World Bank · Labor
Child employment in services
Employment by economic activity refers to the distribution of economically active children by the major industrial categories of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC). Services correspond to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2), categories G-P (ISIC revision 3), or categories G-U (ISIC revision 4). Services include wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants, transport, financial intermediation, real estate, public administration, education, health and social work, other community services, and private household activity. Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.
- Coverage
- 65 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2016
- Series
- 65
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-05
- Indicator
- child-employment-in-services
- Interva ID
- worldbank-child-employment-in-services
Recency
stale
data to 2016; catalog to 2025
Provenance
4 steps
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
0%Latest observation is 2016; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 9 year(s) behind (stale).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
55%38 of 65 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 55% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 65 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 2 observations; the earliest begins in 1998.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-07.
By country
Child employment in services for each of the 65 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Albania 2010–2010
- Azerbaijan 2005–2005
- Bangladesh 2003–2013
- Belize 2001–2001
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2008–2015
- Brazil 2007–2015
- Burkina Faso 2006–2006
- Cambodia 2001–2012
- Cameroon 2001–2007
- Chile 2003–2012
- Colombia 2007–2015
- Costa Rica 2004–2016
- Dominican Republic 2005–2012
- Ecuador 2006–2015
- Egypt 2009–2009
- El Salvador 2003–2013
- Ethiopia 2005–2005
- Gambia 2015–2015
- Ghana 2012–2012
- Guatemala 2006–2015
- Guinea 2010–2010
- Honduras 2004–2014
- India 2000–2012
- Indonesia 2009–2010
- Jordan 2007–2016
- Kenya 1999–1999
- Kyrgyzstan 1998–2014
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2010–2010
- Lesotho 2002–2002
- Liberia 2010–2010
- Madagascar 2001–2007
- Malawi 2015–2015
- Mali 2005–2007
- Mexico 2007–2013
- Moldova, Republic of 2009–2009
- Mongolia 2007–2012
- Morocco 1999–2004
- Namibia 1999–1999
- Nepal 1999–2008
- Nicaragua 2001–2012
- Niger 2009–2009
- Nigeria 2010–2010
- Pakistan 2008–2011
- Panama 2008–2014
- Paraguay 2005–2014
- Peru 2007–2007
- Philippines 2001–2011
- Portugal 2001–2001
- Romania 2000–2000
- Rwanda 2008–2014
- Senegal 2005–2011
- Sierra Leone 2007–2007
- South Sudan 2008–2008
- Sri Lanka 1999–2009
- Sudan 2008–2008
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2001–2014
- Timor-Leste 2001–2007
- Togo 2006–2010
- Türkiye 1999–2006
- Uganda 2006–2012
- Uruguay 2009–2009
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2003–2013
- Viet Nam 2012–2012
- Yemen 1999–2010
- Zambia 2005–2008
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 2016 | 53.50 | percent |
| Jordan | 2016 | 42.55 | percent |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2015 | 18.45 | percent |
| Brazil | 2015 | 35.57 | percent |
| Colombia | 2015 | 41.40 | percent |
| Ecuador | 2015 | 15.74 | percent |
| Gambia | 2015 | 2.71 | percent |
| Guatemala | 2015 | 28.49 | percent |
| Malawi | 2015 | 28.70 | percent |
| Brazil | 2014 | 34.12 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
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
Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
declared by worldbank in source
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-05. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Bank (2026). Child employment in services. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-child-employment-in-services (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
@misc{interva-worldbank-child-employment-in-services,
title = {Child employment in services},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-child-employment-in-services}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-child-employment-in-services; catalog snapshot 2026-11-05},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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