New Zealand ranked 28th out of 30 countries using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development data on international performance across 20 different aspects of children’s lives.
New Zealand has one of the lowest rates of spending on children in the OECD, at $3 billion dollars annually.
This information is contained in a report, “1000 days to get it right for every child. The effectiveness of public investment in New Zealand children”, commissioned by Every Child Counts
The report says outcomes in areas such as health and education for New Zealand children are almost twice as bad as those for children in Denmark, the country with the highest ranking.
It suggests that the Government create programmes focusing on the first 1000 days of a child’s life – the period that experts say is the most important for children’s development.
Every Child Counts is a coalition of organisations and individuals led by Barnardos, Plunket, Unicef, Save the Children and Te Kahui Mana Ririki.
Its author of the report is Infometrics economist David Grimmond
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