KEPE: child-wellbeing index improves in 2025–2026
A survey of 3,260 pupils records an increase to 95.98%. This is a specific multidimensional index, not the official income-poverty rate.
The Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) presents its latest General Child Wellbeing Index in a release dated 17 October 2026. The survey covers the 2025–2026 school year and pupils across Greece, not the situation of every child today.
What changed over a year
| Index | 2024–2025 | 2025–2026 |
|---|---|---|
| General wellbeing | 94.52% | 95.98% |
| Economic wellbeing | 90.84% | 92.15% |
| Non-economic wellbeing | 87.46% | 90.40% |
The general index rises by 1.46 percentage points. KEPE combines economic and non-economic dimensions rather than focusing solely on income.
How to interpret the figures
The corresponding multidimensional child-poverty measure under this methodology falls to 4.02%, from 5.48%. It is not interchangeable with ELSTAT or Eurostat at-risk-of-poverty indicators.
The short release does not provide detailed age or regional breakdowns or sample weighting. The differences do not all have the same statistical support: the economic dimension has a reported p-value of 0.063, above the commonly used 0.05 threshold. A numerical increase alone does not establish which policy caused it.
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