Sub-Saharan Africa

In child labour, 2024
86.6 million2
Regional prevalence
21.5%2
Hazardous work
23.3 million2
Measured countries
38 of 49
Fiji · 15.6% (2021)Tanzania · 15% (2021)W. SaharaCanadaUnited States of AmericaKazakhstan · 6.8% (2024)Uzbekistan · 17.8% (2022)Papua New GuineaIndonesia · 1.6% (2025)Argentina · 1.8% (2017)Chile · 4.1% (2023)Democratic Republic of the Congo · 7.5% (2024)SomaliaKenya · 4.3% (2021)Sudan · 15% (2022)Chad · 30.9% (2019)HaitiDominican Republic · 3.1% (2019)Russia · 0% (2024)BahamasFalkland Is.NorwayGreenlandFr. S. Antarctic LandsTimor-LesteSouth Africa · 7% (2019)Lesotho · 8.2% (2018)Mexico · 4.3% (2022)Uruguay · 3.7% (2010)Brazil · 1.5% (2022)BoliviaPeru · 13.2% (2024)Colombia · 1.1% (2024)PanamaCosta Rica · 3.4% (2018)NicaraguaHonduras · 12.9% (2023)El Salvador · 2.9% (2023)GuatemalaBelize · 2.2% (2013)VenezuelaGuyana · 4.9% (2020)Suriname · 3.4% (2018)FranceEcuador · 5% (2024)Puerto RicoJamaica · 2.6% (2022)CubaZimbabwe · 25.6% (2019)BotswanaNamibiaSenegal · 8.6% (2022)Mali · 21% (2020)Mauritania · 3.1% (2019)Benin · 16% (2022)Niger · 42.4% (2022)Nigeria · 28.1% (2022)Cameroon · 33.4% (2014)Togo · 25.7% (2022)Ghana · 5.5% (2022)Ivory Coast · 12.8% (2022)Guinea · 19.5% (2016)Guinea-Bissau · 30.4% (2022)Liberia · 21.1% (2020)Sierra Leone · 21% (2017)Burkina Faso · 18.4% (2022)Central African Republic · 18.4% (2019)Republic of the Congo · 10.8% (2015)Gabon · 5.4% (2021)Eq. GuineaZambia · 16.7% (2023)Malawi · 24.1% (2020)Mozambique · 10.9% (2022)Eswatini · 11.3% (2022)Angola · 8.5% (2024)Burundi · 53.5% (2020)IsraelLebanonMadagascar · 24.7% (2022)Palestine (West Bank & Gaza) · 6.3% (2020)Gambia · 15.1% (2023)Tunisia · 1.7% (2023)Algeria · 1.9% (2019)Jordan · 1.2% (2016)United Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitIraq · 3.1% (2018)OmanVanuatu · 26.7% (2023)Cambodia · 7.8% (2023)ThailandLaos · 21.8% (2023)Myanmar (Burma) · 8.1% (2015)Vietnam · 1% (2023)North Korea · 4% (2017)South KoreaMongolia · 6% (2023)India · 0.9% (2024)Bangladesh · 7% (2025)BhutanNepal · 8.8% (2017)PakistanAfghanistan · 13.3% (2023)TajikistanKyrgyzstan · 18% (2023)Turkmenistan · 0.3% (2016)IranSyriaArmenia · 3.9% (2015)SwedenBelarus · 4% (2019)Ukraine · 4% (2015)PolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTürkiye · 5.6% (2022)Albania · 2.8% (2010)CroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandAustraliaSri Lanka · 0.8% (2016)ChinaTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomIcelandAzerbaijan · 4.8% (2023)Georgia · 1.5% (2015)Philippines · 0.8% (2023)MalaysiaBruneiSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaEritreaJapanParaguayYemen · 7.7% (2023)Saudi ArabiaN. CyprusCyprusMoroccoEgypt · 8.5% (2023)Libya · 2.7% (2025)Ethiopia · 18.7% (2021)DjiboutiSomalilandUganda · 40.1% (2021)Rwanda · 5.2% (2024)Bosnia and Herz.North Macedonia · 2.4% (2019)Serbia · 9.1% (2019)Montenegro · 7.7% (2018)KosovoTrinidad and Tobago · 4.2% (2022)S. Sudan
under 1%1–5%5–10%10–20%20–30%30% and overno survey in sourceILO / UNICEF, SDG 8.7.11

Burundi has the region’s highest measured share1

1Burundi53.5% 20202Niger42.4% 20223Uganda40.1% 20214Cameroon33.4% 20145Chad30.9% 20196Guinea-Bissau30.4% 20227Nigeria28.1% 20228Togo25.7% 20229Zimbabwe25.6% 201910Madagascar24.7% 202211Malawi24.1% 202012Liberia21.1% 202013Mali21% 202014Sierra Leone21% 201715Guinea19.5% 201616Ethiopia18.7% 202117Burkina Faso18.4% 202218Central African Republic18.4% 201919Zambia16.7% 202320Benin16% 202221Gambia15.1% 202322Tanzania15% 202123Ivory Coast12.8% 202224Eswatini11.3% 202225Mozambique10.9% 202226Republic of the Congo10.8% 201527Senegal8.6% 202228Angola8.5% 202429Lesotho8.2% 201830Democratic Republic of the Congo7.5% 202431South Africa7% 201932São Tomé and Príncipe6.7% 201933Comoros5.8% 202234Ghana5.5% 202235Gabon5.4% 202136Rwanda5.2% 202437Kenya4.3% 202138Mauritania3.1% 2019

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. Each country’s latest national survey. Retrieval route
  2. ILO & UNICEF, Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward, 2024 (published 2025-06-11), statistical annex; accessed 2026-07-02. Modelled regional estimates, ranked apart from national survey values.