Eastern & South-Eastern Asia

TypeRegion
Relationships19
Sourced claims23
CheckedOctober 2026
Most recent entry3 July 2026
First recordedJuly 2026
Standing of the evidence

Each claim is rated on its own. The page shows how many sit at each level and does not add them into one grade.

Registry fact23
The region on the map

Share of children aged 5 to 17 in child labour, from each country’s latest household survey

N. CyprusSomalilandAfghanistanAngolaAlbaniaUnited Arab EmiratesArgentinaArmeniaFr. S. Antarctic LandsAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBurundiBelgiumBeninBurkina FasoBangladeshBulgariaBahamasBosnia and Herz.BelarusBelizeBoliviaBrazilBruneiBhutanBotswanaCentral African Rep.CanadaSwitzerlandChileChinaCôte d'IvoireCameroonDem. Rep. CongoCongoColombiaCosta RicaCubaCyprusCzechiaGermanyDjiboutiDenmarkDominican Rep.AlgeriaEcuadorEgyptEritreaW. SaharaSpainEstoniaEthiopiaFinlandFijiFalkland Is.FranceGabonUnited KingdomGeorgiaGhanaGuineaGambiaGuinea-BissauEq. GuineaGreeceGreenlandGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasCroatiaHaitiHungaryIndonesia · 1.6% of children 5–17 (2025 survey)IndiaIrelandIranIraqIcelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJordanJapanKazakhstanKenyaKyrgyzstanCambodia · 7.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)South KoreaKuwaitLaos · 21.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)LebanonLiberiaLibyaSri LankaLesothoLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMoroccoMoldovaMadagascarMexicoMacedoniaMaliMyanmar (Burma) · 8.1% of children 5–17 (2015 survey)MontenegroMongolia · 6% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)MozambiqueMauritaniaMalawiMalaysiaNamibiaNew CaledoniaNigerNigeriaNicaraguaNetherlandsNorwayNepalNew ZealandOmanPakistanPanamaPeruPhilippines · 0.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Papua New GuineaPolandPuerto RicoNorth Korea · 4% of children 5–17 (2017 survey)PortugalParaguayPalestineQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaudi ArabiaSudanSenegalSolomon Is.Sierra LeoneEl SalvadorSomaliaSerbiaS. SudanSurinameSlovakiaSloveniaSwedeneSwatiniSyriaChadTogoThailandTajikistanTurkmenistanTimor-LesteTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTaiwanTanzaniaUgandaUkraineUruguayUnited States of AmericaUzbekistanVenezuelaVietnam · 1% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)VanuatuKosovoYemenSouth AfricaZambiaZimbabwe
under 1%1–5%5–10%10–20%20–30%30% and overno survey in source

Surveyed readings, ranked

  1. 1Laos21.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)
  2. 2Myanmar (Burma)8.1% of children 5–17 (2015 survey)
  3. 3Cambodia7.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)
  4. 4Mongolia6% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)
  5. 5North Korea4% of children 5–17 (2017 survey)
  6. 6Indonesia1.6% of children 5–17 (2025 survey)
  7. 7Vietnam1% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)
  8. 8Philippines0.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)

No reading in this measureBrunei, China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste

Other regionsCentral & Southern Asia, Europe & Northern America, Latin America & the Caribbean, Northern Africa & Western Asia, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa

Relationships

Showing 19 of 19

Where the record gives a start and no end, the relationship is shown as reported and is not called current.

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includesBruneiCountryRegistry fact
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SourceILO & UNICEFOriginmtoto-hubEntered2 July 2026

includesCambodiaCountryRegistry fact
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includesChinaCountryRegistry fact
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includesHong KongCountryRegistry fact
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includesIndonesiaCountryRegistry fact
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includesJapanCountryRegistry fact
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SourceILO & UNICEFOriginmtoto-hubEntered2 July 2026

includesLaosCountryRegistry fact
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includesMacauCountryRegistry fact
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includesMalaysiaCountryRegistry fact
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includesMongoliaCountryRegistry fact
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includesNorth KoreaCountryRegistry fact
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includesPhilippinesCountryRegistry fact
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includesSingaporeCountryRegistry fact
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includesSouth KoreaCountryRegistry fact
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includesTaiwanCountryRegistry fact
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includesThailandCountryRegistry fact
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includesTimor-LesteCountryRegistry fact
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includesVietnamCountryRegistry fact
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SourceILO & UNICEFOriginmtoto-hubEntered2 July 2026

Facts
has the published reading24.3Registry fact
As reportedDisplay24.3 millionEdition2020MeasurechildrenMethodmodelledPub2021Scopechildren aged 5–17, millionsSourceChild Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward, 2020 edition, published June 2021SourceShortILO & UNICEFUrlhttps://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_norm/@ipec/documents/publication/wcms_797515.pdfYear2020
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Stated by the official register itself.

SourceILO & UNICEFOriginmtoto-hubObserved2020Entered3 July 2026

has the published reading6.2Registry fact
As reportedDisplay6.2%Edition2020MeasureprevalenceMethodmodelledPub2021Scopeshare of children aged 5–17, %SourceChild Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward, 2020 edition, published June 2021SourceShortILO & UNICEFUrlhttps://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_norm/@ipec/documents/publication/wcms_797515.pdfYear2020
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Stated by the official register itself.

SourceILO & UNICEFOriginmtoto-hubObserved2020Entered3 July 2026

has the published reading12.3Registry fact
As reportedDisplay12.3 millionEdition2024MeasurechildrenMethodmodelledPub2025Scopechildren aged 5–17, millionsSourceChild Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward, 2024 edition, published 11 June 2025SourceShortILO & UNICEFUrlhttps://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/2024%20Global%20Estimates%20of%20Child%20Labour%20Report.pdfYear2024
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Stated by the official register itself.

SourceILO & UNICEFOriginmtoto-hubObserved2024Entered2 July 2026

has the published reading3.1Registry fact
As reportedDisplay3.1%Edition2024MeasureprevalenceMethodmodelledPub2025Scopeshare of children aged 5–17, %SourceChild Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward, 2024 edition, published 11 June 2025SourceShortILO & UNICEFUrlhttps://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/2024%20Global%20Estimates%20of%20Child%20Labour%20Report.pdfYear2024
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Stated by the official register itself.

SourceILO & UNICEFOriginmtoto-hubObserved2024Entered2 July 2026

Timeline and gaps
Gaps in the record
  • No readings relationship is held yet.
  • No identifier is held yet.

Not shown:No dated claim is held, so there is no timeline.

Not shown:No contested claim is held.

Not shown:No other name is held.

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Sources
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Every document the page rests on, by publisher.

ILO & UNICEF