International bodies

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

The UN agency for children. It co-publishes the global child-labour estimates with the ILO and holds the household-survey series behind the SDG 8.7.1 indicator. It describes child labour as work that children are too young to perform or that, by its nature or circumstances, can be hazardous.

What it rests on

Source: UNICEF · read 15 October 2026