in most countries children remained more likely to be poor than the overall population only in denmark finland and estonia were child poverty rates appreciably lower than the total poverty rates by around ppt meanwhile in hungary luxembourg romania and spain child poverty rates were at least ppt higher than for the population as a whole child poverty also tends to exceed pensioner poverty in seven countries child poverty rates were at least loppt higher while in only three were they at least loppt lower than poverty rates for those aged and over