Eritrea Among Worst Countries on Earth for Mothers

May 9, 2012 - The humanitarian group, Save the Children, has released its State of the World’s Mothers 2012 report. The report ranks some 165 countries on how good or bad each country is for mothers.

The rankings are based on conditions affecting both women and children including the status of women, what it’s like to give birth in those countries, survival rates of kids, whether it’s a good place to be a mom or not a good place to be a mom, etc.

Among the 165 countries surveyed, Norway ranks #1 this year and Niger ranks last. The United States comes in at #25 among the 43 developed countries ranked.

As expected African nations fared poorly. Most of the countries in the bottom 10 are in Africa. So with the exception of Yemen and Afghanistan all the other countries in the bottom 10 are African countries. Besides Niger, the other African countries in the bottom 10 are the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Mali, and Guinea-Bissau. Eritrea was ranked 6th worst country for mothers, whereas Ethiopia was ranked a bit higher as the 18th worst country for mothers.

Here is the top 10 list for best and worst countries for mothers among the 165 countries surveyed.

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