It’s been a good day for the Little Red Dot so far.
Not only did we come out on top of the latest IMD World Competitive Ranking, Singapore was also named the best country in the world for children to grow up in, according to the second annual “End of Childhood” report published by UK based NGO Save The Children.
This is the second year in a row Singapore has been ranked as the top country in the world for kids, but our first time rocking it solo. Last year, the city-state tied with Slovenia for first place.
Other Asian countries making the top 10? Just one: South Korea. Singapore is followed (in order) by Sweden, Finland, Norway, Slovenia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, South Korea and Belgium.
Save the Children creates its rankings by measuring how countries are succeeding in living up to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ Article 25 that states “children are entitled to special care and assistance.”
A total 176 countries were surveyed and ranked based on a set of indicators, most of which revolves around the absence of bad things: poor health, malnutrition, lack of educational opportunities, child labor, early pregnancy and extreme violence.
Unsurprisingly, that’s a recipe for Singapore to come out smelling like a rose. We scored a 989 out of 1,000 in the End of Childhood Index and reigned supreme in all eight categories, which included child marriage, child homicide, and child death along with the aforementioned.
Additionally, the report also shows that Singapore has an infinitesimal 0.1 out-of-school rate (children that are of primary and secondary school age but are not attending school), the lowest in the world.
If a THIRD report detailing how good we seemingly have it comes out today, we’ll have to check the Coco 5000 smug-o-meter before deciding if we’ll report it.
