Geneva: A new UNICEF report has warned that more than 412 million children around the world are living in extreme monetary poverty, with many missing out on basic needs such as food, safe water, education and health care. The State of the Worlds Children 2025 report, released this week, calls child poverty a growing global crisis and urges governments to act with urgency.

According to the report, children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty. Nearly nine out of ten children facing this situation live in sub Saharan Africa and South Asia, making the crisis especially severe in developing regions. UNICEF says poverty is not just about low income but also about children being denied the essentials they need to survive and grow.

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