Children in employment, wage workers
Wage workers (also known as employees) are people who hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that provide basic remuneration that does not depend directly on the revenue of the unit for which they work.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 93
- 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.
Produced by
International Labour Organization
Understanding Children's Work, International Labour Organization (ILO)
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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
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 2016 | 27.88 | percent |
| Jordan | 2016 | 25.70 | percent |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2015 | 8.14 | percent |
| Brazil | 2015 | 27.50 | percent |
| Colombia | 2015 | 14.60 | percent |
| Ecuador | 2015 | 6.59 | percent |
| Gambia | 2015 | 0.85 | percent |
| Guatemala | 2015 | 23.78 | percent |
| Malawi | 2015 | 4.50 | percent |
| Brazil | 2014 | 27.52 | percent |
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