Careful where you bring up your kids

It seems that it’s a good thing that C and I won’t be bringing 3rd Pea up in the UK or US. UNICEF has just released a report ranking OECD countries on 6 dimensions of child wellbeing.

The UK came in dead last, with the US not far ahead.

Still, at least they ranked.

Initially I was puzzled to note that Australia (and 8 other OECD countries) weren’t in the rankings table. Then I noticed the footnote:

OECD countries with insufficient data to be included in the overview: Australia, Iceland, Japan, luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, the Slovak Republic, South Korea, Turkey.

Hmmm...

I wonder if we have something to hide.

For those interested, the report is available here. There is also an interesting article in today’s Guardian about the report and the UK’s place in it.