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Email this page Printer friendly Last update: Feb 2011 Percentage of children aged 5–14 engaged in child labour Download File Countries and territories Percentage of children aged 5–14 engaged in child labour Year Source Total Male Female Afghanistan 13 17 9 y 2007-08 NRVA Albania 12 14 9 2005 Albania 2005 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Algeria 5 6 4 2006 Algeria 2006 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Andorra - - - Angola 24 22 25 2001 2001 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Antigua and Barbuda - - - Argentina 7 8 5 y 2003 Encuesta de Actividades de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes (EANNA), MTEySS/INDEC. Not for entire country, only surveyed regions. 5-13, not 5-14 years. Definition: children who worked at least 1 hour the previous week. Armenia 4 - - y 2007 Child labour in the Republic of Armenia: Report (Situation analysis). Yerevan, 2007. Page 26. Paid employment, children 7-17 years. Australia - - - Austria - - - Azerbaijan 7 8 5 y 2005 Dayioglu, Meltem. 2007. Working children in Azerbaijan: An analysis of the 2005 child labour and labouring children surveys. State Statistical Committee [Azerbaijan] and ILO. Page 31 (national definition of child labour, children 5-17 years) Bahamas - - - Bahrain 5 6 3 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Bangladesh 13 18 8 2006 2006 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Barbados - - - Belarus 5 6 4 2005 Belarus MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Belgium - - - Belize 40 39 42 2001 Child Activity Survey, UCW Project calculation Benin 46 47 45 2006 2006 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Bhutan 19 16 22 y 2003 Living Standards Survey, UCW Project calculations (economic activity, 10-14 years) Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 22 22 22 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 7 4 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina MICS 2006 report, Table CP.2, p. 120. Botswana 9 11 7 y 2005-06 Labour Force Survey Brazil 4 5 3 y 2007-08 IBGE Brunei Darussalam - - - Bulgaria - - - Burkina Faso 47 46 48 y 2003 Enquête sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages, UCW Project calculations (economic activity, 5-14 years) Burundi 19 19 19 2005 Burundi MICS 2005, Final Report, Tab. CP.2, p. 93 Cambodia 45 45 45 y 2001 Cambodia Child Labour Survey, UCW Project calculation (economic activity, 5-14 years) Cameroon 31 31 30 2006 2006 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Canada - - - Cape Verde 3 4 3 y 1998 Inquerito as despesas e receitas familiares, UCW Project calculations (economic activity, 10-14 years) Central African Republic 47 44 49 2006 Central African Republic 2006 MICS, Final Report, Tab CP.2, p. 171 Chad 53 54 51 2004 2004 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Chile 3 3 2 2003 Encuesta nacional sobre las actividades de niños y adolescentes, UCW Project calculations China - - - Colombia 7 9 4 y 2007 Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares Comoros 27 26 28 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Congo 25 24 25 2005 2005 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Cook Islands - - - Costa Rica 5 6 3 2002 Encuesta de hogares de propósitos múltiples, UCW Project calculations Côte d'Ivoire 35 36 34 2006 2006 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Croatia - - - Cuba - - - Cyprus - - - Czech Republic - - - Democratic People's Republic of Korea - - - Democratic Republic of the Congo 32 29 34 2001 2001 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Denmark - - - Djibouti 8 8 8 2006 Final MICS report, p. 70, Tab. C.V.2 Dominica - - - Dominican Republic 10 12 7 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Ecuador 8 7 8 2008 Encuesta de Empleo, Desempleo y Subempleo (ENEMDU), December 2008, http://www.inec.gov.ec, UNICEF HQ calculations Egypt 7 8 5 2005 2005 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations El Salvador 6 9 4 y 2003 Encuesta de hogares de propósitos múltiples (MECOVI), UCW Project calculations (economic activity, 5-14 years, by hours of work) Equatorial Guinea 28 28 28 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Eritrea - - - Estonia - - - Ethiopia 53 59 46 2005 National Labour Force Survey, UCW Project calculations Fiji - - - Finland - - - France - - - Gabon - - - Gambia 25 20 29 2006 MICS table produced at UNICEF HQ Georgia 18 20 17 2005 MICS final report, Tab. CP.2, p. 107 Germany - - - Ghana 34 34 34 2006 Ghana MICS 2006 table produced at HQ Greece - - - Grenada - - - Guatemala 21 - - y 2006 ENCOVI Guinea 25 26 24 2003 2003 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Guinea-Bissau 39 41 37 2006 Guinea-Bissau MICS 2006, Final Report, Tab. CP.2, p. 163 Guyana 16 17 16 2006 Guyana 2006 MICS, Final Report, Tab. CP.2, p. 127 Haiti 21 22 19 2005-06 2005-06 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Holy See - - - Honduras 16 16 15 2002 National Child Labour Survey, UCW Project calculations Hungary - - - Iceland - - - India 12 12 12 2005-06 2005-06 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Indonesia 7 8 6 y 2009 Child Labour Survey Iran (Islamic Republic of) - - - Iraq 11 12 9 2006 Iraq MICS 2006 table produced at UNICEF HQ Ireland - - - Israel - - - Italy - - - Jamaica 6 7 5 2005 Jamaica MICS 2005 table produced at UNICEF HQ Japan - - - Jordan - - - Kazakhstan 2 2 2 2006 MICS final report, Tab. CP.4, p. 134 Kenya 26 27 25 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Kiribati - - - Kuwait - - - Kyrgyzstan 4 4 3 2006 Kyrgyzstan MICS 2006 table produced at UNICEF HQ Lao People's Democratic Republic 11 10 13 2006 Lao PDR MICS 2006, final report, Tab. CP.2, p. 124. Latvia - - - Lebanon 7 8 6 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Lesotho 23 25 21 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Liberia 21 21 21 2007 Liberia Demographic and Health Survey 2007, final report. Monrovia: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Macro International Inc. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - - Liechtenstein - - - Lithuania - - - Luxembourg - - - Madagascar 28 29 27 y 2007 Enquête nationale sur le travail des enfants Malawi 26 25 26 2006 2006 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Malaysia - - - Maldives - - - Mali 34 35 33 2001 2001 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Malta - - - Marshall Islands - - - Mauritania 16 18 15 2007 Mauritania 2007 MICS, final report, Table CP.2, p. 101 Mauritius - - - Mexico 6 7 5 y 2007 Trabajo infantil en Mexico 2007: una aproximación desde la participacion de la niñez en las actividades productivas. Micronesia (Federated States of) - - - Monaco - - - Mongolia 18 19 17 2005 Mongolia MICS 2005 table produced at UNICEF HQ Montenegro 10 12 8 2005 MICS Morocco 8 9 8 2006 Enquête Nationale à Indicateurs Multiples et Santé des Jeunes: ENIMSJ 2006-2007. Rabat: Ministère de la Santé, 2008. Tab. 5.4, p. 50. Mozambique 22 21 24 2008 MICS Myanmar - - - Namibia 13 15 12 y 1999 Namibia Child Activities Survey (NCAS), UCW Project calculations (economic activity, 6-14 years, by hours of work) Nauru - - - Nepal 34 30 38 y 2008 NLFS Netherlands - - - New Zealand - - - Nicaragua 15 18 11 2001 2001 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Niger 43 43 43 2006 2006 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Nigeria 13 - - y 2001 FOS/ILO/SIMPOC 2000/2001. Survey report (FOS/ILO/SIMPOC report on National Modular Child Labour Survey Nigeria, http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/nonigo/2001/375428.pdf), p. xix, p. 58. Economically active children 5-17 years. Niue - - - Norway - - - Occupied Palestinian Territory - - - Oman - - - Pakistan - - - Palau - - - Panama 11 - - y 2008 Analisis del trabajo infantil en Panama 2000-2008, INEC/CGR Papua New Guinea - - - Paraguay 15 17 12 2004 Encuesta permanente de hogares (EPH), UCW Project calculations Peru 34 31 36 y 2007 Encuesta sobre Trabajo Infantil (ETI) 2007, ILO-INEI Philippines 12 13 11 1999 1999 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Poland - - - Portugal 3 4 3 y 2001 Labour Force Survey, UCW Project calculations (economic activity, 6-14 years) Qatar - - - Republic of Korea - - - Republic of Moldova 32 32 33 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Romania 1 1 1 2000 Household labour force survey, UCW Project calculations Russian Federation - - - Rwanda 35 36 35 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Saint Kitts and Nevis - - - Saint Lucia - - - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - - - Samoa - - - San Marino - - - Sao Tome and Principe 8 8 7 2006 Sao Tome and Principe MICS 2006 table produced at UNICEF HQ Saudi Arabia - - - Senegal 22 24 21 2005 2005 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Serbia 4 5 4 2005 MICS Seychelles - - - Sierra Leone 48 49 48 2005 2005 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Singapore - - - Slovakia - - - Slovenia - - - Solomon Islands - - - Somalia 49 45 54 2006 2006 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations South Africa - - - Spain - - - Sri Lanka 8 9 7 2006 Child activity survey, UCW Project calculations Sudan 13 14 12 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Suriname 6 7 5 2006 Suriname MICS 2006, Final Report, standard tables Swaziland 9 9 9 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Sweden - - - Switzerland - - - Syrian Arab Republic 4 5 3 2006 Syria MICS 2006 table produced at UNICEF HQ Tajikistan 10 9 11 2005 Tajikistan MICS 2005 table produced at UNICEF HQ Thailand 8 8 8 2006 Thailand MICS 2005-06 table produced at UNICEF HQ The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 6 7 5 2005 Macedonia MICS 2005 table produced at UNICEF HQ Timor-Leste 4 4 4 2002 Timor-Leste 2002 MICS Togo 29 29 30 2006 Togo MICS 2006 table produced at UNICEF HQ Tonga - - - Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1 2006 Trinidad and Tobago MICS 2006 table produced at UNICEF HQ Tunisia - - - Turkey 3 3 2 y 2006 TURKSTAT Child Labour Force Survey, Table 1 Turkmenistan - - - Tuvalu - - - Uganda 36 37 36 2000-01 2000-01 DHS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Ukraine 7 8 7 2005 MICS 2005, Draft Final Report, Tab. CP.2 United Arab Emirates - - - United Kingdom - - - United Republic of Tanzania 21 23 19 y 2006 Integrated Labour Force survey United States - - - Uruguay 8 8 8 y 2006 Encuesta Nacional de Hogares Ampliada 2006 - INE (children 5-17, work outside of household, or household chores for more than 13 hours per week) Uzbekistan - - - 2006 Uzbekistan MICS 2006 table produced at UNICEF HQ Vanuatu - - - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8 9 6 2000 2000 MICS data, UNICEF HQ calculations Viet Nam 16 15 16 2006 Final MICS report, Table CP.2, page 4 Yemen 23 21 24 2006 Yemen MICS 2006, Final reporrt. Zambia 41 42 40 y 2009 UCW Zambia Report Zimbabwe 13 12 14 y 1999 Labor Force Survey, UCW Project calculations (economic activity, 5-14 years) DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys ENCOVI: Encuesta nacional de condiciones de vida (Guatemala) FOS/ILO/SIMPOC: Federal Office of Statistics/International Labour Organization/Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (Nigeria) INE: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Uruguay) MECOVI: Programa mejoramiento de las encuestas de condiciones de vida (El Salvador) MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys NFLS: Nepal Labour Force Survey NRVA: National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (Afghanistan) TURKSTAT: Turkish Statistical Institute UCW: Understanding Children/’s Work (Zambia) y         Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

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