16 Worst Places to Raise a Family

Cape Town, South Africa

In 2016, South Africa was named by Unicef as the worst country in the world to raise children between the ages of 5 and 14. Not only does it have the highest child mortality rate (77 South African children die out of every 100,000), but it has a shockingly high rate of children who die by homicide. Its capital city of Cape Town is considered to be the nation’s most dangerous city.

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