Editorial: Britain's Unicef ranking for children's wellbeing is better than last, but not good enough The merits of international league tables can be debated, but the Unicef survey of 2007, which placed Britain 21st out of 21 developed countries for the wellbeing of its children, provoked great heart-searching in the UK, much of it justified. So it is cheering that the follow-up survey, released yesterday, finds improvements - albeit modest ones. In one area, though, we remain last - this time 29th out of 29 - for the proportion of young people in further education. The percentage of under-19s not in education, employment or training is higher than anywhere else.