Overview

• Official UNICEF data record a 14-point decline between the first and second halves of 2024, lifting 1.7 million children out of monetary poverty.
• Income support programs such as the Asignación Universal por Hijo rose by 4 percent in 2024 and 16 percent in early 2025, preventing over 1 million children from falling into extreme poverty.
• UNICEF projects a further drop to 47.8 percent child poverty and 9.3 percent extreme poverty in the first half of 2025 if policy support is maintained.
• Deep disparities persist across education levels, labor informality and territory, with poverty rates reaching 80.9 percent in households led by adults without primary schooling.
• National budgets for school scholarships, child health and the National Early Childhood Plan were cut by 35 percent, 21 percent and 50 percent respectively in early 2025, raising concerns about sustaining progress.