KidsRights Index: How Filipino children’s rights compare with its peers in the region

The Philippines climbed by 11 notches to 74th out of 194 countries in the of the by the , in collaboration with Erasmus University Rotterdam’s School of Economics and the International Institute of Social Studies. The country scored 0.729 on a scale of 0.01 to 1, where a higher score means a positive contribution to children’s rights. The index assesses and ranks how countries adhere to and are equipped to improve children’s rights based on five domains: the right to life, health, education, protection, and environment for child rights.