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CHILD
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Understanding how inequalities affect children across the world

Explore the situation of children. Learn how different groups fare globally. Discover how children describe their experiences.

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1Crisis & Insecurity / Risk of heatwaves

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Maps

CHILDREN
AROUND THE
WORLD

Context
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Risk of heatwaves

Context

Conflict-affected

Debt distress

Extremely high climate risk

Hunger-affected

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CHILDREN

SAY

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I have been able to observe that economic inequality can affect us too much. One way may be when food prices rise due to climate change, people will not be able to buy some food products, and the health and nutrition of children will be affected.

- Girl , 12 years

Girl ,

Peru

When the weather gets hotter, the rich people buy houses with fan and ACs, and the poorer people and children stay on the street and die. When the rich children get sick by the hot weather, they get medicine and good care, but poorer people cannot afford medicine and easily die.

- Girl , 12 years

Girl ,

Somalia

Before the operation I could not sleep because of the pain, and I used to stay up until dawn most days and have nightmares. The psychological support helped me to restore the hope to live again.

- Girl , 17 years

Girl ,

Yemen

Rankings

Where's the toughest
place to be a child?

Rank the regions or countries from the worst to the best situation.

Ranking of countries by Risk of heatwaves

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Trends and projections

How inequalities
evolve

Explore how children's outcomes are changing over time. Where data is available, you can also study how these changes differs between groups of children.

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Footnotes

    Sustainable
    Development Goals

    In 2015, leaders from every country in the world agreed to 17 goals to create a better future for all people, everywhere, by 2030. The Sustainable Development Goals promised that no one will be left behind by progress. The Child Atlas helps us to monitor our progress towards these essential goals for children across the globe.

    Go to SDGs

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      Gender equality & women and girls’ empowerment

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      Social protection

      Crisis & Insecurity

      Financing & Accountability

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