The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 set interim and final targets for child poverty.iFor further detail on the definitions of poverty, the targets and latest data see: Child Poverty update 2023
This included an interim target that 18% of children would be in relative poverty this year, 2023-24, and that this would fall to 10% by 2030, the final target date.
Latest data is for 2021-22 shows that 23% of children were in relative poverty that year.