NationMaster - Child poverty (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Mexico:	26.2
#2	United States:	22.4
#3	Italy:	20.5
#4	United Kingdom:	19.8
#5	Turkey:	19.7
#6	Ireland:	16.8
#7	Canada:	15.5
#8	Poland:	15.4
#9	Australia:	12.6
#10	Greece:	12.3
#11	Spain:	12.3
#12	Japan:	12.2
#13	Germany:	10.7
#14	Hungary:	10.3
#15	France:	7.9
#16	Netherlands:	7.7
#17	Czech Republic:	5.9
#18	Denmark:	5.1
#19	Luxembourg:	4.5
#20	Belgium:	4.4
#21	Finland:	4.3
#22	Norway:	3.9
#23	Sweden:	2.6
	Weighted average:	11.9

DEFINITION: Child poverty index is defined as the share of the children living in the households with income below 50% of the national median.

SOURCE: UNICEF

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COMMENTARY

Jonathan Seeley
12th July 2005

I see that you have set the poverty line at US$10,500 family income per year. Is this regardless of how many children in the family? How has this been decided on as a good measure of poverty, given the wide range of family circumstances that exist? Were the statistics for other countries also computed using this US$10,500 figure?

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