121	0,696	132	0,333
Gambia	157	0,516	167	0,502	150	0,665	178	0,413	140	0,616	93	0,429
Georgia	41	0,781	78	0,828	90	0,907	46	0,821	57	0,941	69	0,500
Germany	4	0,874	26	0,941	14	0,992	14	0,946	13	0,990	35	0,583
Ghana	133	0,590	151	0,583	148	0,669	107	0,678	130	0,647	106	0,417
Greece	3	0,878	28	0,934	11	0,993	5	1,000	21	0,984	52	0,571
Grenada	67	0,736	69	0,842	105	0,869	6	1,000	X	X	115	0,400
Guatemala	145	0,562	122	0,745	133	0,765	138	0,590	109	0,780	162	0,214
Guinea	189	0,291	188	0,295	180	0,467	179	0,404	150	0,524	188	0,071
Guinea-Bissau	181	0,376	184	0,327	178	0,491	163	0,522	148	0,540	169	0,167
Guyana	72	0,734	133	0,691	97	0,890	111	0,667	110	0,780	8	0,667
Haiti	162	0,491	165	0,511	168	0,557	173	0,463	141	0,610	123	0,357
Honduras	83	0,715	109	0,779	120	0,841	156	0,543	103	0,816	23	0,643
Hungary	43	0,778	54	0,876	12	0,993	51	0,803	48	0,954	94	0,429
Iceland	2	0,884	12	0,964	46	0,969	7	1,000	14	0,989	36	0,583
India	103	0,665	132	0,701	140	0,707	113	0,661	65	0,923	95	0,429
Indonesia	108	0,652	129	0,710	128	0,796	68	0,760	100	0,821	133	0,333
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	91	0,703	70	0,842	68	0,938	48	0,807	53	0,946	145	0,286
Iraq	170	0,454	118	0,757	70	0,937	135	0,601	135	0,631	189	0,071
Ireland	71	0,735	18	0,955	89	0,910	8	1,000	17	0,988	158	0,250
Israel	68	0,736	15	0,958	2	1,000	50	0,804	23	0,983	146	0,286
Italy	16	0,834	10	0,965	30	0,983	27	0,858	11	0,991	70	0,500
Jamaica	61	0,743	104	0,788	96	0,893	92	0,708	73	0,908	71	0,500
Japan	22	0,813	2	0,986	7	0,997	31	0,847	6	0,994	96	0,429
Jordan	98	0,683	73	0,835	84	0,913	147	0,577	54	0,946	124	0,357
Kazakhstan	21	0,816	93	0,806	52	0,962	35	0,842	51	0,950	37	0,583
Kenya	147	0,556	166	0,507	160	0,596	153	0,561	136	0,629	72	0,500
Kiribati	121	0,611	136	0,658	146	0,677	141	0,586	108	0,781	107	0,417
Kuwait	73	0,732	41	0,905	27	0,984	120	0,645	X	X	73	0,500
Kyrgyzstan	89	0,705	108	0,781	72	0,935	91	0,708	106	0,786	97	0,429
Lao People's Democratic Republic	122	0,611	134	0,668	142	0,697	155	0,550	145	0,583	53	0,571
Latvia	12	0,845	62	0,866	48	0,967	45	0,823	39	0,971	24	0,643
Lebanon	51	0,764	60	0,867	106	0,869	131	0,617	44	0,961	38	0,583
Lesotho	161	0,493	186	0,309	152	0,651	127	0,625	127	0,652	125	0,357
Liberia	164	0,476	182	0,353	164	0,574	154	0,551	156	0,440	74	0,500
Libya	100	0,671	86	0,814	121	0,839	97	0,693	X	X	98	0,429
Liechtenstein	40	0,782	X	X	3	1,000	88	0,717	X	X	9	0,667
Lithuania	112	0,646	56	0,871	74	0,934	32	0,847	33	0,976	170	0,167
Luxembourg	1	0,885	13	0,963	16	0,991	49	0,804	8	0,993	2	0,714
Madagascar	188	0,313	172	0,490	189	0,305	150	0,570	157	0,426	181	0,083
Malawi	119	0,624	162	0,548	153	0,629	96	0,693	142	0,592	10	0,667
Malaysia	48	0,768	61	0,867	99	0,882	105	0,682	X	X	11	0,667
Maldives	136	0,581	35	0,912	91	0,905	145	0,577	35	0,975	174	0,143
Mali	160	0,495	183	0,331	157	0,611	181	0,352	137	0,628	12	0,667
Malta	25	0,809	8	0,966	18	0,990	24	0,865	34	0,976	99	0,429
Marshall Islands	130	0,593	156	0,567	132	0,771	152	0,563	X	X	75	0,500
Mauritania	134	0,585	164	0,544	163	0,584	169	0,509	143	0,591	3	0,714
Mauritius	116	0,642	89	0,810	33	0,980	70	0,747	X	X	147	0,286
Mexico	42	0,779	99	0,793	81	0,920	58	0,782	91	0,859	39	0,583
Micronesia (Federated States of)	174	0,445	117	0,760	126	0,813	X	X	X	X	175	0,143
Monaco	18	0,824	1	0,995	51	0,963	X	X	X	X	40	0,583
Mongolia	86	0,709	98	0,802	122	0,830	69	0,755	92	0,855	108	0,417
Montenegro	39	0,784	43	0,901	127	0,800	62	0,774	62	0,930	54	0,571
Morocco	54	0,761	87	0,814	94	0,898	67	0,761	68	0,918	76	0,500
Mozambique	175	0,445	168	0,501	170	0,555	162	0,524	147	0,561	163	0,214
Myanmar	129	0,595	141	0,631	145	0,678	139	0,589	98	0,826	126	0,357
Namibia	101	0,668	157	0,566	149	0,666	109	0,670	113	0,754	4	0,700
Nauru	138	0,580	159	0,552	112	0,856	172	0,478	X	X	77	0,500
Nepal	124	0,608	131	0,704	131	0,772	85	0,719	131	0,640	134	0,333
Netherlands	19	0,823	22	0,950	55	0,958	9	1,000	3	0,996	109	0,417
New Zealand	62	0,742	19	0,955	44	0,970	10	1,000	37	0,974	159	0,250
Nicaragua	69	0,736	80	0,824	130	0,787	90	0,709	117	0,729	25	0,643
Niger	187	0,314	187	0,304	191	0,270	183	0,315	161	0,413	148	0,286
Nigeria	182	0,348	193	0,062	167	0,560	170	0,500	154	0,453	26	0,643
North Macedonia	58	0,751	58	0,868	85	0,913	78	0,732	45	0,959	100	0,429
Norway	11	0,854	6	0,971	31	0,983	13	0,954	4	0,996	78	0,500
Oman	76	0,728	71	0,837	95	0,896	57	0,788	38	0,972	127	0,357
Pakistan	153	0,526	152	0,579	143	0,695	177	0,426	125	0,656	128	0,357
Palau	117	0,633	139	0,638	19	0,990	30	0,848	X	X	137	0,300
Panama	132	0,591	66	0,854	92	0,905	117	0,653	89	0,861	171	0,167
Papua New Guinea	180	0,377	143	0,622	193	0,262	164	0,520	158	0,420	164	0,214
Paraguay	80	0,720	110	0,776	108	0,863	121	0,643	123	0,672	13	0,667
Peru	37	0,787	90	0,810	118	0,844	38	0,838	101	0,821	27	0,643
Philippines	74	0,729	123	0,742	137	0,728	100	0,689	90	0,861	28	0,643
Poland	123	0,611	45	0,897	116	0,852	52	0,793	29	0,979	176	0,143
Portugal	13	0,843	25	0,944	15	0,992	16	0,922	19	0,986	79	0,500
Qatar	20	0,817	31	0,921	4	1,000	146	0,577	26	0,980	5	0,700
Republic of Korea	15	0,835	5	0,972	13	0,993	25	0,862	X	X	41	0,583
Republic of Moldova	46	0,774	101	0,790	115	0,853	66	0,764	56	0,944	55	0,571
Romania	111	0,647	63	0,866	93	0,903	79	0,731	64	0,925	165	0,214
Russian Federation	87	0,709	82	0,822	66	0,939	29	0,851	46	0,957	149	0,286
Rwanda	127	0,602	144	0,621	136	0,738	123	0,634	126	0,653	110	0,417
Saint Kitts and Nevis	152	0,530	125	0,730	54	0,961	56	0,788	X	X	177	0,143
Saint Lucia	95	0,694	114	0,765	109	0,862	115	0,655	76	0,892	111	0,417
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	52	0,764	106	0,785	64	0,940	55	0,790	X	X	42	0,583
Samoa	75	0,729	92	0,809	77	0,930	128	0,625	116	0,731	30	0,600
San Marino	55	0,761	30	0,924	41	0,973	130	0,623	X	X	31	0,600
Sao Tome and Principe	169	0,461	124	0,737	144	0,679	75	0,738	105	0,791	190	0,071
Saudi Arabia	148	0,556	46	0,891	56	0,958	21	0,894	27	0,980	191	0,071
Senegal	120	0,612	140	0,633	141	0,706	174	0,443	128	0,651	14	0,667
Serbia	31	0,792	57	0,869	79	0,926	80	0,728	72	0,911	43	0,583
Seychelles	140	0,572	84	0,817	35	0,978	125	0,626	X	X	166	0,214
Sierra Leone	184	0,337	185	0,319	169	0,556	158	0,533	132	0,640	192	0,071
Singapore	35	0,789	11	0,965	20	0,990	18	0,900	5	0,996	129	0,357
Slovakia	90	0,704	52	0,877	37	0,977	71	0,744	55	0,946	150	0,286
Slovenia	6	0,861	24	0,945	28	0,984	20	0,897	7	0,994	56	0,571
Solomon Islands	149	0,548	116	0,761	166	0,570	161	0,528	119	0,719	138	0,300
Somalia	183	0,348	189	0,202	186	0,389	X	X	167	0,321	44	0,583
South Africa	93	0,697	138	0,639	114	0,854	87	0,718	95	0,837	80	0,500
South Sudan	193	0,224	191	0,073	190	0,298	187	0,187	166	0,336	112	0,417
Spain	64	0,741	9	0,966	21	0,990	15	0,944	18	0,987	160	0,250
Sri Lanka	151	0,532	48	0,882	125	0,817	72	0,743	49	0,954	182	0,083
State of Palestine	104	0,662	75	0,832	40	0,976	126	0,626	82	0,879	151	0,286
Sudan	178	0,408	158	0,564	182	0,439	175	0,432	134	0,634	172	0,167
Suriname	114	0,645	112	0,772	111	0,860	148	0,575	81	0,880	135	0,333
Sweden	78	0,725	7	0,967	42	0,972	11	1,000	9	0,993	167	0,214
Switzerland	32	0,792	4	0,973	22	0,990	17	0,907	1	0,997	130	0,357
Syrian Arab Republic	155	0,520	100	0,793	135	0,756	168	0,512	86	0,867	178	0,143
Tajikistan	99	0,682	115	0,765	103	0,871	137	0,597	88	0,866	101	0,429
Thailand	5	0,867	44	0,901	62	0,944	37	0,840	69	0,916	1	0,750
Timor-Leste	109	0,652	145	0,620	162	0,585	114	0,657	114	0,740	15	0,667
Togo	167	0,465	174	0,470	177	0,499	133	0,606	149	0,533	152	0,286
Tonga	57	0,759	102	0,789	38	0,977	34	0,846	112	0,772	81	0,500
Trinidad and Tobago	45	0,776	83	0,821	61	0,948	64	0,774	61	0,935	82	0,500
Tunisia	59	0,748	79	0,826	53	0,962	82	0,723	24	0,982	113	0,417
Turkey	113	0,646	55	0,875	47	0,969	12	0,987	59	0,939	179	0,143
Turkmenistan	33	0,791	127	0,716	36	0,978	89	0,714	43	0,962	29	0,643
Tuvalu	115	0,643	149	0,594	83	0,914	160	0,529	77	0,892	102	0,429
Uganda	156	0,519	155	0,572	171	0,555	149	0,573	160	0,415	83	0,500
Ukraine	26	0,804	74	0,834	100	0,875	42	0,832	52	0,950	45	0,583
United Arab Emirates	81	0,718	36	0,912	8	0,997	53	0,793	63	0,930	153	0,286
United Kingdom	137	0,581	27	0,938	45	0,970	22	0,892	36	0,975	183	0,083
United Republic of Tanzania	150	0,534	148	0,605	172	0,549	167	0,517	163	0,380	16	0,667
Uruguay	23	0,810	51	0,878	39	0,977	59	0,781	71	0,912	57	0,571
Uzbekistan	97	0,690	96	0,805	49	0,966	99	0,690	102	0,817	131	0,357
Vanuatu	126	0,603	119	0,757	147	0,673	124	0,631	138	0,621	116	0,400
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	105	0,659	130	0,710	113	0,855	142	0,582	120	0,704	84	0,500
Viet Nam	107	0,657	105	0,788	104	0,871	98	0,693	74	0,903	154	0,286
Yemen	172	0,453	160	0,552	184	0,412	182	0,334	152	0,504	85	0,500
Zambia	159	0,496	161	0,552	158	0,605	132	0,616	165	0,339	103	0,429
Zimbabwe	143	0,568	171	0,496	159	0,601	112	0,663	151	0,510	46	0,583