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Tracking every child's
right to social protection

Child benefits are a proven, practical intervention to address poverty and improve child well-being across a range of outcomes, including health, nutrition and education. Explore data on child benefits around the world, compare regional and country progress and understand their impact.

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Geographic regions

Income groups

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Child or family coverage trend

Children under 15 covered

Children under 18 covered

Child Poverty

Monetary

Children are living in extreme monetary poverty

of children live in households with a per capita income of less than US$3 PPP (- )

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of children live in households with a per capita income of less than US$8.30 PPP (- )

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Multidimensional

1 billion children are living in multidimensional poverty

of children live in multidimensionally child poverty (- )

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of children live in multidimensionally poor households (- )

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Social Protection Coverage by Child Poverty Level

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Child and Family Benefit Schemes

Country Prospects

In 2022, this opinion survey was distributed among UNICEF Country office colleagues to gather insights into their perspectives on the future outlook of child benefits.

SOURCE Unicef Country Office Survey

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