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Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of children ages 7-14
Labor Statistics > Economically active children, total (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Sierra Leone :
74 %
2000 ...
#2
Togo :
72.5 %
2000 ...
#3
Chad :
69.87 %
2000 ...
#4
Guinea-Bissau :
67.5 %
2000 ...
#5
Central African Republic :
67 %
2000 ...
#6
Burkina Faso :
66.5 %
1998 ...
#7
Ethiopia :
57.09 %
2001 ...
#8
Cambodia :
52.26 %
2001 ...
#9
Guinea :
48.3 %
1994 ...
#10
Nepal :
47.2 %
1999 ...
#11
Comoros :
41.46 %
2000 ...
#12
Côte d'Ivoire :
40.7 %
2000 ...
#13
Tanzania :
40.35 %
2001 ...
#14
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
39.8 %
2000 ...
#15
Burundi :
36.96 %
2000 ...
#16
Albania :
36.59 %
2000 ...
#17
Senegal :
35.42 %
2000 ...
#18
Moldova :
33.48 %
2000 ...
#19
Rwanda :
33.1 %
2000 ...
#20
Lesotho :
30.85 %
2000 ...
#21
Angola :
30.1 %
2001 ...
#22
Kazakhstan :
29.7 %
1996 ...
#23
Guyana :
29.6 %
2000 ...
#24
Ghana :
28.46 %
2000 ...
#25
South Africa :
27.7 %
1999 ...
#26
Madagascar :
25.63 %
2001 ...
#27
Gambia, The :
25.31 %
2000 ...
#28
Mali :
25.29 %
2001 ...
#29
Mongolia :
22.02 %
2000 ...
#30
Argentina :
20.7 %
1997 ...
#31
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
20.2 %
2000 ...
#32
Guatemala :
20.06 %
2000 ...
#33
Bolivia :
19.22 %
2000 ...
#34
Sudan :
19.13 %
2000 ...
#35
Uzbekistan :
18.09 %
2000 ...
#36
Ecuador :
17.87 %
2001 ...
#37
Peru :
17.7 %
1994 ...
#38
Bangladesh :
17.54 %
2003 ...
#39
Sri Lanka :
17 %
1998 ...
#40
Cameroon :
15.91 %
2001 ...
#41
Namibia :
15.44 %
1999 ...
#42
Mexico :
14.7 %
1996 ...
#43
Zambia :
14.45 %
1999 ...
#44
Zimbabwe :
14.3 %
1999 ...
#45
Iraq :
13.65 %
2000 ...
#46
Philippines :
13.26 %
2001 ...
#47
Morocco :
13.2 %
1999 ...
#48
Yemen :
13.15 %
1999 ...
#49
Uganda :
13.12 %
2003 ...
#50
El Salvador :
12.66 %
2003 ...
#51
Dominican Republic :
12.5 %
2000 ...
#52
Colombia :
12.2 %
2001 ...
#53
Nicaragua :
12.13 %
2001 ...
#54
Honduras :
11.44 %
2002 ...
#55
Swaziland :
11.16 %
2000 ...
#56
Malawi :
10.57 %
2000 ...
#57
Azerbaijan :
9.73 %
2000 ...
#58
Venezuela :
9.1 %
2003 ...
#59
Chile :
8.77 %
2003 ...
#60
Kyrgyzstan :
8.6 %
1998 ...
#61
Paraguay :
8.05 %
1999 ...
#62
East Timor :
7.6 %
2001 ...
#63
Belize :
7.44 %
2001 ...
#64
Brazil :
7.1 %
2003 ...
#65
Costa Rica :
6.71 %
2002 ...
#66
Egypt :
6.4 %
1998 ...
#67
India :
5.2 %
2000 ...
#68
Turkey :
4.54 %
1999 ...
#69
Kenya :
4.08 %
2000 ...
#70
Panama :
4 %
2000 ...
#71
Trinidad and Tobago :
3.9 %
2000 ...
#72
Portugal :
3.64 %
2001 ...
#73
Romania :
1.4 %
2000 ...
#74
Jamaica :
1.1 %
2000 ...
Weighted average:
23.7 %
DEFINITION: Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. % of children ages 7-14
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