economic2016

Children in employment, work only, female (% of female 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.

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Key Insights

Global Average
23.2Percent
Median: 14.0Percent
Countries Covered
101
with available data
Highest
Morocco
96.2Percent
Lowest
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.0Percent
Top 5 Countries
1Morocco96.2Percent
2Pakistan95.2Percent
3Lao People's Democratic Republic90.5Percent
4India82.3Percent
5South Sudan78.3Percent
By Region
Asia35.2Percent(13 countries)
Africa34.5Percent(9 countries)
North America27.1Percent(2 countries)
Other21.9Percent(66 countries)
South America7.6Percent(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0Percent)High (96.2Percent)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 23.2Percent)

Asia (13)
Africa (9)
North America (2)
Other (66)
South America (7)
Europe (4)

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
1Morocco96.2Percent
2Pakistan95.2Percent
3Lao People's Democratic Republic90.5Percent
4India82.3Percent
5South Sudan78.3Percent
6Egypt71.2Percent
7Somalia62.0Percent
8Afghanistan60.7Percent
9Niger59.1Percent
10Burkina Faso58.4Percent
11Republic of The Gambia56.0Percent
12Mali55.9Percent
13Chad54.7Percent
14Guinea54.4Percent
15Türkiye48.5Percent
16Bangladesh48.4Percent
17Yemen48.4Percent
18Iraq47.4Percent
19Cote d'Ivoire47.2Percent
20Mauritania41.9Percent
21Guatemala41.8Percent
22Indonesia41.4Percent
23Timor-Leste39.0Percent
24Madagascar38.3Percent
25Benin36.3Percent
26Senegal36.3Percent
27Ethiopia34.6Percent
28Central African Republic32.4Percent
29Syrian Arab Republic32.1Percent
30Kenya31.8Percent
31Honduras31.2Percent
32Sudan29.4Percent
33Angola28.4Percent
34United Republic of Tanzania27.6Percent
35Liberia26.3Percent
36Nigeria26.3Percent
37Guinea-Bissau25.9Percent
38Peru25.7Percent
39Sierra Leone25.3Percent
40Tunisia22.2Percent
41Togo19.3Percent
42Mozambique19.2Percent
43Belize19.0Percent
44Cambodia18.6Percent
45Burundi18.5Percent
46Zambia18.3Percent
47Cameroon17.9Percent
48Venezuela17.0Percent
49Rwanda16.7Percent
50Vietnam16.6Percent
51Romania14.0Percent
52Nicaragua13.8Percent
53Democratic Republic of the Congo13.3Percent
54Costa Rica13.2Percent
55Mexico12.4Percent
56Tajikistan12.1Percent
57Zimbabwe11.4Percent
58Ghana11.2Percent
59El Salvador10.9Percent
60Nepal10.2Percent
61Lesotho10.1Percent
62Panama8.9Percent
63Philippines8.3Percent
64Uruguay7.6Percent
65Haiti7.5Percent
66Malawi7.0Percent
67Namibia6.4Percent
68Azerbaijan6.3Percent
69Albania6.2Percent
70Uganda6.1Percent
71Paraguay6.0Percent
72Colombia5.8Percent
73Bolivia5.7Percent
74South Africa5.5Percent
75Ecuador5.4Percent
76Algeria5.1Percent
77Republic of the Congo5.1Percent
78Argentina4.8Percent
79Portugal3.7Percent
80Brazil3.6Percent
81Thailand3.5Percent
82Kazakhstan2.3Percent
83The Republic of North Macedonia2.2Percent
84Uzbekistan2.1Percent
85Jordan2.0Percent
86Eswatini1.7Percent
87Gabon1.5Percent
88Sri Lanka1.3Percent
89Georgia1.1Percent
90Dominican Republic1.1Percent
91Mongolia0.9Percent
92Kyrgyzstan0.3Percent
93Ukraine0.3Percent
94Chile0.2Percent
95Belarus0.0Percent
96Jamaica0.0Percent
97Moldova, Republic of0.0Percent
98Serbia0.0Percent
99Trinidad and Tobago0.0Percent
100Armenia0.0Percent
101Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0Percent
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Data Source

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

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