Average working hours of children, working only, female, ages 7-14 (hours per week)
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
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 21.4value)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 46.6value |
| 2 | Kenya | 44.4value |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 44.2value |
| 4 | Cambodia | 43.9value |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 43.6value |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 42.9value |
| 7 | Liberia | 41.0value |
| 8 | Egypt | 39.1value |
| 9 | Honduras | 37.1value |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.4value |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 35.6value |
| 12 | Thailand | 35.4value |
| 13 | Guatemala | 35.1value |
| 14 | Uganda | 33.8value |
| 15 | Vietnam | 32.6value |
| 16 | Bolivia | 32.5value |
| 17 | Somalia | 31.7value |
| 18 | Indonesia | 31.0value |
| 19 | Ecuador | 30.6value |
| 20 | Madagascar | 30.4value |
| 21 | United Republic of Tanzania | 30.2value |
| 22 | Mexico | 29.9value |
| 23 | El Salvador | 29.7value |
| 24 | Namibia | 28.9value |
| 25 | Mongolia | 27.4value |
| 26 | Albania | 27.0value |
| 27 | Venezuela | 26.6value |
| 28 | Yemen | 26.5value |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 25.0value |
| 30 | Syrian Arab Republic | 24.4value |
| 31 | Philippines | 24.1value |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 24.1value |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 24.0value |
| 34 | Paraguay | 23.9value |
| 35 | Pakistan | 22.7value |
| 36 | Mali | 22.2value |
| 37 | Uruguay | 21.7value |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21.1value |
| 39 | Romania | 20.9value |
| 40 | Serbia | 20.9value |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 19.4value |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 19.2value |
| 43 | Senegal | 19.1value |
| 44 | Ghana | 18.9value |
| 45 | Rwanda | 18.8value |
| 46 | Mauritania | 18.7value |
| 47 | Peru | 18.7value |
| 48 | Cameroon | 18.5value |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 18.4value |
| 50 | Togo | 17.7value |
| 51 | Colombia | 17.6value |
| 52 | Republic of the Congo | 17.2value |
| 53 | Panama | 16.9value |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 16.4value |
| 55 | Malawi | 16.3value |
| 56 | Benin | 15.8value |
| 57 | Guinea | 15.8value |
| 58 | Iraq | 15.8value |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 15.8value |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 15.4value |
| 61 | Brazil | 15.4value |
| 62 | Burundi | 15.3value |
| 63 | Angola | 14.4value |
| 64 | Tunisia | 13.7value |
| 65 | Nepal | 13.6value |
| 66 | Mozambique | 12.9value |
| 67 | Republic of The Gambia | 11.9value |
| 68 | Chad | 11.2value |
| 69 | Algeria | 11.0value |
| 70 | Lesotho | 10.7value |
| 71 | Sudan | 10.6value |
| 72 | Jordan | 10.4value |
| 73 | Nigeria | 10.0value |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | 9.9value |
| 75 | Gabon | 9.8value |
| 76 | Niger | 9.3value |
| 77 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9.2value |
| 78 | Afghanistan | 8.7value |
| 79 | Eswatini | 8.6value |
| 80 | Haiti | 6.7value |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.1value |
| 82 | Georgia | 4.6value |
| 83 | Zambia | 4.6value |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 3.7value |
| 85 | Ukraine | 1.0value |
| 86 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.0value |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2016).
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