Among the OECD countries, Costa Rica had the highest share of children living in poverty, reaching 28.5 percent in 2022. Türkiye followed with a share of 22 percent of children living in poverty, while 20.5 percent of children in Spain, Chile, and the United States did the same. On the other hand, only three percent of children in Finland were living in poverty.
Proportion of children living in poverty in the OECD countries in 2022
The acronym OECD stands for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The source defines poverty as an income, that lies below the 50 percent median of the particular weighted net equivalent income of the country.
The source adds the following information: 'Survey estimates for 2020 should be treated with caution, as in most countries the survey fieldwork was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.'
*2021 data
**2020 data
***Provisional data.
****Provisional data from 2021.
*****2019.
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