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https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/publication/child-poverty-global-regional-and-select-national-trends Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households living on less than $3 a day, the extreme poverty line used for low-income countries. © 2026 The World Bank Group,