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economic2016

Children in employment, female (% of female children ages 7-14)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2016. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•100 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
18.1Percent
Median: 12.7Percent
Countries Covered
100
with available data
Highest
Guinea-Bissau
62.5Percent
Lowest
Jordan
0.4Percent
Top 5 Countries
1Guinea-Bissau62.5Percent
2Cameroon60.4Percent
3Sierra Leone57.5Percent
4Chad55.1Percent
5Malawi47.0Percent
By Region
Other22.4Percent(65 countries)
Africa20.6Percent(9 countries)
Asia6.9Percent(13 countries)
South America6.3Percent(7 countries)
Europe5.4Percent(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.4Percent)High (62.5Percent)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.1Percent)

Other (65)
Africa (9)
Asia (13)
South America (7)
Europe (4)
North America (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2016. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Guinea-Bissau62.5Percent
2Cameroon60.4Percent
3Sierra Leone57.5Percent
4Chad55.1Percent
5Malawi47.0Percent
6Niger46.7Percent
7South Sudan45.7Percent
8Burkina Faso44.8Percent
9Nepal44.1Percent
10Democratic Republic of the Congo43.6Percent
11Somalia41.5Percent
12Nicaragua39.0Percent
13Central African Republic37.9Percent
14Cote d'Ivoire36.4Percent
15Uganda36.3Percent
16Nigeria36.0Percent
17Guinea35.9Percent
18Haiti35.2Percent
19United Republic of Tanzania34.2Percent
20Kenya33.9Percent
21Kyrgyzstan33.7Percent
22Zambia33.3Percent
23Togo33.1Percent
24Burundi32.4Percent
25Republic of the Congo31.6Percent
26Angola30.1Percent
27Georgia29.9Percent
28Ghana28.7Percent
29Mozambique27.7Percent
30Mali27.0Percent
31Sudan26.9Percent
32South Africa26.4Percent
33Madagascar24.2Percent
34Benin23.7Percent
35Moldova, Republic of23.0Percent
36Gabon22.6Percent
37Peru22.0Percent
38Republic of The Gambia21.2Percent
39Ethiopia19.5Percent
40The Republic of North Macedonia19.2Percent
41Timor-Leste17.7Percent
42Liberia15.0Percent
43Yemen15.0Percent
44Namibia14.7Percent
45Thailand14.4Percent
46Pakistan13.5Percent
47Zimbabwe13.3Percent
48Senegal13.1Percent
49Serbia12.9Percent
50Mauritania12.8Percent
51Bolivia12.6Percent
52Mongolia12.2Percent
53Cambodia12.1Percent
54Eswatini12.1Percent
55Dominican Republic10.3Percent
56Vietnam10.1Percent
57Lao People's Democratic Republic9.7Percent
58Bosnia and Herzegovina9.5Percent
59Tajikistan9.1Percent
60Sri Lanka8.5Percent
61Armenia7.5Percent
62Philippines7.2Percent
63Algeria6.5Percent
64Jamaica6.0Percent
65Honduras5.8Percent
66Rwanda5.7Percent
67Ecuador5.2Percent
68Afghanistan5.1Percent
69Ukraine5.0Percent
70Uruguay5.0Percent
71Uzbekistan4.9Percent
72Paraguay4.7Percent
73Albania4.6Percent
74El Salvador4.6Percent
75Azerbaijan4.5Percent
76Iraq4.3Percent
77Syrian Arab Republic4.3Percent
78Guatemala4.2Percent
79Bangladesh4.2Percent
80Panama4.1Percent
81Colombia4.1Percent
82Mexico3.8Percent
83Argentina3.5Percent
84Indonesia3.2Percent
85Morocco3.0Percent
86Chile2.8Percent
87Kazakhstan2.8Percent
88Trinidad and Tobago2.7Percent
89Tunisia2.7Percent
90Portugal2.6Percent
91Belarus2.6Percent
92Venezuela2.4Percent
93Türkiye1.8Percent
94India1.6Percent
95Brazil1.5Percent
96Lesotho1.3Percent
97Romania1.1Percent
98Egypt0.9Percent
99Costa Rica0.6Percent
100Jordan0.4Percent
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Topics

#economic#percent#children#employment#female#ages

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2016).

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