Worldwide, 230 million children lived in a country with a high-intensity conflict in 2021, meaning that there were registered over 1,000 battle-related deaths that year. There has been an alarming increase in the number of children living in countries with high-intensity conflicts in recent years.
Number of children living in countries with a high-intensity conflict worldwide from 2017 to 2021
(in millions)
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Save the Children. (November 30, 2022). Number of children living in countries with a high-intensity conflict worldwide from 2017 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1349347/children-high-intensity-conflict-world/
Save the Children. "Number of children living in countries with a high-intensity conflict worldwide from 2017 to 2021 (in millions)." Chart. November 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1349347/children-high-intensity-conflict-world/
Save the Children. (2022). Number of children living in countries with a high-intensity conflict worldwide from 2017 to 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1349347/children-high-intensity-conflict-world/
Save the Children. "Number of Children Living in Countries with a High-intensity Conflict Worldwide from 2017 to 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1349347/children-high-intensity-conflict-world/
Save the Children, Number of children living in countries with a high-intensity conflict worldwide from 2017 to 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1349347/children-high-intensity-conflict-world/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of children living in countries with a high-intensity conflict worldwide from 2017 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph], Save the Children, November 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1349347/children-high-intensity-conflict-world/
