league table, demonstrating that relatively good average performance on child poverty
may hide stark differences within countries.
These types of disparities represent a challenge to policymakers in all countries. Even
in the countries at the top of this report’s league table, there are many children who, by
accident of birth or circumstances, find themselves at much higher than average risk of
poverty.
Figure 10.
Relative income poverty for children living in households with
one or two parents, OECD countries, 2018 or most recent data
Sources:
See Technical Appendix
Note:
The relative income
poverty rate in this chart
is based on a threshold
of 50 per cent of median
income
Costa Rica
Romania
Türkiye
Israel
Chile
Spain
Italy
Mexico
Bulgaria
United States
Greece
Luxembourg
Japan
Republic of Korea
Slovakia
United Kingdom
Portugal
Lithuania
Australia
Canada
Hungary
Latvia
Estonia
Austria
New Zealand
Germany
Poland
Netherlands
(Kingdom of the)
France
Sweden
Belgium
Ireland
Norway
Slovenia
Czechia
Denmark
Iceland
Single adult
Two or more adults
Finland
0
22
10
Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth
20
30
40
Child income poverty rate (%)
50
60
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