Spain
![Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/spain-social-welfare-child-poverty-03202024-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
Spain is often lauded for being a great place to raise children. But UNICEF’s latest report card on child poverty among the world’s most affluent countries, released in December, shows a much less rosy picture. Spain sat near the bottom of the list, with more than 1 in 4 children living in poverty and little progress in the past decade.