Child employment in agriculture

Employment by economic activity refers to the distribution of economically active children by the major industrial categories of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC). Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2), categories A and B (ISIC revision 3), or category A (ISIC revision 4) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing. Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
65
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 Rica201636.60percent
Jordan201642.73percent
Bolivia, Plurinational State of201574.50percent
Brazil201556.07percent
Colombia201543.33percent
Ecuador201579.35percent
Gambia201594.65percent
Guatemala201558.92percent
Malawi201571.20percent
Brazil201455.42percent

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