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DEFINITION
Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of female children ages 7-14
Labor Statistics > Economically active children, female (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Sierra Leone :
72.7 %
2000 ...
#2
Togo :
71.6 %
2000 ...
#3
Burkina Faso :
67.7 %
1998 ...
#4
Central African Republic :
67.6 %
2000 ...
#5
Guinea-Bissau :
67.5 %
2000 ...
#6
Chad :
66.45 %
2000 ...
#7
Nepal :
52.4 %
1999 ...
#8
Cambodia :
52.14 %
2001 ...
#9
Guinea :
49.5 %
1994 ...
#10
Ethiopia :
45.88 %
2001 ...
#11
Comoros :
42.19 %
2000 ...
#12
Côte d'Ivoire :
40.5 %
2000 ...
#13
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
39.8 %
2000 ...
#14
Tanzania :
39.22 %
2001 ...
#15
Burundi :
35.68 %
2000 ...
#16
Moldova :
32.81 %
2000 ...
#17
Albania :
31.84 %
2000 ...
#18
Rwanda :
30.3 %
2000 ...
#19
Angola :
30.3 %
2001 ...
#20
Kazakhstan :
29.1 %
1996 ...
#21
Ghana :
28.43 %
2000 ...
#22
Senegal :
27.75 %
2000 ...
#23
Lesotho :
27.52 %
2000 ...
#24
Guyana :
27 %
2000 ...
#25
South Africa :
26.4 %
1999 ...
#26
Gambia, The :
25.27 %
2000 ...
#27
Madagascar :
25.13 %
2001 ...
#28
Mongolia :
20.59 %
2000 ...
#29
Mali :
18.6 %
2001 ...
#30
Bolivia :
17.98 %
2000 ...
#31
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
17.6 %
2000 ...
#32
Cameroon :
17.41 %
2001 ...
#33
Sudan :
16.78 %
2000 ...
#34
Argentina :
16 %
1997 ...
#35
Zimbabwe :
15.3 %
1999 ...
#36
Peru :
15.2 %
1994 ...
#37
Namibia :
14.69 %
1999 ...
#38
Uzbekistan :
13.98 %
2000 ...
#39
Yemen :
13.97 %
1999 ...
#40
Guatemala :
13.93 %
2000 ...
#41
Bangladesh :
13.91 %
2003 ...
#42
Zambia :
13.88 %
1999 ...
#43
Ecuador :
13.56 %
2001 ...
#44
Sri Lanka :
13.4 %
1998 ...
#45
Morocco :
12.8 %
1999 ...
#46
Malawi :
11.63 %
2000 ...
#47
Uganda :
11.3 %
2003 ...
#48
Swaziland :
10.88 %
2000 ...
#49
Philippines :
10.04 %
2001 ...
#50
Iraq :
9.67 %
2000 ...
#51
Mexico :
9.5 %
1996 ...
#52
Egypt :
8.9 %
1998 ...
#53
El Salvador :
8.11 %
2003 ...
#54
Dominican Republic :
8.1 %
2000 ...
#55
East Timor :
8.1 %
2001 ...
#56
Colombia :
7.7 %
2001 ...
#57
Kyrgyzstan :
7.6 %
1998 ...
#58
Azerbaijan :
7.33 %
2000 ...
#59
Chile :
6.88 %
2003 ...
#60
Venezuela :
6.6 %
2003 ...
#61
Nicaragua :
6.5 %
2001 ...
#62
Honduras :
6.14 %
2002 ...
#63
Belize :
5.25 %
2001 ...
#64
India :
5.1 %
2000 ...
#65
Brazil :
4.61 %
2003 ...
#66
Kenya :
4.42 %
2000 ...
#67
Paraguay :
4.4 %
1999 ...
#68
Turkey :
3.85 %
1999 ...
#69
Costa Rica :
3.48 %
2002 ...
#70
Trinidad and Tobago :
2.8 %
2000 ...
#71
Portugal :
2.63 %
2001 ...
#72
Panama :
1.4 %
2000 ...
#73
Romania :
1.1 %
2000 ...
#74
Jamaica :
0.6 %
2000 ...
Weighted average:
21.9 %
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of female children ages 7-14
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