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The cost of baby's first year = Â£1,000. Surveys suggest you'll spend over Â£9,000 on a child's first 12 months. Nonsense, says Hilary Osborne, you can do it for much less. Baby Wyn â the cost was in 'hundreds rather than thousands' says his mum.
The cost of raising a child is different from the Average Spending on a child (USDA chart below) which is influenced by income. The USDA charts are based on a birth in 2011.ccording to Globalissues.org, Almost half the world â over three billion people â live on less than $2.50 a day.. This statistic includes children. Based on UNICEF statistics, in developing countries the cost is roughly US$ 900 for raising a child for a year, and US$16,200 for raising a child from birth to age 17.