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CHILD
atlas

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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CHILDREN
AROUND THE
WORLD

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Pro-poor health spending

Context

Conflict-affected

Debt distress

Extremely high climate risk

Hunger-affected

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CHILDREN

SAY

A child is not a number. Hear directly from children about the challenges they face.

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For years I struggled with climate anxiety, and I couldn’t sleep. I thought about whether I should even have kids, whether it was smart, if I would ever be able to go on holiday. I thought about huge, existential issues that no kids should have to deal with alone.

- Thea , 18 years

Thea ,

Nigeria

Economic inequality affects children's rights from being fulfilled. For example, access to school, child labour, child marriage, reproductive health issues for girls, and children abandonment issues.

- Girl , 15 years

Girl ,

Indonesia

Girls are taking birth control pills from their mothers, sisters, or friends to stop menstruation, because scarcity of clean water during natural disasters causes serious menstrual and vaginal health issues.

- Girl

Girl ,

Bangladesh

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 Pro-poor health spending

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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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      Health

      Nutrition

      Water & Sanitation

      Education

      Child protection

      Gender equality & women and girls’ empowerment

      Child poverty

      Social protection

      Crisis & Insecurity

      Financing & Accountability

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