Children in employment, total

Children in employment 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
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 Rica20161.31percent
Jordan20161.23percent
Bolivia, Plurinational State of201513.92percent
Brazil20152.54percent
Chad201555.90percent
Colombia20155.56percent
Ecuador20155.56percent
Gambia201523.75percent
Guatemala20157.24percent
Malawi201548.90percent

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