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Child Poverty Across the OECD
Children under 18 in households below half the national median disposable income, latest year, %
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OECD Income Distribution Database (CC BY 4.0). Income after taxes and cash transfers, adjusted for household size. The latest year differs by country. Colombia has no figure on this definition. The companion chart sets each country’s child rate against its overall rate.
The share of children growing up in relative poverty in each OECD country: in households with less than half the typical income in their own country, after taxes and benefits.
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- Australia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Australia”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Austria · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Austria”latest 2023-12-31
- Belgium · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Belgium”latest 2023-12-31
- Canada · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Canada”latest 2023-12-31
- Switzerland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Switzerland”latest 2023-12-31
- Chile · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Chile”latest 2022-12-31
- Costa Rica · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Costa Rica”latest 2025-12-31
- Czechia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Czechia”latest 2023-12-31
- Germany · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Germany”latest 2023-12-31
- Denmark · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Denmark”behindlatest 2022-12-31
- Spain · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Spain”latest 2023-12-31
- Estonia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Estonia”latest 2023-12-31
- Finland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Finland”latest 2024-12-31
- France · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “France”latest 2023-12-31
- United Kingdom · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “United Kingdom”latest 2023-12-31
- Greece · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Greece”latest 2023-12-31
- Hungary · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Hungary”latest 2023-12-31
- Ireland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Ireland”latest 2023-12-31
- Iceland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Iceland”behindlatest 2019-12-31
- Israel · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Israel”behindlatest 2023-12-31
- Italy · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Italy”latest 2023-12-31
- Japan · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Japan”latest 2021-12-31
- South Korea · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “South Korea”latest 2023-12-31
- Lithuania · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Lithuania”latest 2023-12-31
- Luxembourg · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Luxembourg”latest 2023-12-31
- Latvia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Latvia”latest 2023-12-31
- Mexico · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Mexico”latest 2022-12-31
- Netherlands · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Netherlands”latest 2024-12-31
- Norway · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Norway”latest 2023-12-31
- New Zealand · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “New Zealand”behindlatest 2022-12-31
- Poland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Poland”latest 2023-12-31
- Portugal · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Portugal”latest 2023-12-31
- Slovakia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Slovakia”latest 2023-12-31
- Slovenia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Slovenia”latest 2023-12-31
- Sweden · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Sweden”latest 2024-12-31
- Türkiye · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “Türkiye”behindlatest 2022-12-31
- United States · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median incomeas “United States”latest 2023-12-31
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Australia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Austria · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Belgium · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Canada · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Switzerland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Chile · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Costa Rica · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Czechia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Germany · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Denmark · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Spain · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Estonia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Finland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
France · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
United Kingdom · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Greece · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Hungary · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Ireland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Iceland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Israel · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Italy · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Japan · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
South Korea · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Lithuania · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Luxembourg · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Latvia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Mexico · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Netherlands · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Norway · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
New Zealand · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Poland · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Portugal · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Slovakia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Slovenia · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Sweden · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Türkiye · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
United States · Child Poverty Rate (under 18) · % below half the median income. Source: OECD Income Distribution Database (dataflow DSD_WISE_IDD@DF_IDD; measure: poverty rate based on disposable income, 50% of the national median, income definition since 2012). OECD terms: data may be used "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD. Attribution: OECD (CC BY 4.0). Palanor re-reads the full dataflow each month, so revisions carry through; years on the OECD's earlier income definition are left out.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.