Kuwait

Region: Northern Africa & Western Asia
Prevalence: no survey in source

Children 5–17 in child labour¹no survey

Government effort, worst forms of child labour²not assessed

Trafficking-response tier³Tier 2

ILO conventions⁴C138 ratified 1999 · minimum age 15C182 ratified 2000

Out of school, primary age (a driver)⁵7.5%2016

Modern slavery, all ages⁶13 / 1,000about 55,000 people, in forced labour or forced marriage

Goods produced with child labour⁷none listed

Kuwait beside its surveyed neighbours in Northern Africa & Western Asia¹

All of Northern Africa & Western Asia

1Sudan15% 2022 2Egypt8.5% 2023 3Yemen7.7% 2023 4Palestine (West Bank & Gaza)6.3% 2020 5Türkiye5.6% 2022 6Azerbaijan4.8% 2023 7Armenia3.9% 2015 8Iraq3.1% 2018 9Libya2.7% 2025

Sources

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UNICEF / ILO via Our World in Data, Share of children aged 5-17 years engaged in labour, 2026-07-31; accessed 2026-10-15. Each country’s latest national survey. Retrieval route
US Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, 2024, published 2025-09-30; accessed 2026-07-02. Retrieval route
US Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, 2026, published 2026-10-08; accessed 2026-10-15. Released 8 October 2026; covers April 2025 to March 2026. Retrieval route
ILO, NORMLEX ratification registers, C138 & C182; accessed 2026-07-02. Retrieval route
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, 2026-05-12; accessed 2026-07-03. A recognised driver of child labour. Retrieval route
Walk Free, Global Slavery Index 2023 — estimated prevalence of modern slavery by country (Table 26), 2023, published 2023-05-24; accessed 2026-07-03. All ages, adults and children. Retrieval route
US Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor (TVPRA List), 2024, published 2024-09-05; accessed 2026-07-02. Forced-labour-only listings are shown apart. Retrieval route