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 2022 a total of 185 countries are part of the Index.

KidsRights Index 2022

In the KidsRights Index 2022, Iceland continues to rank first in the Index, followed by Sweden and Finland. Chad, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone are at the bottom of the 2022 Index. Countries receive scores in five areas of children’s rights ‘life’, ‘education’, ‘protection’, ‘health’ and ‘enabling environment for child rights’.

On its 10th anniversary, the KidsRights Index reveals that there has been no significant progress in the standards of children’s lives over the last decade, while standards amongst the lowest ranking countries have even dropped further. Climate Change is named as the biggest global threat to children’s futures, as 1 billion are found to be at extremely high risk of being negatively affected, whilst 920 million are already affected by water scarcity and 820 million are highly exposed to heatwaves.

Read more on the release of the KidsRights Index 2022 in the press release linked below.

KidsRights Index 2022: ‘Lives of 1 billion children are at stake due to climate change’

There has been no significant progress in the standards of children’s lives and rights across the world over the last decade, according to…

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 2022 – Report

Countries	Rank KRI 2022	Score KRI 2022	Rank Life	Score Life	Rank Health	Score Health	Rank Education	Score Education	Rank Protection	Score Protection	Rank Environment	Score Environment
Iceland	1	0.945	6	0.982	34	0.969	1-8	1.000	14	0.989	2-3	0.800
Sweden	2	0.915	8	0.978	10-11	0.991	1-8	1.000	9	0.993	35-48	0.667
Finland	3	0.913	15	0.970	13	0.987	1-8	1.000	11	0.992	35-48	0.667
Netherlands	4	0.910	17	0.967	28	0.972	1-8	1.000	3	0.996	35-48	0.667
Germany	5	0.909	25	0.958	8	0.991	12	0.941	13	0.990	31-34	0.700
Luxembourg	6	0.905	13	0.971	9	0.991	50	0.807	8	0.993	4-5	0.786
Denmark	7	0.890	28	0.954	19-20	0.978	1-8	1.000	4	0.996	62	0.600
Austria	8	0.882	23	0.961	19-20	0.978	24-25	0.863	16	0.988	35-48	0.667
Slovenia	9	0.880	22	0.963	32	0.971	20	0.885	7	0.994	49-61	0.643
Norway	10	0.879	11	0.975	15	0.984	11	0.942	5	0.996	63-70	0.583
Portugal	11	0.875	18	0.967	3	0.999	14	0.922	19	0.986	63-70	0.583
France	12	0.873	14	0.970	46	0.955	35	0.834	20	0.985	35-48	0.667
Thailand	13	0.871	57	0.890	58	0.939	59	0.786	68	0.916	1	0.833
Latvia	14	0.866	58	0.889	38	0.966	46	0.816	39	0.971	19-30	0.714
Chile	15	0.863	31	0.935	30	0.971	19	0.888	76	0.888	35-48	0.667
Republic of Korea	16	0.861	9	0.977	6	0.994	29	0.849	x	0.000	35-48	0.667
Czechia	17	0.859	29	0.941	54	0.943	31	0.841	30	0.977	49-61	0.643
Italy	18	0.859	3	0.985	33	0.969	24-25	0.863	12	0.991	71-83	0.571
Cuba	19	0.849	36	0.918	51	0.947	70-71	0.760	75	0.891	6-18	0.750
Kazakhstan	20	0.842	73	0.856	53	0.945	40-41	0.824	52	0.950	35-48	0.667
Japan	21	0.839	1	0.997	22	0.977	26	0.857	6	0.994	84-110	0.500
Croatia	22	0.838	35	0.925	65	0.928	67	0.762	23	0.983	49-61	0.643
Estonia	23	0.836	32	0.935	27	0.972	58	0.787	25	0.981	63-70	0.583
Oman	24	0.836	50	0.897	82	0.900	84	0.727	38	0.972	19-30	0.714
Turkey	25	0.834	49	0.900	37	0.967	27	0.854	53	0.949	71-83	0.571
Uruguay	26	0.831	42	0.911	31	0.971	66	0.764	70	0.912	49-61	0.643
Bulgaria	27	0.830	62	0.882	74	0.914	54	0.794	65	0.921	35-48	0.667
Belgium	28	0.829	24	0.960	14	0.985	1-8	1.000	x	0.000	84-110	0.500
Malta	29	0.829	21	0.963	16-17	0.982	28	0.849	33	0.976	84-110	0.500
Barbados	30	0.829	46	0.904	62	0.935	108	0.672	67	0.918	6-18	0.750
Switzerland	31	0.822	5	0.984	10-11	0.991	16	0.902	1	0.997	111-123	0.429
Greece	32	0.822	16	0.968	12	0.991	10	0.954	21	0.984	124-130	0.417
Qatar	33	0.821	30	0.939	57	0.941	157	0.539	26	0.980	2-3	0.800
Serbia	34	0.821	52	0.894	81	0.900	69	0.761	71	0.911	35-48	0.667
Cyprus	35	0.818	26	0.957	55	0.942	42	0.823	15	0.988	84-110	0.500
Bahrain	36	0.818	47	0.903	48	0.953	21	0.878	41	0.967	84-110	0.500
Singapore	37	0.818	2	0.987	35	0.967	17	0.897	2	0.996	111-123	0.429
Egypt	38	0.817	105	0.803	63	0.933	65	0.768	77	0.887	19-30	0.714
Mexico	39	0.816	77	0.853	72	0.918	48	0.813	92	0.852	35-48	0.667
Hungary	40	0.811	44	0.908	7	0.993	44	0.819	48	0.954	84-110	0.500
Peru	41	0.811	72	0.859	112	0.827	34	0.838	98	0.826	19-30	0.714
Malaysia	42	0.810	63	0.882	91	0.888	80	0.735	x	0.000	6-18	0.750
Georgia	43	0.809	75	0.855	75	0.912	36	0.828	58	0.941	71-83	0.571
Colombia	44	0.809	69	0.865	71	0.921	60	0.779	83	0.871	49-61	0.643
North Macedonia	45	0.802	56	0.892	80	0.902	75	0.754	45	0.959	71-83	0.571
Lebanon	46	0.799	37	0.915	104	0.862	127	0.642	42	0.964	35-48	0.667
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	47	0.795	100	0.815	67	0.927	55	0.793	x	0.000	35-48	0.667
Canada	48	0.795	19	0.965	41-42	0.960	32	0.840	29	0.979	124-130	0.417
Montenegro	49	0.794	39	0.914	130	0.717	51	0.804	62	0.930	49-61	0.643
Antigua and Barbuda	50	0.792	54	0.893	88	0.893	117	0.657	x	0.000	6-18	0.750
San Marino	51	0.786	182	0.000	41-42	0.96	87	0.721	x	0.000	31-34	0.700
Albania	52	0.785	45	0.908	52	0.946	83	0.733	50	0.951	84-110	0.500
Ireland	53	0.784	12	0.971	69	0.923	1-8	1.000	17	0.988	146-148	0.333
Bosnia and Herzegovina	54	0.778	43	0.909	106	0.860	76	0.750	34	0.976	84-110	0.500
Israel	55	0.777	10	0.977	1-2	1.000	38	0.826	22	0.983	134-145	0.357
Viet Nam	56	0.775	88	0.832	102	0.868	95	0.709	93	0.850	49-61	0.643
Mauritius	57	0.773	84	0.836	97	0.874	68	0.762	x	0.000	49-61	0.643
Brunei Darussalam	58	0.773	68	0.869	64	0.931	74	0.755	x	0.000	63-70	0.583
Cabo Verde	59	0.772	92	0.823	118	0.812	100-101	0.695	97	0.826	19-30	0.714
Algeria	60	0.771	91	0.824	105	0.860	52	0.803	46	0.957	84-110	0.500
Republic of Moldova	61	0.770	95	0.821	108	0.841	126	0.646	57	0.944	49-61	0.643
Tonga	62	0.769	103	0.810	29	0.972	62	0.774	109	0.759	63-70	0.583
Turkmenistan	63	0.767	129	0.704	18	0.978	132	0.623	43	0.962	49-61	0.643
Azerbaijan	64	0.767	99	0.817	92	0.887	81	0.734	82	0.873	71-83	0.571
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	65	0.764	120	0.747	122	0.776	49	0.812	108	0.774	19-30	0.714
Morocco	66	0.764	79	0.846	76	0.912	82	0.733	66	0.918	84-110	0.500
Paraguay	67	0.762	101	0.814	77	0.910	100-101	0.695	121	0.663	6-18	0.750
Jamaica	68	0.760	86	0.835	93	0.881	122	0.653	72	0.902	63-70	0.583
Tunisia	69	0.759	71	0.860	47	0.954	77	0.747	24	0.982	124-130	0.417
Philippines	70	0.756	118	0.749	128	0.719	92-93	0.710	89	0.861	6-18	0.750
Guyana	71	0.754	127	0.715	90	0.890	120	0.655	106	0.780	6-18	0.750
Nicaragua	72	0.752	93	0.822	116	0.819	105	0.685	114	0.729	19-30	0.714
Honduras	73	0.751	82	0.840	109	0.838	155	0.543	80	0.875	19-30	0.714
Costa Rica	74	0.750	34	0.929	41	0.964	39	0.825	73	0.898	134-145	0.357
Ecuador	75	0.749	67	0.870	103	0.867	57	0.789	102	0.793	84-110	0.500
United Arab Emirates	76	0.749	38	0.915	1-2	1.000	61	0.775	63	0.930	134-145	0.357
Belize	77	0.748	76	0.854	94	0.877	89	0.715	81	0.874	84-110	0.500
Grenada	78	0.748	96	0.818	96	0.875	22	0.874	x	0.000	84-110	0.500
Samoa	79	0.747	94	0.822	121	0.798	107	0.676	111	0.749	31-34	0.700
Saint Lucia	80	0.743	104	0.810	89	0.892	97	0.703	74	0.892	84-110	0.500
Jordan	81	0.742	81	0.840	87	0.893	129	0.636	55	0.946	84-110	0.500
Spain	82	0.741	4	0.984	4-5	0.996	13	0.923	18	0.987	150-160	0.250
Trinidad and Tobago	83	0.740	97	0.818	50	0.949	139	0.610	61	0.935	84-110	0.500
Ukraine	84	0.734	80	0.842	84	0.898	37	0.828	51	0.950	134-145	0.357
Botswana	85	0.731	131	0.671	120	0.801	85	0.724	95	0.832	49-61	0.643
Belarus	86	0.728	55	0.892	36	0.967	33	0.838	10	0.992	150-160	0.286
South Africa	87	0.720	133	0.658	111	0.833	79	0.735	94	0.837	71-83	0.571
Uzbekistan	88	0.714	98	0.818	24	0.974	104	0.685	49	0.951	134-145	0.357
Slovakia	89	0.711	41	0.912	21	0.978	73	0.756	56	0.946	150-160	0.286
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	90	0.711	65	0.879	59	0.939	47	0.815	54	0.946	150-160	0.286
Brazil	91	0.711	78	0.852	85	0.894	40-41	0.824	85	0.868	146-148	0.333
Russian Federation	92	0.709	74	0.856	60	0.936	45	0.819	47	0.957	150-160	0.286
Kyrgyzstan	93	0.708	108	0.796	66	0.928	90	0.715	104	0.786	111-123	0.429
Kuwait	94	0.708	66	0.878	4-5	0.996	112	0.670	x	0.000	111-123	0.429
Lithuania	95	0.708	48	0.901	68	0.927	23	0.869	32	0.976	150-160	0.250
Argentina	96	0.706	60	0.884	83	0.899	30	0.847	84	0.871	150	0.300
Mongolia	97	0.704	110	0.790	110	0.837	78	0.736	91	0.855	124-130	0.417
Bhutan	98	0.704	122	0.735	113	0.826	92-93	0.710	60	0.937	111-123	0.429
China	99	0.701	51	0.894	56	0.942	53	0.802	x	0.000	134-145	0.357
Libya	100	0.700	90	0.827	115	0.819	94	0.710	x	0.000	84-110	0.500
Fiji	101	0.699	123	0.731	61	0.935	x	0.000	x	0.000	84-110	0.500
Bangladesh	102	0.697	121	0.742	129	0.717	130	0.627	119	0.692	19-30	0.714
State of Palestine	103	0.697	83	0.836	23	0.976	121	0.654	88	0.863	134-145	0.357
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	104	0.693	114	0.762	100	0.870	140	0.601	117	0.704	71-83	0.571
Tajikistan	105	0.693	115	0.762	101	0.869	151	0.557	87	0.866	84-110	0.500
Dominican Republic	106	0.692	113	0.766	99	0.871	96	0.708	105	0.784	111-123	0.429
Palau	107	0.683	182	0.000	26	0.973	43	0.820	x	0.000	131-133	0.400
Sao Tome and Principe	108	0.682	112	0.769	127	0.723	86	0.724	113	0.734	84-110	0.500
Timor-Leste	109	0.681	130	0.679	160	0.521	106	0.679	99	0.813	6-18	0.750
Namibia	110	0.677	140	0.609	143	0.614	88	0.719	110	0.754	31-34	0.700
Suriname	111	0.677	111	0.780	126	0.743	113	0.668	78	0.880	124-130	0.417
Indonesia	112	0.675	119	0.749	125	0.746	64	0.768	103	0.786	124-130	0.417
Nauru	113	0.668	182	0.000	98	0.873	143	0.598	x	0.000	71-83	0.571
Armenia	114	0.667	70	0.864	49	0.952	103	0.687	59	0.939	150-160	0.250
India	115	0.663	128	0.708	141	0.641	124	0.647	79	0.875	84-110	0.500
Romania	116	0.655	59	0.888	79	0.904	70-71	0.760	64	0.925	161-166	0.214
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	117	0.649	106	0.800	95	0.876	144	0.594	40	0.970	150-160	0.286
Panama	118	0.642	61	0.884	107	0.854	109	0.672	90	0.861	150-160	0.250
Senegal	119	0.634	136	0.625	133	0.695	165	0.483	126	0.651	6-18	0.750
Lao People's Democratic Republic	120	0.633	135	0.645	136	0.687	136	0.613	140	0.583	49-61	0.643
Rwanda	121	0.628	134	0.649	134	0.693	115	0.664	124	0.653	84-110	0.500
Kiribati	122	0.625	132	0.660	139	0.664	128	0.637	101	0.798	111-123	0.429
Poland	123	0.624	33	0.930	73	0.916	56	0.792	28	0.979	168-173	0.143
Djibouti	124	0.614	143	0.584	164	0.503	170	0.433	69	0.915	6-18	0.750
Vanuatu	125	0.612	116	0.760	135	0.693	118	0.657	137	0.621	131-133	0.400
Cambodia	126	0.610	125	0.726	147	0.599	134	0.615	112	0.738	111-123	0.429
Maldives	127	0.604	40	0.912	78	0.908	98	0.699	36	0.975	168-173	0.143
Myanmar	128	0.603	138	0.618	131	0.717	138	0.611	96	0.826	134-145	0.357
Nepal	129	0.599	126	0.722	132	0.704	91	0.714	130	0.640	146-148	0.333
Gabon	130	0.597	139	0.616	144	0.612	99	0.699	118	0.694	124-130	0.417
Ghana	131	0.596	147	0.566	142	0.619	114	0.665	128	0.647	84-110	0.500
Eswatini	132	0.595	156	0.484	138	0.674	102	0.689	120	0.664	84-110	0.500
Kenya	133	0.595	141	0.593	152	0.557	131	0.624	132	0.633	71-83	0.571
Australia	134	0.583	7	0.981	16-17	0.982	1-8	1.000	31	0.977	176-180	0.071
Solomon Islands	135	0.581	109	0.794	157	0.530	154	0.547	116	0.719	131-133	0.400
Burundi	136	0.579	163	0.441	166	0.502	123	0.650	131	0.634	19-30	0.714
Seychelles	137	0.578	89	0.829	44	0.959	119	0.656	x	0.000	161-166	0.214
Guatemala	138	0.578	107	0.799	123	0.775	133	0.621	107	0.780	161-166	0.214
Bahamas	139	0.577	85	0.835	70	0.922	x	0.000	x	0.000	150-160	0.250
Malawi	140	0.565	145	0.576	148	0.594	116	0.659	161	0.342	6-18	0.750
Mauritania	141	0.556	173	0.364	155	0.540	161	0.521	122	0.663	4-5	0.786
Zimbabwe	142	0.555	159	0.467	151	0.567	145	0.586	147	0.510	35-48	0.667
Saudi Arabia	143	0.555	64	0.879	45	0.958	18	0.893	27	0.980	176-180	0.071
Saint Kitts and Nevis	144	0.545	182	0	25	0.974	63	0.773	x	0.000	161-166	0.214
Congo	145	0.544	150	0.550	168	0.498	110	0.671	115	0.727	134-145	0.357
Gambia	146	0.540	162	0.447	140	0.660	146	0.585	136	0.622	111-123	0.429
Sri Lanka	147	0.536	53	0.894	117	0.814	72	0.760	44	0.960	176	0.083
Syrian Arab Republic	148	0.527	102	0.812	124	0.750	156	0.540	86	0.867	168-173	0.143
Pakistan	149	0.525	142	0.587	137	0.677	171	0.430	123	0.656	134-145	0.357
Zambia	150	0.520	153	0.542	149	0.592	141	0.600	162	0.339	63-70	0.583
Uganda	151	0.518	152	0.544	167	0.500	150	0.565	155	0.415	63-70	0.583
United Republic of Tanzania	152	0.517	155	0.506	162	0.516	163	0.496	159	0.380	6-18	0.750
Mali	153	0.498	175	0.305	154	0.543	172	0.390	135	0.628	6-18	0.750
Benin	154	0.492	168	0.394	174	0.417	149	0.570	138	0.617	84-110	0.500
Madagascar	155	0.488	146	0.574	181	0.275	135	0.614	141	0.570	84-110	0.500
Lesotho	156	0.487	177	0.263	145	0.608	137	0.612	125	0.652	111-123	0.429
Togo	157	0.486	161	0.45	171	0.457	148	0.580	144	0.533	111-123	0.429
Angola	158	0.484	157	0.475	175	0.395	147	0.581	160	0.377	49-61	0.643
Haiti	159	0.483	158	0.469	159	0.523	164	0.495	139	0.610	134-145	0.357
Burkina Faso	160	0.478	165	0.418	172	0.436	153	0.547	151	0.439	71-83	0.571
Liberia	161	0.467	172	0.365	170	0.483	162	0.513	152	0.429	71-83	0.571
Yemen	162	0.465	144	0.583	177	0.364	174	0.356	148	0.504	71-83	0.571
Cameroon	163	0.460	171	0.370	161	0.520	142	0.600	154	0.416	111-123	0.429
Iraq	164	0.440	117	0.758	86	0.894	158	0.538	134	0.631	176-180	0.071
Micronesia (Federated States of)	165	0.438	124	0.728	119	0.806	x	0.000	x	0.000	168-173	0.143
Côte d'Ivoire	166	0.437	176	0.303	153	0.549	167	0.473	142	0.568	134-145	0.357
Mozambique	167	0.436	160	0.463	158	0.525	159	0.537	143	0.561	161-166	0.214
Comoros	168	0.422	154	0.529	146	0.607	125	0.646	127	0.649	175	0.100
Sudan	169	0.408	151	0.547	173	0.419	168	0.465	133	0.633	168	0.167
Ethiopia	170	0.395	149	0.555	180	0.288	166	0.477	164	0.222	71-83	0.571
New Zealand	171	0.390	20	0.965	38-39	0.964	9	0.990	37	0.974	181-184	0.010
Guinea-Bissau	172	0.386	169	0.378	163	0.506	x	0.000	150	0.464	150-160	0.250
Eritrea	173	0.384	148	0.557	178	0.300	176	0.303	x	0.000	111-123	0.429
United Kingdom	174	0.382	27	0.956	38-39	0.964	15	0.904	35	0.975	181-184	0.010
Nigeria	175	0.362	179	0.085	169	0.489	160	0.523	157	0.403	19-30	0.714
Niger	176	0.353	167	0.394	179	0.292	175	0.327	156	0.406	134-145	0.357
Papua New Guinea	177	0.330	137	0.619	183	0.214	x	0.000	153	0.420	161-166	0.214
El Salvador	178	0.327	87	0.834	114	0.820	111	0.670	100	0.811	181-184	0.010
Guinea	179	0.323	174	0.312	176	0.389	173	0.385	145	0.524	168-173	0.143
Democratic Republic of the Congo	180	0.315	170	0.374	182	0.268	169	0.441	149	0.494	168-173	0.143
Equatorial Guinea	181	0.286	166	0.411	150	0.580	x	0.000	158	0.391	176-180	0.071
Central African Republic	182	0.260	178	0.128	184	0.193	177	0.300	163	0.320	84-110	0.500
Sierra Leone	183	0.223	180	0.044	165	0.503	152	0.551	129	0.640	176-180	0.071
Afghanistan	184	0.204	164	0.439	156	0.536	178	0.284	146	0.524	181-184	0.010
Chad	185	0.181	181	0.025	185	0.188	179	0.277	165	0.206	19-30	0.714

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