UNICEF estimates say that the number of poor children has increased by almost 30,000 over the past year, and the most vulnerable are children living in large families, rural households and Roma settlements, writes Politika.
The absolute poverty rate in Serbia in 2021 was 8.9 percent, which means that almost every tenth person in Serbia could not meet the basic subsistence needs of food and clothing, and estimates say that this rate has increased in the past year between 0 , 3 and 2.5 percent.
- During every crisis, the poor become even poorer, and the rich become even richer - this was also shown by the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Research that includes projections of poverty among the elderly shows that those living in rural and remote areas have the hardest time meeting their needs for food, hygiene products or medicine.
This means that every eighth person in Serbia cannot meet the basic existential needs for food and clothing, and people over 65 are in a particularly difficult situation.
