Children in economic activities

Country Country iso alpha 3 code Region Year Age Male Female Male & Female
Afghanistan AFG Asia and the Pacific 2023 5-17 15.6% 10.9% 13.3%
Angola AGO Africa 2016 5-17 8.9% 10.4% 9.7%
Albania ALB Europe and Central Asia 2010 5-17 3.4% 2.1% 2.8%
Argentina ARG Americas 2017 5-17 2.1% 1.5% 1.8%
Armenia ARM Europe and Central Asia 2015 5-17 4.9% 2.7% 3.9%
Burundi BDI Africa 2017 5-17 21.5% 19.4% 20.5%
Benin BEN Africa 2018 5-17 17.9% 16.1% 17%
Burkina Faso BFA Africa 2010 5-14 40.1% 30.1% 35.1%
Bangladesh BGD Asia and the Pacific 2019 5-17 8.7% 3% 5.9%
Belarus BLR Europe and Central Asia 2019 5-17 4.6% 3.4% 4%
Belize BLZ Americas 2013 5-17 3.2% 1.2% 2.2%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of BOL Americas 2019 5-17 13% 11.7% 12.3%
Brazil BRA Americas 2015 5-17 4.6% 2% 3.4%
Barbados BRB Americas 2012 5-14 1.7% .8% 1.2%
Central African Republic CAF Africa 2019 5-17 17.3% 19.5% 18.4%
Chile CHL Americas 2012 5-17 3.3% 1.4% 2.3%
Côte d'Ivoire CIV Africa 2016 5-17 19.3% 15.8% 17.5%
Cameroon CMR Africa 2014 5-17 38.5% 32.8% 33.4%
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Africa 2018 5-17 9.2% 9.2% 9.2%
Congo COG Africa 2015 5-17 9.9% 11.7% 10.8%
Colombia COL Americas 2020 5-17 5.5% 3.8% 4.7%
Comoros COM Africa 2012 5-14 20.6% 20.1% 20.4%
Costa Rica CRI Americas 2018 5-17 4% 2.7% 3.4%
Dominican Republic DOM Americas 2019 5-17 4.1% 2% 3.1%
Algeria DZA Africa 2019 5-17 2.5% 1.3% 1.9%
Ecuador ECU Americas 2021 5-17 4.5% 3.9% 4.2%
Egypt EGY Africa 2021 5-17 3.1% 1.2% 2.2%
Ethiopia ETH Africa 2015 5-14 48.3% 32.1% 40.5%
Fiji FJI Asia and the Pacific 2021 5-17 18.8% 12.3% 15.6%
Gabon GAB Africa 2012 5-14 16.1% 13.7% 14.5%
Georgia GEO Europe and Central Asia 2015 5-17 2.1% .9% 1.5%
Ghana GHA Africa 2018 5-17 14.5% 15.2% 14.8%
Guinea GIN Africa 2016 5-17 21.1% 17.8% 19.5%
Gambia GMB Africa 2018 5-17 15.5% 11.9% 13.6%
Guinea - Bissau GNB Africa 2019 5-17 16.9% 12.9% 14.9%
Guatemala GTM Americas 2013 7-17 11.4% 4.6% 8.1%
Guyana GUY Americas 2014 5-17 9.7% 11.1% 9.6%
Honduras HND Americas 2019 5-17 16.2% 7.9% 12.2%
Haiti HTI Americas 2012 5-14 22.4% 20.2% 21.6%
India IND Asia and the Pacific 2012 5-17 5.3% 3.1% 4.3%
Iraq IRQ Arab States 2018 5-17 4.3% 1.9% 3.1%
Jamaica JAM Americas 2022 5-17 3% 2.1% 2.6%
Jordan JOR Arab States 2016 5-17 2.2% 0% 1.2%
Kenya KEN Africa 2019 5-17 20.9% 16.4% 18.8%
Kyrgyzstan KGZ Europe and Central Asia 2023 5-17 21.6% 14.3% 18%
Cambodia KHM Asia and the Pacific 2012 5-17 10.8% 12.2% 11.5%
Kiribati KIR Asia and the Pacific 2019 5-17 8.6% 5.5% 7.1%
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO Asia and the Pacific 2017 5-17 26.3% 26.2% 26.3%
Liberia LBR Africa 2020 5-17 20.8% 21.5% 21.1%
Saint Lucia LCA Americas 2012 5-14 2.4% 1.4% 1.9%
Sri Lanka LKA Asia and the Pacific 2016 5-17 .9% .6% .8%
Lesotho LSO Africa 2018 5-17 11.1% 5.4% 8.2%
Madagascar MDG Africa 2018 5-17 33.4% 26.2% 29.8%
Mexico MEX Americas 2019 5-17 1.9% 3.5% 5%
North Macedonia MKD Europe and Central Asia 2019 5-17 3.4% 1.6% 2.4%
Mali MLI Africa 2020 5-17 22.1% 19.8% 21%
Myanmar MMR Asia and the Pacific 2015 5-17 8.7% 7.6% 8.1%
Montenegro MNE Europe and Central Asia 2018 5-17 8.4% 6.9% 7.7%
Mongolia MNG Asia and the Pacific 2018 5-17 9.1% 6.5% 7.9%
Mozambique MOZ Africa 2015 5-17 13.9% 12.2% 13.1%
Mauritania MRT Africa 2015 5-17 14.8% 10.4% 12.6%
Malawi MWI Africa 2020 5-17 11.9% 8% 10%
Niger NER Africa 2012 5-14 29.9% 27.3% 28.8%
Nigeria NGA Africa 2021 5-17 28.9% 24.8% 26.9%
Nicaragua NIC Americas 2012 10-17 33.3% 17.9% 25.9%
Nepal NPL Asia and the Pacific 2014 5-17 19.2% 19.3% 19%
Pakistan PAK Asia and the Pacific 2021 10-17 10.1% 3.2% 6.8%
Panama PAN Americas 2023 10-17 2.4% 1.5% 1.9%
Peru PER Americas 2020 5-17 9.2% 7.5% 8.4%
Philippines PHL Asia and the Pacific 2021 5-17 1.7% 1.3% 1.5%
Paraguay PRY Americas 2023 10-17 7.2% 2.6% 4.9%
Rwanda RWA Africa 2017 7-17 3.9% 3.2% 3.5%
Sudan SDN Africa 2014 5-17 19.3% 15.2% 15.3%
Senegal SEN Africa 2017 5-17 25.7% 8.6% 17.1%
Solomon Islands SLB Asia and the Pacific 2015 5-14 13.8% 13.8% 13.8%
Sierra Leone SLE Africa 2017 5-17 22.5% 19.6% 21%
El Salvador SLV Americas 2020 5-17 5.7% 1.5% 3.6%
Serbia SRB Europe and Central Asia 2019 5-17 11.1% 6.8% 9.1%
Sao Tome and Principe STP Africa 2019 5-17 6.1% 7.4% 6.7%
Suriname SUR Americas 2018 5-17 4.4% 2.4% 3.4%
Eswatini SWZ Africa 2010 5-14 6.5% 5.7% 6.1%
Chad TCD Africa 2019 5-17 33.8% 27.8% 30.9%
Togo TGO Africa 2017 5-17 34.5% 31.2% 32.9%
Turkmenistan TKM Europe and Central Asia 2016 5-17 .4% .1% .3%
Timor-Leste TLS Asia and the Pacific 2016 5-17 7.6% 6.8% 7.2%
Tonga TON Asia and the Pacific 2019 5-17 32.9% 18.5% 25.9%
Trinidad and Tobago TTO Americas 2022 5-17 5.4% 3% 4.2%
Tunisia TUN Africa 2012 5-14 2.4% 1.1% 1.8%
Türkiye TUR Europe and Central Asia 2019 5-17 2.9% .8% 1.9%
Tuvalu TUV Asia and the Pacific 2020 5-17 3.4% 4% 3.7%
Tanzania, United Republic of TZA Africa 2021 5-17 16.9% 13% 15%
Uganda UGA Africa 2017 5-17 14.7% 11.8% 13.2%
Ukraine UKR Europe and Central Asia 2012 5-14 2.2% 2.1% 2.2%
Uruguay URY Americas 2010 5-17 5.1% 2.3% 3.7%
Uzbekistan UZB Europe and Central Asia 2022 5-17 21.1% 14.5% 17.8%
Viet Nam VNM Asia and the Pacific 2021 5-17 5.2% 6.2% 5.7%
Vanuatu VUT Asia and the Pacific 2013 5-14 14.2% 15.8% 15%
Samoa WSM Asia and the Pacific 2020 5-17 14.9% 10.8% 13%
Yemen YEM Arab States 2023 5-17 10% 5.3% 7.7%
South Africa ZAF Africa 2015 7-17 2.4% 1.3% 1.9%
Zambia ZMB Africa 2012 5-17 20.2% 20.1% 20.2%
Zimbabwe ZWE Africa 2019 5-17 31.8% 19% 25.6%