Save the Children 2007 report

These statistics from Save the Children may surprise you. See the best — and worst — countries to be a mother. Their 2007 report shows that Japan ranks 29th in terms of best country for mothers, while it is supposedly the 5th best country to be a kid! The index is a bit dodgy since they divide nations into "more developed" and "less developed" and so on, but their data is very interesting nevertheless.

I'm impressed by the low infant mortality rate in Japan and South Korea. In Asia, only Singapore ranks better, while many other countries in Asia are unfortunately not providing the care needed to save new-born babies.

3 Singapore
4 Japan
5 South Korea
19 Vietnam
21 Thailand
27 China
33 Philippines
55 North Korea

(Under-5 mortality rate per 1000 live births)

Read more about Save the Children's programs in Asia here.

Japanese website here.

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