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Children in employment, study and work (% of children in employment, 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
76.4Percent
Median: 84.4Percent
Countries Covered
100
with available data
Highest
Belarus
100.0Percent
Lowest
Lao People's Democratic Republic
10.7Percent
Top 5 Countries
1Belarus100.0Percent
2Jamaica100.0Percent
3Moldova, Republic of100.0Percent
4Armenia100.0Percent
5Bosnia and Herzegovina99.9Percent
By Region
Europe93.4Percent(4 countries)
South America90.6Percent(7 countries)
Other77.2Percent(65 countries)
North America73.3Percent(2 countries)
Africa69.0Percent(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (10.7Percent)High (100.0Percent)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 76.4Percent)

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

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 ↕
1Belarus100.0Percent
2Jamaica100.0Percent
3Moldova, Republic of100.0Percent
4Armenia100.0Percent
5Bosnia and Herzegovina99.9Percent
6Kyrgyzstan99.7Percent
7Serbia99.2Percent
8Chile99.1Percent
9Georgia99.0Percent
10Uzbekistan99.0Percent
11Ukraine98.7Percent
12The Republic of North Macedonia98.6Percent
13Kazakhstan98.4Percent
14Eswatini97.6Percent
15Trinidad and Tobago97.4Percent
16Gabon97.1Percent
17Sri Lanka96.8Percent
18Portugal96.4Percent
19Mongolia96.2Percent
20Brazil96.0Percent
21Thailand95.8Percent
22Algeria95.5Percent
23Argentina95.2Percent
24Dominican Republic95.2Percent
25Republic of the Congo95.0Percent
26South Africa94.9Percent
27Albania94.9Percent
28Azerbaijan93.7Percent
29Uganda93.4Percent
30Bolivia93.3Percent
31Malawi92.7Percent
32Haiti92.4Percent
33Ecuador91.8Percent
34Nepal91.2Percent
35Tajikistan91.0Percent
36Paraguay90.7Percent
37Namibia90.5Percent
38Democratic Republic of the Congo89.5Percent
39Uruguay89.3Percent
40Ghana88.0Percent
41Zimbabwe88.0Percent
42Panama86.9Percent
43Colombia86.6Percent
44Philippines86.1Percent
45Mexico85.5Percent
46Costa Rica85.3Percent
47Togo85.1Percent
48Cameroon85.0Percent
49Tunisia84.6Percent
50Nicaragua84.4Percent
51El Salvador84.3Percent
52Mozambique81.8Percent
53Burundi81.7Percent
54Zambia81.4Percent
55Vietnam81.0Percent
56Jordan80.0Percent
57Romania79.3Percent
58Rwanda79.2Percent
59Cambodia78.9Percent
60Nigeria76.6Percent
61Liberia76.1Percent
62Peru75.9Percent
63Guinea-Bissau75.8Percent
64Central African Republic75.2Percent
65Sudan74.5Percent
66Angola73.4Percent
67Sierra Leone73.2Percent
68United Republic of Tanzania70.8Percent
69Venezuela68.9Percent
70Benin67.6Percent
71Kenya67.5Percent
72Iraq66.4Percent
73Syrian Arab Republic65.4Percent
74Ethiopia64.9Percent
75Yemen64.0Percent
76Timor-Leste63.4Percent
77Türkiye61.2Percent
78Guatemala61.0Percent
79Madagascar59.1Percent
80Cote d'Ivoire58.8Percent
81Honduras58.2Percent
82Mauritania56.3Percent
83Indonesia55.6Percent
84Senegal55.3Percent
85Chad50.7Percent
86Guinea50.5Percent
87Afghanistan50.0Percent
88Somalia46.5Percent
89Niger45.5Percent
90Mali45.2Percent
91Egypt45.0Percent
92Republic of The Gambia43.4Percent
93Burkina Faso43.2Percent
94Bangladesh41.9Percent
95Lesotho25.6Percent
96South Sudan24.0Percent
97India17.5Percent
98Morocco15.5Percent
99Pakistan12.6Percent
100Lao People's Democratic Republic10.7Percent
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Topics

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Data Source

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

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