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Most Kid-Friendly Countries

New Zealand ranks 1st on Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News) in 2024, followed by Spain (2nd) and Canada (3rd); rank 1 is the best. Iran ranks last (89th).

Culture87 countries · 1 metricUpdated Jan 13, 2025Original page
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Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News)Better directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
Year 202487 of 235 countries
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Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News), 2024

Green is better, red is worse (rank 1 is the best). Click a place to highlight it.

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 87 countries; rank 1 is the best.

Data

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87 countries · # = rank by Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News)
#
1New Zealand1st
2Spain2nd
3Canada3rd
4Norway4th
5Finland5th
6Ireland6th
7Sweden7th
8Italy8th
9Denmark10th
10Netherlands11th
11Switzerland12th
12Portugal13th
13Greece14th
14Belgium15th
15Austria16th
16United Kingdom17th
17Iceland18th
18France19th
19Germany20th
20Luxembourg21st
21Poland22nd
22Japan23rd
23Thailand24th
24Turkey25th
25United States26th
26Singapore27th
27Malaysia28th
28Argentina29th
29Mexico30th
30Croatia31st
31Hungary33rd
32Brazil34th
33Costa Rica35th
34Cyprus36th
35Bulgaria37th
36Philippines38th
37Uruguay39th
38Indonesia40th
39Estonia41st
40Slovakia42nd
41Dominican Republic43rd
42Morocco44th
43United Arab Emirates45th
44Latvia46th
45Chile47th
46Vietnam48th
47Slovenia49th
48Egypt50th
49Lithuania51st
50South Korea52nd
51Romania53rd
52Colombia54th
53Tunisia55th
54South Africa56th
55Panama57th
56Peru58th
57Qatar59th
58Bahrain60th
59Oman61st
60Kenya62nd
61Serbia63rd
62Algeria64th
63Jordan65th
64Ecuador66th
65India67th
66Saudi Arabia68th
67Azerbaijan69th
68Sri Lanka70th
69China71st
70Kuwait72nd
71Guatemala73rd
72Honduras74th
73Uzbekistan75th
74Zimbabwe76th
75Ghana77th
76Cambodia78th
77Lebanon79th
78Cameroon80th
79Myanmar81st
80Bangladesh82nd
81Israel83rd
82Kazakhstan84th
83Ukraine85th
84Russia86th
85El Salvador87th
86Belarus88th
87Iran89th

What correlates with Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News) (2024)?

Pearson r against 1,739 other country metrics sharing at least 53 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that rank better on Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News) tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

  1. Friendliness Rank US NewsFriendliest CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 86
    Plot
  2. US News RankingMost Feminist CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 87
    Plot
  3. Global FavorabilityMost Famous Country in the World
    r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 87
    Plot
  4. US News Most ScenicMost Beautiful Countries in the WorldA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 87
    Plot
  5. Racial Equality Rank US NewsMost Racist CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 87
    Plot
  6. Safest Country Rank (US News)Safest Countries in the WorldA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 87
    Plot

Opposite directions

Places that rank better on Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

  1. Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
    r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 85
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  2. Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
    r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 85
    Plot
  3. Marketing Experts 2023Tier 1 Countries
    r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 82
    Plot
  4. Lunio 2020Tier 1 Countries
    r = +0.77 · very strong · n = 83
    Plot
  5. Fragile States Index
    r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 87
    Plot
  6. Failed States IndexFailed States
    r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 87
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Quick answers

Which country ranks first on Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News)?
New Zealand ranks first on Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News) in 2024, at 1st, followed by Spain (2nd) and Canada (3rd). Rank 1 is the best country.
Which country ranks last on Kid-Friendliness Ranking (US News)?
Iran ranks last of the 87 countries with data in 2024, at 89th.
Where does this most kid-friendly countries data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: These Are the Most Family-Friendly Countries - US News.