Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries

This UNICEF report has placed the UK bottom of 21 industrialised countries for children's well-being. Only the USA comes near the UK's performance. Based on 40 separate indicators it is a damning indictment of our society. The Netherlands came top where children appear to be happier and healthier.
UNICEF said: "Britain is one of the richest countries and should be doing much better than it is. We have known for some time that Britain has comparatively high levels of child poverty and children living in workless families. However, the UK performance on this league table is shocking".