Child labour, country by country

Each country’s latest official reading, with its publisher and year.

Children in child labour, by region

Sub-Saharan Africa86.6 million children, 21.5% of the region’s children Central & Southern Asia17 million children, 3.4% of the region’s children Eastern & South-Eastern Asia12.3 million children, 3.1% of the region’s children Northern Africa & Western Asia12.2 million children, 8.3% of the region’s children Latin America & the Caribbean7.3 million children, 5.5% of the region’s children Europe & Northern America1.3 million children, 0.8% of the region’s children Oceania0.8 million children, 6.7% of the region’s children

Programmes working across many countries

Alliance 8.7 Action Group on AgricultureIPCCLA, under Alliance 8.7
Alliance 8.7 Pathfinder CountriesAlliance 8.7
Child Labour Risk Index (CLRI)The Centre for Child Rights and Business
Child Labour PlatformUN Global Compact Labour Working Group, ILO
Fund against Child Labour (FBK)Government of the Netherlands
Research to Action IIILO
Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour31 governments with employers’ and workers’ organisations