The top countries for healthy children around the world — here’s how the US ranks
Norway scored the highest in child flourishing out of 180 countries
The U.S. doesn’t rank among the top 10 best countries for child flourishing, according to a new report.
On Tuesday, peer-reviewed journal The Lancet published a study on the future of children around the world. The study was commissioned by The Lancet, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund.
The overall finding of the report was that “the health and future of every child and adolescent worldwide is under immediate threat,” according to a press release from WHO.
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“Despite improvements in child and adolescent health over the past 20 years, progress has stalled, and is set to reverse,” Helen Clark, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Co-Chair of the Commission that conducted the study said in a statement. “Countries need to overhaul their approach to child and adolescent health, to ensure that we not only look after our children today but protect the world they will inherit in the future,” Clark added.
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Included in the Lancet report are two indexes of 180 countries including child flourishing and sustainability.
On Tuesday, UNICEF, WHO and The Lancet published a report on the future of children around the world. (iStock)
Child flourishing was calculated based on metrics including health, education, nutrition and sustainability, according to the release.
Sustainability was based on per capita carbon emissions, according to an infographic showing the top and bottom-ranked countries.
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In the child flourishing ranking, the U.S. didn’t make it into the top 10. Instead, it was ranked at 39. On the sustainability index, the U.S. was among the 10 worst countries, in the 173rd spot.
Here are the top 10 countries for child flourishing and the top 10 countries for sustainability, according to the Lancet report.
Top 10 countries for child flourishing
10. United Kingdom
9. Iceland
8. Belgium
7. Japan
6. Denmark
5. Ireland
4. France
3. Netherlands
2. South Korea
1. Norway
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Top 10 countries for sustainability
10. Madagascar
9. Niger
8. Mali
7. Rwanda
6. Malawi
5. Central African Republic
4. Democratic Republic of the Congo
3. Somalia
2. Chad
1. Burundi