Children in employment, study and work

Children in employment refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Study and work refer to children attending school in combination with economic activity.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
100
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 Rica201685.26percent
Jordan201679.98percent
Bolivia, Plurinational State of201593.28percent
Brazil201595.96percent
Chad201550.73percent
Colombia201586.64percent
Ecuador201591.78percent
Gambia201543.37percent
Guatemala201561.03percent
Malawi201592.70percent

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