Zimbabwe Ranked 133 On The 2015 Mothers’ Index

Zimbabwe has been ranked 133 in the 2015 Mothers’ index recently published.

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This is according to a report published by Save The Children which put Zimbabwe on par with Lesotho and the Federal States of Micronesia. Pretty sure you will find it hard to get Zimbabwe and Micronesia in the same sentence again.

Zimbabwei detail makes for depressing reading. Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) sat at 88.5. Expected number of years of formal schooling is 10.9 years. Gross national income per capita (current US$) is $860.Participation of women in national government (% seats held by women) 35.1.

Sub-Saharan Africa stats in general were sobering with Under-5 mortality rate (81), GDP(910), years of schooling (10) and seats held by women (17%).

War-torn Somalia sits at 179 with 1 in 18 women losing their lives due to complications related to childbirth or pregnancy in general. DRC, CAR, Mali, Niger, Gambia, Cote D’Ivoire, Chad, Haiti and Sierra Leone occupy the rest of the bottom places.

For these on average, 1 woman in 30 dies from pregnancy-related causes and 1 child in 8 dies before his or her fifth birthday. It must be noted that 9 of those 11 bottom-placed countries are war-torn so it is a case of them simply failing to provide basic needs for the population.

The top 10 spots are dominated by nordic countries and read as follows from top to bottom: Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Australia and Belgium.

To read more of the report click here.