A study published by Unicef placed the UK in 16th position in its league table of child wellbeing, which compared 29 developed countries.
Based on data collected up to 2010, the UK's total score was lower than the Czech Republic, Portugal and Slovenia. Its lowest score was given for education.
Unicef’s research found the UK had one of the highest rates of young people not in education, employment or training at 10 per cent of 15- to 19-year-olds, ranking the UK fourth from bottom on this measure.
The UK was also one of only three countries where teenage pregnancy had risen since Unicef's last child wellbeing study in 2007.
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