According to a report from Save The Children, Portugal is the 6th best country in which to grow up.
The worst zone is Central and West Africa where hunger and displacement cause children suffering and arrested development.
The 2017 Save The Children report shows Norway and Slovenia in top place, followed by Finland.
According to the charity, "healthy children go to school, grow strong and confident with the love and encouragement of their families and within an extended community of adults that keeps them from fear, violence, abuse and exploitation."
The report evaluated 172 countries to determine the best and worst places for children and looked at malnutrition, child labour and child marriage, high mortality rates, the use of child soldiers, the use of children as sex slaves, spies and guards and children without access to education.
Areas in Central and West Africa are the worst countries to be children, particularly affected by hunger and displacement.
In Nigeria, which ranks last, 43% of children of five years or younger are at risk of poor growth due to malnutrition.
=1 Norway and Slovenia
3. Finland
4. Netherlands
5. Sweden
6. Portugal
7. Ireland
=8. Iceland and Italy
=10. Belgium, Cyprus, South Korea and Germany
Top 10 Worst Countries to Be a Child
1. Nigeria
2. Angola
3. Mali
4. Republic of Central Africa
5. Somalia
6. Chad
7. South Sudan
8. Burkina Faso
9. Guinea and Sierra Leone
