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Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda
Uganda
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Prevalence rank
3 of 100 measured
Children 5–17 in child labour
1
40.1%
2021 survey
UNICEF reading: 40.1% (NLFS 2021, UNICEF and ILO calculations), same producer
2
Government effort, worst forms of child labour
3
Minimal advancement
Trafficking-response tier
4
Tier 2
ILO conventions
5
C138 ratified 2003
· minimum age 14
C182 ratified 2001
Out of school, primary age (a driver)
6
4.1%
2013
Modern slavery, all ages
7
no estimate
Goods produced with child labour
8
Bricks
Cattle
Charcoal
Coffee
Fish
Gold
Rice
Sand
Stones
Sugarcane
Tea
Tobacco
Vanilla
Uganda beside its surveyed neighbours in Sub-Saharan Africa
1
All of Sub-Saharan Africa
1
Burundi
53.5%
2020
2
Niger
42.4%
2022
3
Uganda
40.1%
2021
4
Cameroon
33.4%
2014
5
Chad
30.9%
2019
6
Guinea-Bissau
30.4%
2022
7
Nigeria
28.1%
2022
8
Togo
25.7%
2022
9
Zimbabwe
25.6%
2019
Law, programmes and updates
Programmes working here
ACCEL Africa, phase II
ILO · since 2023
Catalyst
Global March Against Child Labour · since 2022
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.
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UNICEF,
UNICEF global databases: Child labour (economic activity, children 5-17)
, UNICEF Data Warehouse extract 2026-07-03; accessed 2026-07-03. Same ILO/UNICEF producer: a coverage and freshness cross-check, shown beside the main series.
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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.
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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.
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ILO,
NORMLEX ratification registers, C138 & C182
; accessed 2026-07-02.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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