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economic2016

Children in employment, total (% of 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.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•100 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
19.7Percent
Median: 14.1Percent
Countries Covered
100
with available data
Highest
Guinea-Bissau
63.9Percent
Lowest
Jordan
1.2Percent
Top 5 Countries
1Guinea-Bissau63.9Percent
2Cameroon62.0Percent
3Sierra Leone59.2Percent
4Chad55.9Percent
5Burkina Faso50.3Percent
By Region
Other24.2Percent(65 countries)
Africa21.9Percent(9 countries)
Asia8.1Percent(13 countries)
South America7.6Percent(7 countries)
Europe7.0Percent(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.2Percent)High (63.9Percent)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 19.7Percent)

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-Bissau63.9Percent
2Cameroon62.0Percent
3Sierra Leone59.2Percent
4Chad55.9Percent
5Burkina Faso50.3Percent
6Malawi48.9Percent
7Niger48.5Percent
8Nicaragua47.7Percent
9South Sudan45.6Percent
10Somalia43.5Percent
11Nepal42.8Percent
12Democratic Republic of the Congo41.4Percent
13Kyrgyzstan41.1Percent
14Guinea38.1Percent
15Haiti37.8Percent
16Central African Republic37.2Percent
17Uganda36.7Percent
18Cote d'Ivoire36.5Percent
19Togo35.2Percent
20Nigeria35.1Percent
21United Republic of Tanzania34.7Percent
22Kenya34.4Percent
23Zambia34.4Percent
24Burundi31.9Percent
25Georgia31.8Percent
26Republic of the Congo31.5Percent
27Sudan30.6Percent
28Angola30.1Percent
29Mali29.7Percent
30Moldova, Republic of29.0Percent
31Ghana28.8Percent
32South Africa27.7Percent
33Mozambique27.4Percent
34Ethiopia26.1Percent
35Madagascar26.0Percent
36Senegal25.1Percent
37Benin24.1Percent
38Gabon24.0Percent
39Republic of The Gambia23.8Percent
40Peru22.6Percent
41Timor-Leste19.9Percent
42The Republic of North Macedonia19.8Percent
43Liberia18.4Percent
44Serbia17.9Percent
45Yemen16.1Percent
46Namibia15.4Percent
47Thailand15.1Percent
48Mongolia14.7Percent
49Mauritania14.5Percent
50Zimbabwe14.3Percent
51Bolivia13.9Percent
52Eswatini13.3Percent
53Dominican Republic13.2Percent
54Pakistan13.0Percent
55Cambodia11.5Percent
56Vietnam10.9Percent
57Sri Lanka10.7Percent
58Bosnia and Herzegovina10.6Percent
59Honduras10.5Percent
60Paraguay10.4Percent
61Armenia9.9Percent
62Afghanistan9.3Percent
63Philippines9.0Percent
64Tajikistan8.9Percent
65Lao People's Democratic Republic8.6Percent
66El Salvador7.8Percent
67Algeria7.5Percent
68Uruguay7.3Percent
69Guatemala7.2Percent
70Syrian Arab Republic6.6Percent
71Iraq6.4Percent
72Jamaica6.2Percent
73Rwanda5.9Percent
74Panama5.6Percent
75Mexico5.6Percent
76Ecuador5.6Percent
77Colombia5.6Percent
78Albania5.5Percent
79Azerbaijan5.2Percent
80Uzbekistan5.1Percent
81Argentina5.0Percent
82Bangladesh5.0Percent
83Ukraine5.0Percent
84Chile4.5Percent
85Morocco4.5Percent
86Venezuela3.9Percent
87Indonesia3.7Percent
88Portugal3.6Percent
89Kazakhstan3.6Percent
90Trinidad and Tobago3.4Percent
91Tunisia3.4Percent
92Egypt2.9Percent
93Lesotho2.6Percent
94Türkiye2.6Percent
95Brazil2.5Percent
96Belarus2.3Percent
97India1.7Percent
98Romania1.4Percent
99Costa Rica1.3Percent
100Jordan1.2Percent
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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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