KidsRights Index

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 2021 a total of 182 countries are part of the Index.

KidsRights Index 2021

In the KidsRights Index 2021, Iceland continues to rank first in the Index, followed by Switzerland and Finland. Chad, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone are at the bottom of the 2021 Index. Countries receive scores in five areas of children’s rights ‘life’, ‘education’, ‘protection’, ‘health’ and ‘enabling environment for child rights’. The performance in the latter category is based on the Concluding Observations adopted by The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This year’s Index welcomes the introduction of the State of Palestine in the ranking. The KidsRights Index 2021 has in addition a special Note on the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on children and the future implications of this on children’s rights.

Read more on the release of the KidsRights Index 2021 in the press release linked below.

KidsRights Index 2021: ‘Devastating impact of global pandemic on children worldwide’

KidsRights Foundation has published its annual KidsRights Index and revealed that the negative impacts of the global pandemic on children across the…

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.

KidsRights Index 2021 – Report

Countries	Rank KRI 2021	Score KRI 2021	Rank Life	Score Life	Rank Health	Score Health	Rank Education	Score Education	Rank Protection	Score Protection	Rank Environment	Score Environment
Iceland	1	0.966	6	0.982	39	0.963	1-8	1.000	14	0.989	2	0.900
Switzerland	2	0.937	5	0.984	20-21	0.978	16	0.902	1	0.997	5-16	0.833
Finland	3	0.934	15	0.970	14-18	0.984	1-8	1.000	11	0.992	31-37	0.750
Sweden	4	0.915	8	0.978	9-10	0.989	1-8	1.000	9	0.993	52-62	0.667
Netherlands	5	0.909	17	0.968	37	0.965	1-8	1.000	3	0.996	52-62	0.667
Germany	6	0.909	26	0.958	7	0.992	12	0.941	13	0.990	50-51	0.700
Slovenia	7	0.899	22	0.963	27-29	0.973	20	0.885	7	0.994	38-49	0.714
France	8	0.892	14	0.970	51	0.947	35	0.834	20	0.985	31-37	0.750
Denmark	9	0.891	28	0.954	14-18	0.984	1-8	1.000	4	0.996	76	0.600
Thailand	10	0.889	57	0.890	52	0.945	58	0.786	67	0.914	1	0.917
Republic of Korea	11	0.887	10	0.977	2	0.995	28-29	0.849	163-182	x	31-37	0.750
Latvia	12	0.882	56	0.890	38	0.964	46	0.816	38	0.971	20-30	0.786
Italy	13	0.879	3	0.985	33	0.969	24-25	0.863	12	0.991	63-74	0.643
Norway	14	0.879	11	0.975	19	0.982	14	0.942	5	0.996	77-86	0.583
Portugal	15	0.875	18	0.966	1	1.000	11	0.922	19	0.986	77-86	0.583
Tunisia	16	0.873	70	0.861	58	0.937	75	0.747	22	0.983	3-4	0.857
Chile	17	0.865	31	0.935	14-18	0.984	19	0.888	75	0.892	52-62	0.667
Belgium	18	0.862	21	0.963	14-18	0.984	1-8	1.000	163-182	x	77-86	0.583
Croatia	19	0.861	34	0.924	45	0.955	65	0.762	24	0.983	38-49	0.714
Turkey	20	0.855	48	0.899	24-26	0.974	27	0.854	49	0.949	63-74	0.643
Oman	21	0.851	49	0.896	90	0.899	82	0.727	37	0.972	20-30	0.786
Cuba	22	0.849	35	0.918	55	0.943	68-69	0.760	74	0.892	31-37	0.750
Barbados	23	0.847	46	0.903	57	0.939	105	0.672	65	0.918	5-16	0.833
Uruguay	24	0.846	43	0.909	44	0.957	64	0.764	70	0.914	38-49	0.714
Kazakhstan	25	0.845	72	0.856	34	0.967	40-41	0.824	48	0.950	52-62	0.667
Czechia	26	0.842	29	0.940	42	0.962	31	0.841	28	0.977	77-86	0.571
Cyprus	27	0.842	25	0.959	62-63	0.930	42	0.823	15	0.988	77-86	0.583
Bahrain	28	0.840	45	0.903	46	0.955	21	0.878	39	0.967	77-86	0.571
Japan	29	0.838	1	0.998	32	0.970	26	0.857	6	0.994	87-97	0.500
Belarus	30	0.837	55	0.891	31	0.971	33	0.838	10	0.993	87-97	0.571
Malaysia	31	0.834	61	0.882	92	0.895	78	0.735	163-182	x	5-16	0.833
Bulgaria	32	0.832	63	0.881	64	0.929	54	0.794	64	0.921	52-62	0.667
Austria	33	0.832	24	0.962	27-29	0.973	24-25	0.863	16	0.988	87-97	0.500
Egypt	34	0.832	103	0.802	66	0.927	63	0.768	76	0.889	20-30	0.786
Estonia	35	0.831	32	0.934	56	0.941	57	0.787	25	0.981	77-86	0.583
Malta	36	0.829	23	0.962	14-18	0.984	28-29	0.849	31	0.976	87-97	0.500
Peru	37	0.828	71	0.859	111	0.825	34	0.838	96	0.833	20-30	0.786
Colombia	38	0.827	68	0.864	69	0.925	59	0.779	83	0.872	38-49	0.714
Qatar	39	0.826	30	0.938	27-29	0.973	154	0.539	26	0.980	17-19	0.800
Mexico	40	0.822	77	0.852	105	0.848	48	0.813	91	0.853	31-37	0.750
Greece	41	0.821	16	0.969	12	0.986	10	0.954	21	0.984	135-139	0.417
Serbia	42	0.820	50	0.895	96	0.878	67	0.761	59	0.932	52-62	0.667
Georgia	43	0.819	75	0.855	40	0.963	36	0.828	53	0.945	87-97	0.571
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	44	0.819	100	0.814	65	0.928	55	0.793	163-182	x	31-37	0.750
Singapore	45	0.817	2	0.986	35	0.966	17	0.897	2	0.996	124-134	0.429
Ireland	46	0.817	13	0.971	82	0.911	1-8	1.000	17	0.988	135-139	0.417
Tonga	47	0.816	106	0.796	24-26	0.974	61	0.774	71	0.905	52-62	0.667
Antigua and Barbuda	48	0.816	52	0.893	86	0.905	114	0.657	163-182	x	5-16	0.833
Costa Rica	49	0.806	33	0.927	24-26	0.974	39	0.825	68	0.914	98-123	0.500
Mauritius	50	0.802	81	0.839	85	0.909	66	0.762	163-182	x	38-49	0.714
Lebanon	51	0.801	36	0.915	97	0.874	124	0.642	40	0.964	52-62	0.667
Montenegro	52	0.800	37	0.915	122	0.749	51	0.804	63	0.922	63-74	0.643
Luxembourg	53	0.797	12	0.972	8	0.991	50	0.807	8	0.993	135-139	0.417
Canada	54	0.793	19	0.966	49	0.948	32	0.840	27	0.979	135-139	0.417
Republic of Moldova	55	0.792	92	0.822	98	0.873	123	0.646	55	0.944	38-49	0.714
North Macedonia	56	0.791	54	0.892	100	0.870	73	0.754	61	0.928	87-97	0.571
Azerbaijan	57	0.789	99	0.815	80	0.913	79	0.734	82	0.873	63-74	0.643
Viet Nam	58	0.788	83	0.837	109	0.836	93	0.709	89	0.857	38-49	0.714
Cabo Verde	59	0.784	93	0.822	117	0.801	98	0.695	99	0.824	20-30	0.786
Albania	60	0.784	44	0.909	59	0.935	81	0.733	45	0.953	98-123	0.500
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	61	0.784	118	0.747	119	0.766	49	0.812	100	0.810	20-30	0.786
Jamaica	62	0.783	86	0.834	91	0.897	119	0.653	72	0.904	52-62	0.667
Turkmenistan	63	0.783	127	0.706	23	0.975	129	0.623	41	0.961	38-49	0.714
Paraguay	64	0.782	101	0.814	73	0.919	98	0.695	119	0.673	5-16	0.833
Samoa	65	0.781	88	0.829	74	0.919	104	0.676	116	0.707	17-19	0.800
Morocco	66	0.781	79	0.840	88	0.902	80	0.733	69	0.914	87-97	0.571
San Marino	67	0.777	x	x	62-63	0.930	85	0.721	163-182	x	50-51	0.700
Israel	68	0.776	9	0.977	3	0.995	38	0.826	23	0.983	142-150	0.357
Saint Lucia	69	0.775	96	0.817	60	0.934	95	0.703	73	0.894	77-86	0.583
Bosnia and Herzegovina	70	0.775	42	0.909	107	0.840	74	0.750	32	0.976	98-123	0.500
United Arab Emirates	71	0.774	38	0.912	13	0.984	60	0.775	60	0.930	124-134	0.429
Guyana	72	0.771	126	0.715	94	0.891	117	0.655	104	0.786	5-16	0.833
Jordan	73	0.771	80	0.839	70	0.924	126	0.636	50	0.947	77-86	0.583
Brunei Darussalam	74	0.769	66	0.870	81	0.912	72	0.755	163-182	x	77-86	0.583
Algeria	75	0.769	91	0.824	106	0.848	52	0.803	42	0.959	98-123	0.500
Nicaragua	76	0.768	94	0.822	110	0.830	102	0.685	113	0.729	20-30	0.786
Ecuador	77	0.766	67	0.868	104	0.849	56	0.789	102	0.793	87-97	0.571
Honduras	78	0.765	82	0.839	108	0.838	152	0.543	81	0.875	20-30	0.786
Philippines	79	0.760	116	0.748	130	0.663	90-91	0.710	87	0.861	5-16	0.833
Grenada	80	0.757	95	0.819	76	0.919	22	0.874	163-182	x	98-123	0.500
Argentina	81	0.755	60	0.883	54	0.944	30	0.847	84	0.871	140-141	0.400
Belize	82	0.755	76	0.853	71	0.921	87	0.715	79	0.875	98-123	0.500
Botswana	83	0.752	129	0.684	113	0.820	83	0.724	97	0.832	38-49	0.714
Fiji	84	0.751	120	0.738	75	0.919	177-182		163-182	x	75	0.625
Russian Federation	85	0.743	73	0.856	53	0.945	45	0.819	43	0.957	142-150	0.357
Spain	86	0.741	4	0.985	3	0.995	13	0.923	18	0.987	157-161	0.250
Palau	87	0.740	x	x	9-10	0.989	43	0.820	163-182	x	98-123	0.500
Trinidad and Tobago	88	0.739	97	0.817	50	0.947	136	0.610	58	0.935	98-123	0.500
Uzbekistan	89	0.739	102	0.809	30	0.972	101	0.685	47	0.951	124-134	0.429
Kyrgyzstan	90	0.738	107	0.795	72	0.919	88	0.715	94	0.840	98-123	0.500
Ukraine	91	0.737	78	0.842	79	0.917	37	0.828	46	0.951	142-150	0.357
Kuwait	92	0.736	62	0.881	3	0.995	109	0.670	163-182	x	98-123	0.500
Bhutan	93	0.725	121	0.735	112	0.820	90-91	0.710	57	0.939	98-123	0.500
Mongolia	94	0.725	109	0.790	116	0.808	76	0.736	92	0.850	98-123	0.500
Dominican Republic	95	0.724	110	0.785	84	0.909	94	0.708	103	0.788	98-123	0.500
Libya	96	0.724	90	0.827	115	0.818	92	0.710	163-182	x	87-97	0.571
South Africa	97	0.723	133	0.653	121	0.762	77	0.735	95	0.839	63-74	0.643
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	98	0.719	112	0.764	67	0.927	137	0.601	118	0.704	63-74	0.643
Brazil	99	0.714	74	0.855	77	0.918	40-41	0.824	88	0.860	151-152	0.333
Slovakia	100	0.711	39	0.912	22	0.976	71	0.756	52	0.946	153-156	0.286
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	101	0.709	65	0.877	68	0.927	47	0.815	51	0.946	153-156	0.286
Lithuania	102	0.708	47	0.900	61	0.930	23	0.869	30	0.976	157-161	0.25
Suriname	103	0.707	111	0.780	120	0.765	110	0.668	78	0.885	98-123	0.500
State of Palestine	104	0.697	87	0.829	11	0.989	118	0.654	90	0.857	142-150	0.357
China	105	0.696	53	0.893	78	0.918	53	0.802	163-182	x	142-150	0.357
Indonesia	106	0.695	117	0.748	124	0.731	62	0.768	106	0.773	98-123	0.500
Nauru	107	0.692	x	x	102	0.864	140	0.598	163-182	x	63-74	0.643
Tajikistan	108	0.692	113	0.759	101	0.866	148	0.557	86	0.866	98-123	0.500
Sao Tome and Principe	109	0.691	122	0.730	126	0.713	84	0.724	111	0.732	87-97	0.571
Bangladesh	110	0.691	119	0.740	127	0.704	127	0.627	134	0.612	20-30	0.786
Namibia	111	0.689	139	0.605	143	0.595	86	0.719	108	0.751	17-19	0.800
India	112	0.680	128	0.705	134	0.636	121	0.647	80	0.875	87-97	0.571
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	113	0.678	104	0.798	99	0.872	141	0.594	36	0.972	142-150	0.357
Timor-Leste	114	0.669	130	0.676	161	0.495	103	0.679	114	0.710	5-16	0.833
Micronesia (Federated States of)	115	0.668	125	0.716	125	0.729	177-182	x	163-182	x	87-97	0.571
Armenia	116	0.668	69	0.862	48	0.953	100	0.687	56	0.941	157-161	0.250
Lao People's Democratic Republic	117	0.656	134	0.643	139	0.606	133	0.613	115	0.708	38-49	0.714
Romania	118	0.655	58	0.889	87	0.902	68-69	0.760	62	0.925	162-166	0.214
Maldives	119	0.653	40	0.909	93	0.891	96	0.699	34	0.975	162-166	0.214
Kiribati	120	0.652	132	0.659	135	0.631	125	0.637	77	0.889	98-123	0.500
Panama	121	0.642	59	0.883	83	0.911	106	0.672	101	0.808	157-161	0.250
Senegal	122	0.641	138	0.606	128	0.673	162	0.483	124	0.659	5-16	0.833
Djibouti	123	0.638	143	0.583	147	0.551	167	0.433	66	0.915	5-16	0.833
Bahamas	124	0.630	84	0.835	89	0.900	177-182	x	163-182	x	151-152	0.333
Gabon	125	0.622	137	0.616	138	0.613	97	0.699	117	0.704	98-123	0.500
Ghana	126	0.613	146	0.564	142	0.599	111	0.665	123	0.659	77-86	0.583
Cambodia	127	0.610	123	0.725	144	0.592	131	0.615	109	0.745	124-134	0.429
Solomon Islands	128	0.606	108	0.794	154	0.517	151	0.547	112	0.729	98-123	0.500
Nepal	129	0.605	124	0.716	132	0.654	89	0.714	136	0.579	135-139	0.417
Vanuatu	130	0.604	114	0.759	133	0.639	115	0.657	130	0.629	140-141	0.400
Kenya	131	0.603	140	0.592	152	0.533	128	0.624	128	0.633	63-74	0.643
Myanmar	132	0.595	136	0.618	131	0.655	135	0.611	93	0.847	142-150	0.357
Burundi	133	0.592	161	0.439	159	0.498	120	0.650	125	0.651	20-30	0.786
Australia	134	0.582	7	0.981	20-21	0.978	1-8	1.000	29	0.977	173-178	0.071
Seychelles	135	0.579	89	0.829	36	0.965	116	0.656	163-182	x	162-166	0.214
Guatemala	136	0.577	105	0.798	118	0.770	130	0.621	105	0.780	162-166	0.214
Malawi	137	0.576	145	0.569	145	0.574	113	0.659	157	0.352	5-16	0.833
Zimbabwe	138	0.569	156	0.468	146	0.567	142	0.586	137	0.574	52-62	0.667
Mauritania	139	0.563	170	0.362	150	0.538	158	0.521	127	0.647	3-4	0.857
Rwanda	140	0.562	131	0.669	129	0.668	112	0.664	121	0.664	153-156	0.286
Hungary	141	0.550	41	0.909	6	0.993	44	0.819	44	0.954	173-178	0.071
Gambia	142	0.546	160	0.443	141	0.605	143	0.585	133	0.619	98-123	0.500
Congo	143	0.544	151	0.544	160	0.496	107	0.671	110	0.735	142-150	0.357
Sri Lanka	144	0.535	51	0.894	114	0.819	70	0.760	54	0.945	172	0.083
United Republic of Tanzania	145	0.529	154	0.505	158	0.501	160	0.496	153	0.397	5-16	0.833
Zambia	146	0.529	149	0.545	149	0.542	138	0.600	158	0.351	52-62	0.667
Syrian Arab Republic	147	0.527	98	0.816	123	0.741	153	0.540	85	0.867	168-170	0.143
Pakistan	148	0.526	142	0.585	137	0.617	168	0.430	135	0.608	124-134	0.429
Madagascar	149	0.522	144	0.576	177	0.287	132	0.614	107	0.758	98-123	0.500
Uganda	150	0.511	152	0.539	165	0.461	147	0.565	150	0.425	77-86	0.583
Togo	151	0.504	159	0.447	168	0.442	145	0.580	122	0.664	124-134	0.429
Haiti	152	0.497	157	0.466	163	0.489	161	0.495	131	0.629	124-134	0.429
Lesotho	153	0.490	175	0.277	136	0.618	134	0.612	129	0.630	124-134	0.429
Angola	154	0.490	155	0.471	173	0.374	144	0.581	155	0.387	38-49	0.714
Burkina Faso	155	0.490	163	0.416	171	0.417	150	0.547	146	0.462	63-74	0.643
Liberia	156	0.484	171	0.351	153	0.526	159	0.513	148	0.437	63-74	0.643
Saudi Arabia	157	0.481	64	0.880	47	0.953	18	0.893	163-182	x	173-178	0.071
Yemen	158	0.477	141	0.591	174	0.362	171	0.356	144	0.504	63-74	0.643
Benin	159	0.474	166	0.387	170	0.421	146	0.570	143	0.517	98-123	0.500
Mali	160	0.464	174	0.302	155	0.516	169	0.390	145	0.471	31-37	0.750
Cameroon	161	0.453	169	0.367	167	0.450	139	0.600	147	0.451	124-134	0.429
Mozambique	162	0.453	158	0.457	164	0.485	156	0.537	138	0.561	153-156	0.286
Iraq	163	0.438	115	0.758	95	0.880	155	0.538	132	0.626	173-178	0.071
Eritrea	164	0.437	147	0.556	156	0.506	173	0.303	163-182	x	124-134	0.429
Côte d'Ivoire	165	0.429	173	0.303	151	0.536	164	0.473	141	0.532	142-150	0.357
Comoros	166	0.424	153	0.528	140	0.606	122	0.646	120	0.665	171	0.100
Sudan	167	0.410	150	0.545	169	0.424	165	0.465	126	0.647	167	0.167
New Zealand	168	0.389	20	0.965	41	0.962	9	0.990	35	0.974	179-182	0.010
United Kingdom	169	0.381	27	0.956	43	0.957	15	0.904	33	0.975	179-182	0.010
Ethiopia	170	0.381	148	0.552	179	0.214	163	0.477	161	0.222	63-74	0.643
Niger	171	0.357	165	0.390	178	0.249	172	0.327	149	0.425	124-134	0.429
Nigeria	172	0.356	177	0.082	172	0.403	157	0.523	151	0.420	20-30	0.786
Guinea-Bissau	173	0.355	167	0.378	162	0.492	177-182	x	159	0.342	157-161	0.250
El Salvador	174	0.331	85	0.834	103	0.858	108	0.670	98	0.824	179-182	0.010
Guinea	175	0.312	172	0.309	176	0.326	170	0.385	139	0.537	168-170	0.143
Central African Republic	176	0.290	176	0.114	175	0.353	174	0.300	160	0.337	98-123	0.500
Equatorial Guinea	177	0.281	164	0.406	148	0.547	177-182	x	154	0.391	173-178	0.071
Papua New Guinea	178	0.275	135	0.620	181	0.103	177-182	x	152	0.420	162-166	0.214
Democratic Republic of the Congo	179	0.273	168	0.368	180	0.179	166	0.441	156	0.366	168-170	0.143
Sierra Leone	180	0.218	178	0.047	157	0.505	149	0.551	142	0.528	173-178	0.071
Afghanistan	181	0.198	162	0.437	166	0.454	175	0.284	140	0.535	179-182	0.010
Chad	182	0.146	179	0.022	182	0.086	176	0.277	162	0.181	38-49	0.714

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