Child Poverty
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663 million children worldwide – nearly one in three – live in poverty
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385 million children are living in extreme poverty, forced to survive on less than $1.90 a day
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Children are more than twice as likely to live poverty than adults
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Children from the poorest households die at twice the rate of their better-off peers
In recent years, the world has made remarkable strides advancing development. Yet, some 736 million people still live in extreme poverty. Children are disproportionately affected. Despite comprising one third of the global population, they represent half of those struggling to survive on less than $1.90 a day.
Children who grow up impoverished often lack the food, sanitation, shelter, health care and education they need to survive and thrive. Across the world, about one in three children – roughly 663 million – live in households that are multidimensionally poor, meaning they lack necessities as basic as nutrition or clean water.
An estimated 385 million childr...
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