The U.S. ranks 23rd in Women’s Index

According to Save the Children’s publication, State of the World’s Mothers 2010, the United States ranks twenty-third out of forty-three “more developed countries” in the “Women’s Index” ranking. The top ten countries are:

1. Australia
2. Norway
3. New Zealand
4. Denmark
5. Iceland
6. Finland
7. Sweden
8. Ireland
9. Netherlands
10. United Kingdom

The U.S. ranks 28th in Mothers’ Index

According to Save the Children’s publication, State of the World’s Mothers 2010, the United States ranks twentieth eighth out of forty-three “more developed countries” in its “Mothers’ Index” ranking. The top ten countries are:

1. Norway
2. Australia
3. Iceland
4. Sweden
5. Denmark
6. New Zealand
7. Finland
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10. Germany (tie with Belgium)

The U.S. ranks 56th in women’s pay

According to Save the Children, in 2010 women in the United States earned, on average, 62% of what men earned, a ratio that makes the United States tied for fifty-sixth (with Switzerland) in that category. Mozambique ranks first, with women earning 90% of what men earned.

 

The U.S. ranks 26th in mothers’ index

According to the non-governmental organization, Save the Children, the United States ranks twenty-sixth out of forty one highly developed nations in terms of conditions for mothers. Here are the top ten nations in that category:

1. Sweden

2. Iceland

3. Norway

4. New Zealand

5. Australia

6. Denmark

7. Finland

8. Belgium

9. Spain

10. Germany

The U.S. ranks 26th in conditions for mothers

According to the relief organization Save the Children, in the United States ranked twenty-sixth out of forty-one peer nations in terms of “conditions for mothers and children.” Sweden ranked first. The rest of the top ten were Iceland, Norway, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Spain, and Germany.