UNICEF Annual Report 2024 (released June 2025) highlights that while historic progress has been made for children, a global funding crisis is now compounding the impact of deepening violent conflict, climate shocks, and poverty. The report serves as a critical warning that announced and anticipated funding cuts risk reversing decades of gains and putting millions of additional children at risk.
Key Insights
14.5 million children are classified as 'zero-dose' (having received no vaccines), an increase of 1.7 million compared to 2019 and 600,000 since 2022.
Children in low-income countries are seven times more likely to live in a country requiring accelerated efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Despite the challenges, UNICEF delivered assistance across 448 emergencies in 104 countries in 2024.
9.3 million children were successfully treated for severe wasting and other forms of severe acute malnutrition.
26 million out-of-school children and adolescents gained access to formal or non-formal education, including 9 million children in humanitarian settings.
6.2 million children who experienced violence received essential health, social work, or legal services, representing a 36% increase from the previous year.
