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2010 Mothers’ Index Rankings
Country TIER I: More Developed Countries Norway Australia Iceland Sweden Denmark New Zealand Finland Netherlands Belgium Germany Ireland France Spain United Kingdom Switzerland Slovenia Estonia Italy Portugal Canada Hungary Lithuania Czech Republic Greece Latvia Austria Croatia United States Luxembourg Poland Slovakia Japan Belarus Bulgaria Malta Serbia Romania Russian Federation Ukraine Moldova, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Macedonia, TFYR Albania TIER II: Less Developed Countries Cuba Israel Argentina Barbados Korea, Republic of Cyprus Uruguay Kazakhstan Bahamas Mongolia Thailand Costa Rica Chile Colombia Brazil South Africa Peru China Ecuador Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Dominican Republic Mexico Uzbekistan Bahrain Kyrgyzstan Panama Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Jamaica Kuwait Mauritius Vietnam Bolivia, Plurinational State of Paraguay Armenia Suriname Namibia
Mothers’ Index Rank*
Women’s Index Rank**
Children’s Index Rank***
1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
2 1 5 7 4 3 6 9 11 14 8 13 15 10 18 12 19 24 22 17 15 21 27 26 19 33 25 23 34 29 30 38 28 31 41 40 32 35 37 38 36 42 43
9 28 6 1 19 24 18 22 13 3 26 4 11 24 12 20 13 2 8 21 23 27 13 17 33 5 32 34 9 29 30 6 36 31 13 35 39 38 37 41 43 40 42
1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 15 16 17 18 18 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 31 33 34 35 36 37
1 2 4 3 6 8 7 9 12 4 10 21 20 10 15 14 18 13 17 16 19 26 23 26 24 21 34 36 30 30 35 24 29 28 36 38 30
10 2 13 2 7 1 8 21 5 53 19 12 4 33 19 51 31 42 40 34 26 18 36 17 38 39 25 14 29 27 27 57 52 54 37 47 65
* Due to different indicator weights and rounding, it is possible for a country to rank high on the women’s or children’s index but not score among the very highest countries in the overall Mothers’ Index. For a complete explanation of the indicator weighting, please see the Methodology and Research Notes.
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Country
Mothers’ Index Rank*
TIER II: Less Developed Countries (Continued) Malaysia 38 Qatar 39 Sri Lanka 40 El Salvador 41 Iran, Islamic Republic of 42 Georgia 43 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 43 Guyana 45 Botswana 46 United Arab Emirates 46 Cape Verde 48 Lebanon 48 Philippines 48 Belize 51 Algeria 52 Azerbaijan 53 Indonesia 54 Tajikistan 55 Jordan 56 Egypt 57 Gabon 57 Nicaragua 57 Honduras 60 Turkey 60 Saudi Arabia 62 Swaziland 63 Ghana 64 Syrian Arab Republic 64 Guatemala 66 Zimbabwe 67 Morocco 68 Oman 69 Kenya 70 Cameroon 71 Congo 71 India 73 Papua New Guinea 74 Pakistan 75 Côte d’Ivoire 76 Nigeria 77 TIER III: Least Developed Countries Maldives 1 Rwanda 2 Lesotho 3 Malawi 4 Uganda 5 Bhutan 6 Solomon Islands 7 Mozambique 8 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 9 Cambodia 10 Nepal 10 Comoros 12 Gambia 13 Madagascar 14 Bangladesh 15 Tanzania, United Republic of 16 Burundi 17 Senegal 18 Mauritania 19 Timor-Leste 19 Liberia 21 Togo 21 Guinea 23 Zambia 23 Ethiopia 25 Benin 26 Burkina Faso 27 Djibouti 28 Sierra Leone 29 Angola 30 Equatorial Guinea 31 Eritrea 32 Sudan 32 Mali 34 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 35 Yemen 36 Guinea-Bissau 37 Chad 38 Niger 39 Afghanistan 40
Women’s Index Rank**
Children’s Index Rank***
45 49 33 39 43 55 41 48 45 56 50 60 41 54 52 51 44 40 61 61 45 57 58 65 67 53 59 68 66 61 73 70 64 69 71 74 72 76 76 75
22 9 60 56 35 10 46 48 45 23 49 6 62 30 41 54 66 71 14 24 70 59 58 16 32 72 69 42 63 73 61 67 79 76 74 75 81 77 78 80
1 2 3 6 5 12 13 4 6 8 10 11 17 8 15 18 14 23 18 16 21 24 22 26 20 28 26 30 25 29 31 34 36 33 32 37 38 35 39 40
4 10 2 7 11 3 1 26 19 21 12 8 5 30 14 13 27 6 20 28 22 14 23 16 32 17 31 17 38 34 24 33 25 36 39 29 35 40 41 42
*** Rankings for Tiers I, II and III are out of the 43, 77 and 40 countries respectively for which sufficient data existed to calculate the Women’s Index. *** Rankings for Tiers I, II and III are out of the 43, 81 and 42 countries respectively for which sufficient data existed to calculate the Children’s Index.
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