Best Countries In The World For A Child To Be Born 2020

A big concern for expat couples on assignment is which countries offer children the best start in life – and the UK and USA do not score well.

Top of the listing from a poll of expats by CEOWorld magazine is South Korea, while the UK ranks 11 and the USA 36.

The bottom of the list of 180 countries was the African nation of Chad, followed by the Central African Republic, Niger, Somalia and Sierra Leone.

Afghanistan and Mali also ranked at the foot of the list, while Pakistan, Guinea and Nigeria also performed poorly.

A similar survey by US News puts the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway as the top 3 places to raise children.

Best countries for children 2020

Rank	Country	Nutrition and health	Education and wellbeing	Score
1	South Korea	98.53	95.99	97.26
2	Norway	98.39	95.61	97
3	Japan	98.28	95.23	96.75
4	Belgium	95.71	95.23	95.47
5	Iceland	95.26	93.67	95.47
6	Netherlands	94.87	93.67	94.27
7	France	93.85	92.84	93.34
8	Ireland	91.58	92.79	92.18
9	Denmark	90.95	92.79	91.87
10	Sweden	90.86	92.73	91.79
11	Germany	89.96	92.54	91.25
12	United Kingdom	89.43	92.33	90.88
13	Luxembourg	88.38	91.85	90.11
14	Singapore	87.35	90.43	88.89
15	Australia	87.08	90.4	88.74
16	Canada	87.02	90.4	88.71
17	United Arab Emirates	86.49	90.06	88.27
18	Cyprus	85.32	90.02	87.67
19	Israel	84.27	90.02	87.14
20	Switzerland	83.8	89.77	86.78
21	Finland	83.69	89.77	86.73
22	Spain	83.66	89.77	86.71
23	Malta	82.71	89.51	86.11
24	Austria	81.52	89.49	85.5
25	Slovenia	81.27	89.45	85.36
26	Italy	81.01	89.45	85.23
27	Estonia	79.16	89.45	84.3
28	Croatia	78.99	89.34	84.16
29	Hungary	78.83	89.34	84.08
30	Slovakia	78.79	89.34	84.06
31	North Macedonia	78.74	89.26	84
32	Lithuania	78.66	89.08	83.87
33	Kuwait	78.27	89.08	83.67
34	Portugal	78.16	88.97	83.56
35	United States	77.74	88.94	83.34
36	Greece	77.53	88.94	83.23
37	New Zealand	76.74	88.83	82.78
38	Poland	76.6	88.78	82.69
39	Montenegro	76.41	88.78	82.59
40	Belarus	76.38	88.74	82.56

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