Child Development Index

Save the Children UK What we do: Child Development Index:

"Are some countries making good progress in improving child well-being? Is it getting worse in other countries?

Save the Children's new Child Development Index is the world's first and only tool to answer these questions. It combines each country's performance in three areas specific to children, to produce a score on a scale of 0 to 100. We have measured child well-being over 3 peiods from 1990. Japan is in first place, scoring just 0.4. Niger in Africa is in 137th place, with the highest score, 58, in 2000-2006.

Overall, child well-being as improved by 34% since 1990, but progress is slow. Leaders must consider how children are doing and how their decisions impact them. By telling us how children are faring, this index is the first step in that process."