World Bank · Labor
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.
- Coverage
- 100 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2016
- Series
- 100
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-05
- Indicator
- children-in-employment-study-and-work
- Interva ID
- worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work
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
33%83 of 100 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 33% 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 100 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 1994.
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
Children in employment, study and work for each of the 100 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2011–2011
- Albania 2000–2010
- Algeria 2013–2013
- Angola 2001–2001
- Argentina 2004–2012
- Armenia 2010–2010
- Azerbaijan 2000–2005
- Bangladesh 2003–2013
- Belarus 2005–2012
- Benin 2006–2012
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2002–2015
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000–2006
- Brazil 2004–2015
- Burkina Faso 2003–2010
- Burundi 2000–2010
- Cambodia 2001–2012
- Cameroon 2001–2011
- Central African Republic 2000–2010
- Chad 2004–2015
- Chile 2003–2012
- Colombia 2005–2015
- Congo 2005–2012
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2000–2014
- Costa Rica 2004–2016
- Côte d'Ivoire 2000–2012
- Dominican Republic 2002–2014
- Ecuador 2004–2015
- Egypt 2005–2009
- El Salvador 2003–2013
- Eswatini 2000–2010
- Ethiopia 2005–2011
- Gabon 2012–2012
- Gambia 2000–2015
- Georgia 2006–2006
- Ghana 2003–2012
- Guatemala 2003–2015
- Guinea 1994–2012
- Guinea-Bissau 2000–2014
- Haiti 2006–2012
- Honduras 2004–2014
- India 2000–2012
- Indonesia 2000–2010
- Iraq 2000–2011
- Jamaica 2002–2011
- Jordan 2007–2016
- Kazakhstan 1996–2006
- Kenya 1999–2009
- Kyrgyzstan 1998–2014
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2006–2010
- Lesotho 2000–2002
- Liberia 2007–2010
- Madagascar 2001–2007
- Malawi 2004–2015
- Mali 2005–2013
- Mauritania 2007–2011
- Mexico 2004–2013
- Moldova, Republic of 2000–2009
- Mongolia 2000–2013
- Morocco 1999–2004
- Mozambique 1996–2008
- Namibia 1999–1999
- Nepal 1999–2014
- Nicaragua 2001–2012
- Niger 2007–2012
- Nigeria 2007–2011
- North Macedonia 2006–2011
- Pakistan 2008–2011
- Panama 2003–2014
- Paraguay 2005–2014
- Peru 2000–2015
- Philippines 2001–2011
- Portugal 2001–2001
- Romania 2000–2000
- Rwanda 2000–2014
- Senegal 2005–2015
- Serbia 2005–2014
- Sierra Leone 2000–2013
- Somalia 2006–2006
- South Africa 1999–1999
- South Sudan 2008–2008
- Sri Lanka 1999–2009
- Sudan 2000–2014
- Syrian Arab Republic 2006–2006
- Tajikistan 1999–2005
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2001–2014
- Thailand 2005–2006
- Timor-Leste 2001–2007
- Togo 2006–2014
- Trinidad and Tobago 2000–2006
- Tunisia 2012–2012
- Türkiye 1999–2006
- Uganda 2006–2012
- Ukraine 2005–2012
- Uruguay 2009–2009
- Uzbekistan 2000–2006
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2003–2013
- Viet Nam 2006–2012
- Yemen 1999–2010
- Zambia 2005–2008
- Zimbabwe 1999–1999
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 2016 | 85.26 | percent |
| Jordan | 2016 | 79.98 | percent |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2015 | 93.28 | percent |
| Brazil | 2015 | 95.96 | percent |
| Chad | 2015 | 50.73 | percent |
| Colombia | 2015 | 86.64 | percent |
| Ecuador | 2015 | 91.78 | percent |
| Gambia | 2015 | 43.37 | percent |
| Guatemala | 2015 | 61.03 | percent |
| Malawi | 2015 | 92.70 | 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
Related datasets
Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
World Bank · 187 series · same topic · same publisher
Child employment in agriculture
World Bank · 65 series · same topic · same publisher
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate)
World Bank · 204 series · same topic · same publisher
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Bank · 187 series · same topic · same publisher
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate)
World Bank · 204 series · same topic · same publisher
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)
World Bank · 204 series · same topic · same publisher
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Bank · 187 series · same topic · same publisher
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
World Bank · 187 series · same topic · same publisher
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). Children in employment, study and work. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
@misc{interva-worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work,
title = {Children in employment, study and work},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work; 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.
API access
Every fact on this page is available from the API.
curl https://interva-api.nq5kq4f69b5zj.eu-west-3.cs.amazonlightsail.com/datasets/worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-workcurl -o worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work.csv https://interva-api.nq5kq4f69b5zj.eu-west-3.cs.amazonlightsail.com/datasets/worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work/downloadcurl "https://interva-api.nq5kq4f69b5zj.eu-west-3.cs.amazonlightsail.com/datasets/worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work/citation?accessed=YYYY-MM-DD"curl https://interva-api.nq5kq4f69b5zj.eu-west-3.cs.amazonlightsail.com/datasets/worldbank-children-in-employment-study-and-work/qualityFull schema: https://interva-api.nq5kq4f69b5zj.eu-west-3.cs.amazonlightsail.com/docs
Open in the terminal to chart this series, compare it against other publishers, or export it with its provenance.