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Children in poverty: Latest global trends and measures
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Measuring child poverty plays this essential role, driving accountability, fostering policy innovation, and inspiring collective action. Reliable, comparable data also enables policymakers to benchmark progress against global commitments such as the SDGs and to mobilize international support where gaps persist. This Global Coalition to End Child Poverty webinar, happening on 11 December, will summarize the most common global estimates of child poverty in all its forms, both multidimensional and monetary. By providing an overview of different methodologies and data sources, it allows policymakers to better understand what data exists and how it can help to drive action in reducing child poverty. Register to join. |
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Ending child poverty: Our shared imperative
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More than one in five children in low- and middle-income countries—or 417 million—are severely deprived in at least two essential areas critical to their health, development, and well-being, according to UNICEF’s flagship State of the World’s Children report released on World Children’s Day, 20 November. The report shows that child poverty is not inevitable; countries that have made it a national priority have achieved significant progress, reducing child poverty by about one-third since the start of this century. Yet this progress remains fragile, vulnerable to setbacks from crises such as climate change, conflict, and economic shocks.
It also highlights what works: embedding children’s needs into economic policies and budgets, providing social protection programmes, including cash assistance to families, expanding access to essential public services, and promoting decent work for parents and caregivers. What we need now is commitment to implement these proven strategies. Read the report and check out its launch event at the G20 Social Summit. |
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP)
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This year’s IDEP on 17 October focused on the theme of “ending social and institutional maltreatment: ensuring respect and effective support for families living in poverty,” which was commemorated at the UN Headquarters in New York, co-organized by ATD Fourth World, UN DESA, the International Committee for October 17th, and the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations. On this occasion, the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty organized a webinar focusing on child poverty, mental health, and violence. The speakers elaborated on how poverty can heighten the risks of poor mental health. Read more and watch the recording. Also, as part of IDEP, the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) published a set of key messages relating to priority areas in achieving poverty reduction and climate resilience simultaneously. |
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News highlights and events
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Children in monetary poor households: Global, regional, and select national trends in the progress against child poverty |
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Quiz answer: Correct answer is c. According to this recent World Bank - UNICEF paper, some 412 million children live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $3 each day. The paper reveals that globally, child poverty has been on a steady but slow decline since 2014, when an estimated 507 million children lived in extreme poverty. However, the pace of poverty reduction among children has been slower compared to the general population and children continue to be disproportionately affected. The publication presents the first estimates of extreme child poverty and child poverty using the World Bank’s recently revised international poverty lines and trends over 2014–24. Find out more. |
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