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What percentage of children are at risk of poverty?

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Values among 41 countries

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Definition:	Child poverty rate, children less than 18 years old, cut-off point 50 percent of median equivalised disposable income
Year:	2021
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR
Exceptions:	HRV (2020), CYP (2020), CZE (2020), FIN (2020), FRA (2020), DEU (2020), GRC (2020), HUN (2020), ISL (2018), IRL (2020), ITA (2020), LTU (2020), LUX (2020), MLT (2020), NLD (2020), NOR (2020), POL (2020), PRT (2020), ROU (2020), SVK (2020), SVN (2020), ESP (2020), CHE (2020), TUR (2020)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys [ilc_li02] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted June 23rd, 2022
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2018), CAN (2019), CHL (2017), ISR (2019), JPN (2018), KOR (2020), MEX (2020), NZL (2020), GBR (2019), USA (2019)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Income Distribution Database URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted June 29th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	28.45
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Child Poverty Rate

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Finland

9.0

3.20

Upper middle group

Slovenia

8.4

4.90

Iceland

8.4

5.00

Denmark

8.1

6.10

Czechia

8.0

6.20

Belgium

7.9

6.60

Ireland

7.8

6.90

Netherlands

7.6

7.60

Poland

7.5

7.80

Norway

7.5

8.00

Hungary

7.4

8.10

Cyprus

7.2

9.00

South Korea

6.9

9.80

Germany

6.9

9.90

France

6.8

10.20

Estonia

6.6

10.60

Latvia

6.6

10.70

Sweden

6.5

11.00

Canada

6.4

11.40

Croatia

6.4

11.50

Malta

6.4

11.50

Switzerland

6.3

11.80

Luxembourg

6.2

11.90

Slovakia

6.2

12.10

Austria

6.1

12.40

Lithuania

6.0

12.50

Lower middle group

Portugal

5.9

13.10

Australia

5.8

13.30

Japan

5.6

14.00

5.5

14.10

Greece

5.3

14.70

New Zealand

5.3

14.80

Italy

4.7

16.80

Bulgaria

4.3

17.90

Mexico

3.7

19.90

Spain

3.5

20.70

USA

3.4

21.00

Chile

3.2

21.50

Romania

3.1

21.80

Israel

3.0

22.00

Bottom group

Turkey

2.6

23.40

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