Of the 20 countries with the highest share of children in child labour, 12 are named in none of the 91 child-labour projects ILAB ran from 2018 onward, as its own project pages listed them in 2025.
| Country | Child labour, % of children | Survey year | ILAB single-country funding, USD | Named in any ILAB project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 53.5 | 2020 | 0 | No |
| Niger | 42.4 | 2022 | 0 | Yes |
| Uganda | 40.1 | 2021 | 3,300,000 | Yes |
| Cameroon | 33.4 | 2014 | 0 | No |
| Chad | 30.9 | 2019 | 0 | No |
| Guinea-Bissau | 30.4 | 2022 | 0 | No |
| Nigeria | 28.1 | 2022 | 4,000,000 | Yes |
| Vanuatu | 26.7 | 2023 | 0 | No |
| Tonga | 25.9 | 2019 | 0 | No |
| Togo | 25.7 | 2022 | 0 | No |
| Zimbabwe | 25.6 | 2019 | 0 | No |
| Madagascar | 24.7 | 2022 | 13,000,000 | Yes |
| Malawi | 24.1 | 2020 | 1,730,500 | Yes |
| Laos | 21.8 | 2023 | 0 | No |
| Liberia | 21.1 | 2020 | 0 | Yes |
| Mali | 21 | 2020 | 0 | No |
| Sierra Leone | 21 | 2017 | 0 | No |
| Guinea | 19.5 | 2016 | 0 | No |
| Ethiopia | 18.7 | 2021 | 15,000,000 | Yes |
| Burkina Faso | 18.4 | 2022 | 0 | Yes |
| Country | ILAB funding, USD | Projects | Child labour, % of children | Survey year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 67,855,000 | 9 | 4.3 | 2022 |
| Colombia | 23,000,000 | 4 | 1.1 | 2024 |
| Peru | 18,250,000 | 2 | 13.2 | 2024 |
| Ethiopia | 15,000,000 | 2 | 18.7 | 2021 |
| Ghana | 14,000,000 | 3 | 5.5 | 2022 |
| Madagascar | 13,000,000 | 3 | 24.7 | 2022 |
| Vietnam | 13,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burma | 10,750,000 | 1 | 8.1 | 2015 |
| Haiti | 9,993,289 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
| Argentina | 8,925,000 | 3 | 1.8 | 2017 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 8,500,000 | 2 | 12.8 | 2022 |
| Thailand | 8,400,000 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
| Paraguay | 7,499,558 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
| Nepal | 7,451,281 | 3 | 8.8 | 2017 |
| Uzbekistan | 6,000,000 | 1 | 17.8 | 2022 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC) | 5,500,000 | 1 | 7.5 | 2024 |
| Dominican Republic | 5,150,000 | 1 | 3.1 | 2019 |
| Zambia | 5,000,000 | 1 | 16.7 | 2023 |
| Malaysia | 5,000,000 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
| Brazil | 5,000,000 | 1 | 1.5 | 2022 |
| Indonesia | 4,999,970 | 1 | 1.6 | 2025 |
| Turkey (Türkiye) | 4,870,000 | 1 | 5.6 | 2022 |
| Ecuador | 4,470,000 | 1 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nigeria | 4,000,000 | 1 | 28.1 | 2022 |
| Tunisia | 4,000,000 | 1 | 1.7 | 2023 |
| Tanzania | 4,000,000 | 1 | 15 | 2021 |
| Costa Rica | 3,750,000 | 1 | 3.4 | 2018 |
| Uganda | 3,300,000 | 1 | 40.1 | 2021 |
| Philippines | 3,122,000 | 1 | 0.8 | 2023 |
| Kenya | 3,000,000 | 1 | 4.3 | 2021 |
| Cambodia | 3,000,000 | 1 | 7.8 | 2023 |
| Honduras | 2,500,000 | 1 | 12.9 | 2023 |
| Bangladesh | 2,250,000 | 1 | 7 | 2025 |
| Malawi | 1,730,500 | 1 | 24.1 | 2020 |
| Guatemala | 1,538,923 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
Each country’s single-country ILAB funding lines are summed, whatever the fiscal year, over the 91 child-labour projects ending in 2018 or later.
Multi-country and global projects ($214.3M in all) are not split between countries; a country they name is marked as named in a project.
Each of the 20 highest prevalence readings is set against that country’s single-country total and against whether any project names it.