economic2016

Children in employment, male (% of male 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.

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Key Insights

Global Average
21.2Percent
Median: 15.7Percent
Countries Covered
100
with available data
Highest
Guinea-Bissau
65.3Percent
Lowest
Romania
1.7Percent
Top 5 Countries
1Guinea-Bissau65.3Percent
2Cameroon63.6Percent
3Sierra Leone60.7Percent
4Chad56.7Percent
5Nicaragua56.2Percent
By Region
Other25.9Percent(65 countries)
Africa23.2Percent(9 countries)
Asia9.3Percent(13 countries)
South America8.8Percent(7 countries)
Europe8.7Percent(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.7Percent)High (65.3Percent)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 21.2Percent)

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-Bissau65.3Percent
2Cameroon63.6Percent
3Sierra Leone60.7Percent
4Chad56.7Percent
5Nicaragua56.2Percent
6Burkina Faso55.6Percent
7Malawi50.8Percent
8Niger50.3Percent
9Kyrgyzstan47.2Percent
10South Sudan45.6Percent
11Somalia45.5Percent
12Nepal41.5Percent
13Guinea40.3Percent
14Haiti40.3Percent
15Democratic Republic of the Congo39.2Percent
16Senegal37.3Percent
17Uganda37.1Percent
18Togo37.1Percent
19Central African Republic36.6Percent
20Cote d'Ivoire36.6Percent
21Zambia35.4Percent
22United Republic of Tanzania35.3Percent
23Kenya34.9Percent
24Moldova, Republic of34.5Percent
25Sudan34.3Percent
26Nigeria34.1Percent
27Georgia33.6Percent
28Ethiopia32.5Percent
29Mali32.3Percent
30Republic of the Congo31.4Percent
31Burundi31.3Percent
32Angola30.0Percent
33South Africa29.0Percent
34Ghana28.8Percent
35Madagascar27.7Percent
36Mozambique27.2Percent
37Republic of The Gambia26.2Percent
38Gabon25.6Percent
39Benin24.4Percent
40Serbia23.4Percent
41Peru23.1Percent
42Timor-Leste22.2Percent
43Liberia21.7Percent
44The Republic of North Macedonia20.3Percent
45Mongolia17.2Percent
46Yemen17.1Percent
47Mauritania16.4Percent
48Namibia16.2Percent
49Dominican Republic15.7Percent
50Paraguay15.7Percent
51Thailand15.7Percent
52Zimbabwe15.3Percent
53Bolivia15.2Percent
54Honduras15.1Percent
55Eswatini14.5Percent
56Afghanistan13.1Percent
57Sri Lanka13.0Percent
58Pakistan12.5Percent
59Armenia12.0Percent
60Vietnam11.7Percent
61Bosnia and Herzegovina11.7Percent
62Cambodia11.0Percent
63El Salvador10.9Percent
64Philippines10.9Percent
65Guatemala10.0Percent
66Uruguay9.4Percent
67Syrian Arab Republic8.8Percent
68Tajikistan8.7Percent
69Algeria8.5Percent
70Iraq8.3Percent
71Lao People's Democratic Republic7.6Percent
72Mexico7.4Percent
73Panama7.0Percent
74Colombia6.9Percent
75Jamaica6.4Percent
76Albania6.4Percent
77Argentina6.4Percent
78Chile6.2Percent
79Morocco6.0Percent
80Rwanda6.0Percent
81Ecuador5.9Percent
82Azerbaijan5.8Percent
83Bangladesh5.7Percent
84Venezuela5.4Percent
85Uzbekistan5.3Percent
86Ukraine5.1Percent
87Egypt4.8Percent
88Portugal4.6Percent
89Kazakhstan4.4Percent
90Indonesia4.2Percent
91Trinidad and Tobago4.1Percent
92Lesotho4.0Percent
93Tunisia3.9Percent
94Brazil3.5Percent
95Türkiye3.3Percent
96Jordan2.0Percent
97Belarus2.0Percent
98Costa Rica1.9Percent
99India1.9Percent
100Romania1.7Percent
Showing 100 of 100 countries

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Data Source

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

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