Ten years of progress and challenges: Insights into global child poverty Gabriel Lara IbarraCarolina Diaz-BonillaEnrique DelamónicaJenn YablonskiDaylan Salmerón GómezSólrún Engilbertsdóttir September 08, 2025 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/investinpeople/ten-years-of-progress-and-challenges--insights-into-global-child?intcid=ecr_hp_sidekick3_en_ext The past decade has seen slow but steady progress toward reducing the number of children who are living in extreme poverty worldwide. Yet despite this progress, children remain disproportionately affected by extreme poverty. They represent over half of the global population living on less than $3.00 per day, even though they make up only 30% of the total population.