Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2018 Measure (a): BHC 50 16.5 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 22.8 Measure (c): material hardship 13.3
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2019 Measure (a): BHC 50 13.5 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 18.3 Measure (c): material hardship 13.2
12.6 14.4 17.2 19.4 12.1 14.3
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2020 Measure (a): BHC 50 13.2 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 17.8 Measure (c): material hardship 11.5
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2021 Measure (a): BHC 50 13 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 15 Measure (c): material hardship 11
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2022 Measure (a): BHC 50 11.7 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 14.4 Measure (c): material hardship 10.5
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2023 R Measure (a): BHC 50 12.2 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 17.7 Measure (c): material hardship 12.5
10.9 13.5 16.2 19.2 11.3 13.7
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2024 Measure (a): BHC 50 12.7 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 17.7 Measure (c): material hardship 13.4
11.7 13.7 16.5 18.9 12.3 14.5
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2019 Measure (a): BHC 50 17.9 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 22.4 Measure (c): material hardship 22.6
16.0 19.8 20.2 24.6 20.3 24.9
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2020 Measure (a): BHC 50 15.8 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 19.7 Measure (c): material hardship 19.7
13.6 18.0 17.5 21.9 17.3 22.1
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2021 Measure (a): BHC 50 17.7 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 16.8 Measure (c): material hardship 20.2
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2022 Measure (a): BHC 50 13.7 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 15.8 Measure (c): material hardship 18.8
10.5 16.9 12.7 18.9 15.2 22.4
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2023 R Measure (a): BHC 50 13.5 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 19.4 Measure (c): material hardship 21.6
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2024 Measure (a): BHC 50 15.2 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 19.3 Measure (c): material hardship 23.9
12.8 17.6 16.8 21.8 21.1 26.7
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2019 Measure (a): BHC 50 18.6 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 21.5 Measure (c): material hardship 28.2
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2020 Measure (a): BHC 50 18.8 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 20.5 Measure (c): material hardship 26.5
15.3 22.3 17.3 23.7 22.3 30.7
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2021 Measure (a): BHC 50 17.1 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 14.7 Measure (c): material hardship 24.0
14.0 20.2 11.9 17.5 19.6 28.4
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2022 Measure (a): BHC 50 19.3 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 19.5 Measure (c): material hardship 25.9
13.1 25.5 14.4 24.6 19.5 32.3
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2023 R Measure (a): BHC 50 16.7 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 18.2 Measure (c): material hardship 29
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2024 Measure (a): BHC 50 14.8 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 17.4 Measure (c): material hardship 28.7
11.7 17.9 14.1 20.7 24.5 32.9
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2020 Measure (a): BHC 50 16 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 21.5 Measure (c): material hardship 20.7
12.7 19.3 17.9 25.1 17.3 24.1
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2021 Measure (a): BHC 50 15.9 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 16.6 Measure (c): material hardship 20.5
12.9 18.9 13.5 19.7 17.5 23.5
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2022 Measure (a): BHC 50 16.6 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 14 Measure (c): material hardship 21.8
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2023 R Measure (a): BHC 50 12.5 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 16.7 Measure (c): material hardship 22.4
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2024 Measure (a): BHC 50 14.2 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 18.6 Measure (c): material hardship 21
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2020 Measure (a): BHC 50 16.5 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 20.5 Measure (c): material hardship 20.8
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2021 Measure (a): BHC 50 17.1 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 17.7 Measure (c): material hardship 21.1
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2022 Measure (a): BHC 50 17.4 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 14.8 Measure (c): material hardship 21.3
13.6 21.2 11.7 17.9 17.5 25.1
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2023 R Measure (a): BHC 50 13.8 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 18.1 Measure (c): material hardship 21.7
Selected child poverty measure Year ended June 2024 Measure (a): BHC 50 15.3 Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed 19.8 Measure (c): material hardship 22.6
As required by the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018, Stats NZ will provide annual reporting of official statistics on persistent child poverty from early 2027.
In 2026 Stats NZ will provide estimates for persistent poverty for the year ended June 2024 and for the year ended June 2025, ahead of ongoing annual reporting commencing in early 2027.
Stats NZ delivers on its commitment to measure persistent child poverty has more information.
Data quality The Household Economic Survey had a target sample size of 20,000 households, and an achieved sample size of approximately 19,100 households for the year ended June 2024.
After thorough data quality analysis, Stats NZ is confident that the data produced for the year ended June 2024 is fit-for-purpose, within the margins of uncertainty on the estimates.
Child poverty statistics: Year ended June 2024 – technical appendix provides more information on the analysis of data quality.
Data collection for the year ended June 2022 was disrupted due to COVID-19 alert level restrictions, lockdowns, and other disruptions, which resulted in a significantly reduced sample size. Users should note that margins of error are high when using 2022 data.
Impacts of disrupted data collection on 2022 Household Economic Survey statistics provides more information on the reduced sample size and the impacts.
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