SGI 2020 | Sustainable Policies | Social Policies | Families

What percentage of children are at risk of poverty?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Child poverty rate, children less than 18 years old, cut-off point 50 percent of median equivalised disposable income
Year:	2019
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, GBR
Exceptions:	BEL (2018), HRV (2018), CYP (2018), EST (2018), FRA (2018), DEU (2018), ISL (2017), IRL (2018), ITA (2018), LTU (2018), LUX (2018), NLD (2018), NOR (2018), PRT (2018), SVK (2018), ESP (2018), CHE (2018), TUR (2018), GBR (2018)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys [ilc_li02] URL: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.e… extracted July 6th, 2020
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2018), CAN (2017), CHL (2017), ISR (2018), JPN (2015), KOR (2017), MEX (2016), NZL (2014), USA (2017)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Income Distribution Database URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted May 23rd, 2020

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	28.8625
/	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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Upper middle group

Denmark

8.8

3.80

Finland

8.7

4.20

Iceland

8.6

4.60

Czechia

8.4

5.20

Slovenia

8.4

5.20

Ireland

7.8

7.00

Norway

7.8

7.20

Poland

7.7

7.50

Germany

7.6

7.60

Netherlands

7.6

7.60

Estonia

7.1

9.20

Hungary

7.1

9.20

Austria

7.0

9.50

France

7.0

9.60

Latvia

6.9

9.90

Cyprus

6.5

11.10

Slovakia

6.5

11.20

Switzerland

6.4

11.50

Canada

6.4

11.60

Belgium

6.3

12.00

Malta

6.1

12.50

Portugal

6.0

12.80

Lower middle group

Australia

5.9

13.30

5.8

13.60

Japan

5.7

13.90

Sweden

5.7

13.90

New Zealand

5.6

14.10

Croatia

5.5

14.30

Greece

5.5

14.30

South Korea

5.5

14.50

Luxembourg

5.3

15.10

Lithuania

4.7

17.00

Italy

4.3

18.40

Spain

4.0

19.10

Mexico

3.8

19.80

USA

3.4

21.20

Chile

3.3

21.50

Israel

3.1

22.20

Bulgaria

3.0

22.30

Bottom group

Turkey

2.8

23.10

Romania

2.4

24.50

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