Average working hours of children, working only, female, ages 7-14

Average working hours of children working only refers to the average weekly working hours of those children who are involved in economic activity and not attending school.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
86
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    International Labour Organization

    Understanding Children's Work, International Labour Organization (ILO)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    UNICEF

    UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Understanding Children's Work

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank

    World Bank (WB), note: Understanding Children's Work

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Costa Rica201644.16hours per week
Jordan201610.44hours per week
Bolivia, Plurinational State of201532.53hours per week
Brazil201515.40hours per week
Chad201511.24hours per week
Colombia201517.60hours per week
Ecuador201530.64hours per week
Gambia201511.89hours per week
Guatemala201535.05hours per week
Malawi201516.30hours per week

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