Children in employment, self-employed

Self-employed workers are people whose remuneration depends directly on the profits derived from the goods and services they produce, with or without other employees, and include employers, own-account workers, and members of producers cooperatives.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
58
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 Rica20164.28percent
Jordan20165.22percent
Bolivia, Plurinational State of20151.86percent
Brazil20158.78percent
Colombia201515.39percent
Ecuador20150.24percent
Gambia20154.53percent
Guatemala20152.26percent
Malawi201510.51percent
Brazil20144.99percent

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