Where children work

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Share of children aged 5 to 17 in child labour, from each country’s latest household survey1

Fiji · 15.6% of children 5–17 (2021 survey)Tanzania · 15% of children 5–17 (2021 survey)Western Sahara · no valueCanada · no valueUnited States · no valueKazakhstan · 6.8% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Uzbekistan · 17.8% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Papua New Guinea · no valueIndonesia · 1.6% of children 5–17 (2025 survey)Argentina · 1.8% of children 5–17 (2017 survey)Chile · 4.1% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Democratic Republic of the Congo · 7.5% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Somalia · no valueKenya · 4.3% of children 5–17 (2021 survey)Sudan · 15% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Chad · 30.9% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Haiti · no valueDominican Republic · 3.1% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Russia · 0% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Bahamas · no valueFalkland Islands · no valueNorway · no valueGreenlandFr. S. Antarctic LandsTimor-Leste · no valueSouth Africa · 7% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Lesotho · 8.2% of children 5–17 (2018 survey)Mexico · 4.3% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Uruguay · 3.7% of children 5–17 (2010 survey)Brazil · 1.5% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Bolivia · no valuePeru · 13.2% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Colombia · 1.1% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Panama · no valueCosta Rica · 3.4% of children 5–17 (2018 survey)Nicaragua · no valueHonduras · 12.9% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)El Salvador · 2.9% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Guatemala · no valueBelize · 2.2% of children 5–17 (2013 survey)Venezuela · no valueGuyana · 4.9% of children 5–17 (2020 survey)Suriname · 3.4% of children 5–17 (2018 survey)France · no valueEcuador · 5% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Puerto RicoJamaica · 2.6% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Cuba · no valueZimbabwe · 25.6% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Botswana · no valueNamibia · no valueSenegal · 8.6% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Mali · 21% of children 5–17 (2020 survey)Mauritania · 3.1% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Benin · 16% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Niger · 42.4% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Nigeria · 28.1% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Cameroon · 33.4% of children 5–17 (2014 survey)Togo · 25.7% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Ghana · 5.5% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Ivory Coast · 12.8% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Guinea · 19.5% of children 5–17 (2016 survey)Guinea-Bissau · 30.4% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Liberia · 21.1% of children 5–17 (2020 survey)Sierra Leone · 21% of children 5–17 (2017 survey)Burkina Faso · 18.4% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Central African Republic · 18.4% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Republic of the Congo · 10.8% of children 5–17 (2015 survey)Gabon · 5.4% of children 5–17 (2021 survey)Equatorial Guinea · no valueZambia · 16.7% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Malawi · 24.1% of children 5–17 (2020 survey)Mozambique · 10.9% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Eswatini · 11.3% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Angola · 8.5% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Burundi · 53.5% of children 5–17 (2020 survey)Israel · no valueLebanon · no valueMadagascar · 24.7% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Palestine (West Bank & Gaza) · 6.3% of children 5–17 (2020 survey)Gambia · 15.1% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Tunisia · 1.7% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Algeria · 1.9% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Jordan · 1.2% of children 5–17 (2016 survey)United Arab Emirates · no valueQatar · no valueKuwait · no valueIraq · 3.1% of children 5–17 (2018 survey)Oman · no valueVanuatu · 26.7% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Cambodia · 7.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Thailand · no valueLaos · 21.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Myanmar (Burma) · 8.1% of children 5–17 (2015 survey)Vietnam · 1% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)North Korea · 4% of children 5–17 (2017 survey)South Korea · no valueMongolia · 6% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)India · 0.9% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Bangladesh · 7% of children 5–17 (2025 survey)Bhutan · no valueNepal · 8.8% of children 5–17 (2017 survey)Pakistan · no valueAfghanistan · 13.3% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Tajikistan · no valueKyrgyzstan · 18% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Turkmenistan · 0.3% of children 5–17 (2016 survey)Iran · no valueSyria · no valueArmenia · 3.9% of children 5–17 (2015 survey)Sweden · no valueBelarus · 4% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Ukraine · 4% of children 5–17 (2015 survey)Poland · no valueAustria · no valueHungary · no valueMoldova · no valueRomania · no valueLithuania · no valueLatvia · no valueEstonia · no valueGermany · no valueBulgaria · no valueGreece · no valueTürkiye · 5.6% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)Albania · 2.8% of children 5–17 (2010 survey)Croatia · no valueSwitzerland · no valueLuxembourg · no valueBelgium · no valueNetherlands · no valuePortugal · no valueSpain · no valueIreland · no valueNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands · no valueNew Zealand · no valueAustralia · no valueSri Lanka · 0.8% of children 5–17 (2016 survey)China · no valueTaiwan · no valueItaly · no valueDenmark · no valueUnited Kingdom · no valueIceland · no valueAzerbaijan · 4.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Georgia · 1.5% of children 5–17 (2015 survey)Philippines · 0.8% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Malaysia · no valueBrunei · no valueSlovenia · no valueFinland · no valueSlovakia · no valueCzechia · no valueEritrea · no valueJapan · no valueParaguay · no valueYemen · 7.7% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Saudi Arabia · no valueN. CyprusCyprus · no valueMorocco · no valueEgypt · 8.5% of children 5–17 (2023 survey)Libya · 2.7% of children 5–17 (2025 survey)Ethiopia · 18.7% of children 5–17 (2021 survey)Djibouti · no valueSomalilandUganda · 40.1% of children 5–17 (2021 survey)Rwanda · 5.2% of children 5–17 (2024 survey)Bosnia and Herzegovina · no valueNorth Macedonia · 2.4% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Serbia · 9.1% of children 5–17 (2019 survey)Montenegro · 7.7% of children 5–17 (2018 survey)Kosovo · no valueTrinidad and Tobago · 4.2% of children 5–17 (2022 survey)South Sudan · no value
under 1%1–5%5–10%10–20%20–30%30% and overno survey in source

Sub-Saharan Africa holds most of the world’s child labour8

Sub-Saharan Africa

86.6 million
21.5% of its children · 38 of 49 countries surveyed

Northern Africa & Western Asia

12.2 million
8.3% of its children · 13 of 24 countries surveyed

Central & Southern Asia

17.0 million
3.4% of its children · 9 of 14 countries surveyed

Eastern & South-Eastern Asia

12.3 million
3.1% of its children · 8 of 19 countries surveyed

Latin America & the Caribbean

7.3 million
5.5% of its children · 17 of 40 countries surveyed

Oceania

0.8 million
6.7% of its children · 7 of 21 countries surveyed

Europe & Northern America

1.3 million
0.8% of its children · 8 of 45 countries surveyed

World

137.6 million
7.8% of its children · 100 of 212 countries surveyed

Sources

  1. UNICEF / ILO via Our World in Data, Share of children aged 5-17 years engaged in labour, 2026-07-31; accessed 2026-10-15. Survey year varies by country and is shown beside each value. The UNICEF Data Warehouse reading comes from the same ILO/UNICEF producer: a coverage and freshness cross-check. Retrieval route
  2. 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
  3. 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. Counts are goods listed for child labour (CL or CL+FL). Retrieval route
  4. US Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, 2026, published 2026-10-08; accessed 2026-10-15. Released 8 October 2026, 100 days after its statutory deadline of 30 June 2026; covers April 2025 to March 2026. Retrieval route
  5. ILO, NORMLEX ratification registers, C138 & C182; accessed 2026-07-02. Retrieval route
  6. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, 2026-05-12; accessed 2026-07-03. Primary-age out-of-school rate, a recognised driver of child labour. Retrieval route
  7. 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: forced labour and forced marriage. Retrieval route
  8. ILO & UNICEF, Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward, 2024 (published 2025-06-11), statistical annex; accessed 2026-07-02.