The UK has a higher proportion of children living in poverty than Poland, Ireland and the OECD average
% children aged 0-17 living in households in relative income poverty, 2017 or latest previous year
per cent of Children
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Finland 3.3%
Iceland 5.8
Norway 7.7
Poland 9.3
Ireland 10.0
Germany 12.3
Australia 12.5
OECD average 13.1
Canada 14.2
UK 17.5
United States 20.9
China 33.1