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economic2016

Children in employment, work only (% 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
23.6Percent
Median: 15.6Percent
Countries Covered
100
with available data
Highest
Lao People's Democratic Republic
89.3Percent
Lowest
Armenia
0.0Percent
Top 5 Countries
1Lao People's Democratic Republic89.3Percent
2Pakistan87.4Percent
3Morocco84.5Percent
4India82.5Percent
5South Sudan76.0Percent
By Region
Asia34.9Percent(13 countries)
Africa31.0Percent(9 countries)
North America26.7Percent(2 countries)
Other22.8Percent(65 countries)
South America9.4Percent(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 (89.3Percent)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 23.6Percent)

Asia (13)
Africa (9)
North America (2)
Other (65)
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 ↕
1Lao People's Democratic Republic89.3Percent
2Pakistan87.4Percent
3Morocco84.5Percent
4India82.5Percent
5South Sudan76.0Percent
6Lesotho74.4Percent
7Bangladesh58.1Percent
8Burkina Faso56.8Percent
9Republic of The Gambia56.6Percent
10Egypt55.0Percent
11Mali54.8Percent
12Niger54.5Percent
13Somalia53.5Percent
14Afghanistan50.0Percent
15Guinea49.5Percent
16Chad49.3Percent
17Senegal44.7Percent
18Indonesia44.4Percent
19Mauritania43.7Percent
20Honduras41.8Percent
21Cote d'Ivoire41.2Percent
22Madagascar40.9Percent
23Guatemala39.0Percent
24Türkiye38.8Percent
25Timor-Leste36.6Percent
26Yemen36.0Percent
27Ethiopia35.1Percent
28Syrian Arab Republic34.6Percent
29Iraq33.6Percent
30Kenya32.5Percent
31Benin32.4Percent
32Venezuela31.1Percent
33United Republic of Tanzania29.2Percent
34Sierra Leone26.8Percent
35Angola26.6Percent
36Sudan25.5Percent
37Central African Republic24.8Percent
38Guinea-Bissau24.2Percent
39Peru24.1Percent
40Liberia23.9Percent
41Nigeria23.4Percent
42Cambodia21.1Percent
43Rwanda20.8Percent
44Romania20.7Percent
45Jordan20.0Percent
46Vietnam19.0Percent
47Zambia18.6Percent
48Burundi18.3Percent
49Mozambique18.2Percent
50El Salvador15.7Percent
51Nicaragua15.6Percent
52Tunisia15.4Percent
53Cameroon15.0Percent
54Togo14.9Percent
55Costa Rica14.7Percent
56Mexico14.5Percent
57Philippines13.9Percent
58Colombia13.4Percent
59Panama13.1Percent
60Zimbabwe12.0Percent
61Ghana12.0Percent
62Uruguay10.7Percent
63Democratic Republic of the Congo10.5Percent
64Namibia9.5Percent
65Paraguay9.3Percent
66Tajikistan9.0Percent
67Nepal8.8Percent
68Ecuador8.2Percent
69Haiti7.6Percent
70Malawi7.3Percent
71Bolivia6.7Percent
72Uganda6.6Percent
73Azerbaijan6.3Percent
74South Africa5.1Percent
75Albania5.1Percent
76Republic of the Congo5.0Percent
77Dominican Republic4.8Percent
78Argentina4.8Percent
79Algeria4.5Percent
80Thailand4.2Percent
81Brazil4.0Percent
82Mongolia3.8Percent
83Portugal3.6Percent
84Sri Lanka3.2Percent
85Gabon2.9Percent
86Trinidad and Tobago2.6Percent
87Eswatini2.4Percent
88Kazakhstan1.6Percent
89The Republic of North Macedonia1.4Percent
90Ukraine1.3Percent
91Georgia1.0Percent
92Uzbekistan1.0Percent
93Chile0.9Percent
94Serbia0.8Percent
95Kyrgyzstan0.3Percent
96Bosnia and Herzegovina0.1Percent
97Belarus0.0Percent
98Jamaica0.0Percent
99Moldova, Republic of0.0Percent
100Armenia0.0Percent
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Topics

#economic#percent#children#employment#work#only#ages

Data Source

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

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