Child Poverty

UNICEF has been issuing reports on child poverty for a number of years.  Their latest can be found here.

UNICEF defines child poverty as "the percentage of children (aged 0 to 17) who are living in relative poverty, defined as living in a household in which disposable income, when adjusted for family size and composition, is less than 50% of the national median income".

Here are some numbers from lowest to highest of the world's rich countries:

Iceland 4.7%

Netherlands 6.1%

Germany 8.5%

France 8.8%

Australia 10.9%

UK 12.1%

Canada 13.3%

Italy 16.9%

Latvia 18.8%

U.S.A. 23.1%

Romania 25.5%

The richest country in the world, us, is just one rung from being the rich country with the highest rate of child poverty.  I wonder when Obama and Romney will discuss this issue.