While Nigeria boasts one onf the fastest growing economies in the world, a new index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) claims the West African country is also the worst place in the world to be born in the year 2013.
In EIU’s new where-to-be-born index Switzerland (1st), Australia (2nd) and Norway (3rd) emerged as the top three countries, while Kenya (79th) and Nigeria (80th) feature at the bottom of the list of 80 countries. No country from the continent is placed in the top half. In overall 53rd place, South Africa is the best performing African country.
African countries in the 2013 where-to-be-born index
| Country | Overall rank | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | South Africa | 53 |
| 2. | Algeria | 54 |
| 3. | Tunisia | 59 |
| 4. | Egypt | 60 |
| 5. | Morocco | 66 |
| 6. | Angola | 76 |
| 7. | Kenya | 79 |
| 8. | Nigeria | 80 |
To compile the index, the EIU measured the quality of life based on a methodology that links the results of subjective life satisfaction surveys to the objective determinants of the quality of life across countries. The determinants are a mix of fixed factors, such as geography, factors that change only very slowly over time (demography, many social and cultural characteristics), and some economic factors that depend on policies and the state of the world economy. The determinants of the quality of life include GDP per capita; life expectancy at birth; the quality of family life; the state of political freedoms; job security; climate; personal physical security; the quality of community life; governance and gender equality.
The EIU didn’t just rely on a snapshot of today. Even though many of the drivers of the quality of life are slow-changing, some variables such as income per head need to be forecast. For this, it made use of long-term economic forecasts to 2030, the year that children born in 2013 will approximately reach adulthood.
So what do you say – is Nigeria the worst country to be born in for a baby in 2013?
Source: How We Made it in Africa
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wow… but looking at the positive side, some countries didn’t even make the list. lol. At least we are mentioned.