Child Poverty Rate in OECD Share of population aged 0-17 living in poverty: 1. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica: 29.6% 2. 🇮🇱 Israel: 23.2% 3. 🇪🇸 Spain: 21.5% 4. 🇺🇸 United States: 21.1% 5. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 19.1% 6. 🇷🇴 Romania: 17.7% 7. 🇬🇧 UK: 15.8% 8. 🇮🇹 Italy: 14.5% 9. 🇨🇦 Canada: 14.0% 10. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 13.5% 11. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: 12.8% 12. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 12.8% 13. 🇵🇹 Portugal: 12.5% 14. 🇭🇷 Croatia: 12.3% 15. 🇬🇷 Greece: 12.3% 16. 🇫🇷 France: 12.0% 17. 🇭🇺 Hungary: 11.3% 18. 🇱🇻 Latvia: 10.0% 19. 🇦🇹 Austria: 9.8% 20. 🇩🇪 Germany: 9.1% 21. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 9.1% 22. 🇨🇿 Czechia: 8.8% 23. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 8.5% 24. 🇸🇪 Sweden: 8.4% 25. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 8.4% 26. 🇪🇪 Estonia: 8.2% 27. 🇧🇪 Belgium: 7.9% 28. 🇵🇱 Poland: 7.8% 29. 🇳🇴 Norway: 6.9% 30. 🇮🇪 Ireland: 6.8% 31. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 6.2% 32. 🇫🇮 Finland: 4.6% Source: OECD Income Distribution Database. 2023 data, the latest available as of August 2026