Egypt ranks 28th out of 194 states on Kids Rights Index

CAIRO - 12 September 2024: Egypt's ranking advanced 6 places in the Child Rights Index, as it came in 28th place out of 194 countries, according to a report issued by the Children's Rights Foundation (KidsRights Index).

 

The Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) of the Cabinet highlighted the report issued by the Children's Rights Foundation (KidsRights), in cooperation with Erasmus University of Economics and the International Institute for Social Studies for the year 2024, which indicated that Egypt's ranking advanced 6 places in the Child Rights Index, as it came in 28th place out of 194 countries, with a value of 0.797 points during 2024, compared to 34th place out of 193 countries with a value of 0.814 points during 2023. 

 

According to the report, Egypt came in second place in the Arab world during 2024 after Qatar.

 

The center indicated that the index is the first global classification that annually measures the extent of respect for children's rights around the world, the extent to which countries are committed to improving children's rights, and the extent to which countries are committed to implementing the requirements and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child issued by the United Nations.

 

The index consists of five main indicators: the right to life, children's right to health, the right to education, the right to protection, and the right to an enabling environment for children's rights (such as respect for children, child participation, and non-discrimination).

 

This is based on 20 sub-indicators, which are: 13 quantitative indicators and 7 qualitative indicators. The index value ranges from 0 to 1, and the closer it is to 1, the better.

 

The report recorded a 21 percent increase in the rate of violence against children in the world due to the continuation of conflicts and geopolitical tensions in a group of geographical areas. The report also reviewed the countries' positions in the child rights index; Luxembourg came in first place out of 194 countries globally, recording (0.885 points), followed by Iceland (0.884 points), Greece (0.878 points), Germany (0.874 points), and then Thailand (0.867 points), while Qatar came in 20th place globally, and first place in the Arab world, with about (0.817 points), followed by Egypt, Bahrain, Lebanon, Morocco and Algeria, while Afghanistan, South Sudan and Chad came in last place globally, respectively.