Average working hours of children, working only, male, 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
88
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 Rica201630.39hours per week
Jordan201650.53hours per week
Bolivia, Plurinational State of201539.30hours per week
Brazil201530hours per week
Chad201513.05hours per week
Colombia201529hours per week
Ecuador201524.81hours per week
Gambia201514.97hours per week
Guatemala201534.18hours per week
Malawi201517.30hours per week

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