Bangladesh has ranked 108th in the KidsRights Index, an annual global index which ranks how countries adhere to, and are equipped to improve children’s rights.
The KidsRights Index is an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation, in cooperation with Erasmus University Rotterdam in Netherlands.
It comprises of a total of 181 countries, all United Nations member states, that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and for which sufficient data is available, who are ranked.
The index consists of five categories - Right to Life, Right to Health, Right to Education, Right to Protection, and Enabling Environment for Child Rights.
Bangladesh made an overall score of 0.672 to be placed at 108th, while Thailand ranked at 14th among South Asian countries, on the index published on their website.
Among other South Asian countries, Bhutan ranked at 94th , India ranked at 117th, Nepal at 136th and Pakistan ranked at 151th.
Iceland made the top position with an overall score of 0.967, followed by Portugal, and Switzerland.
Finland and Germany are in fourth, and fifth position respectively.
United Kingdom, however, ranked at 170th with a score of 0.383.
Afghanistan placed at the bottom with an overall score of 0.197.
