A way of visualizing the diverse trends in child poverty over the past decade as a whole is to look at countries with similar starting points but different trajectories. Three examples are provided in Figure 15. In each case, countries that started off in much the same position diverged strongly: Figure 15. Selected comparisons of trends in child income poverty rates Sources: See Technical Appendix → In 2012–2014, Poland had a child poverty rate only slightly lower than Chile and Luxembourg, but by 2019–2021 the difference was 7 and 10 percentage points, respectively. Over 600,000 fewer children were in poverty in Poland by the end of this period compared to the start. Child income poverty rate (%) 14 Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth 13.5 11.6 10 10.0 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Czechia Slovenia 6 4 2 2012–2014 2019-2021 25 20 15 20.7 18.0 17.3 16.8 17.1 United Kingdom Australia Belgium 14.9 10 5 0 2012–2014 2019-2021 30 25 Luxembourg 23.6 23.4 22.6 20 15 24.5 21.6 Chile Poland 14.1 10 5 0 28 14.6 13.6 13.4 12 0 Child income poverty rate (%) → The United Kingdom had a slightly lower child poverty rate than Australia and Belgium in 2012–2014 but had a rate 3 and 6 percentage points higher, respectively, in 2019–2021. The increase in the United Kingdom means that around half a million more children were in poverty in 2019–2021 than seven years earlier. 16 Child income poverty rate (%) → Slovenia had a slightly higher child poverty rate than the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2012–2014, but by 2019–2021 Slovenia’s child poverty rate was around 4 percentage points lower than that of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Czechia also made good progress from a similar starting point. 2012–2014 2019-2021 Innocenti Report Card 18