A report by UNICEF indicated that a global economic crisis that struck in 2008 has had a major impact on child poverty across the world, with children in Greece and several other European countries the hardest hit.
The report, which assessed members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development as well as European Union countries, found that 2.6 million children have fallen below the poverty line in developed nations since the crisis struck in 2008, bringing the total number of minors living in poverty in 2014 to 76.5 million.
The highest rate of child poverty was recorded in Greece, with 40.5 per cent, up from 23 per cent in 2008, while Norway had the lowest rate, with 5.3 per cent of children found to be living below the poverty line in 2014, compared to 9.6 per cent in 2008.
Source: Kathimerini