demographic2016

Children in employment, wage workers, 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
11.2Percent
Median: 5.6Percent
Countries Covered
93
with available data
Highest
Egypt
72.1Percent
Lowest
Albania
0.0Percent
Top 5 Countries
1Egypt72.1Percent
2Trinidad and Tobago53.6Percent
3Costa Rica45.4Percent
4Bangladesh43.8Percent
5Uruguay36.7Percent
By Region
North America32.2Percent(2 countries)
South America16.7Percent(6 countries)
Africa16.3Percent(7 countries)
Asia12.7Percent(13 countries)
Other9.4Percent(63 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 (72.1Percent)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 11.2Percent)

North America (2)
South America (6)
Africa (7)
Asia (13)
Other (63)
Europe (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
1Egypt72.1Percent
2Trinidad and Tobago53.6Percent
3Costa Rica45.4Percent
4Bangladesh43.8Percent
5Uruguay36.7Percent
6Mexico34.8Percent
7Türkiye34.6Percent
8Dominican Republic32.7Percent
9India32.6Percent
10Zimbabwe30.0Percent
11Guatemala29.6Percent
12Brazil28.8Percent
13Tajikistan25.2Percent
14Paraguay25.2Percent
15Rwanda25.0Percent
16The Republic of North Macedonia21.9Percent
17Cambodia20.4Percent
18Philippines17.2Percent
19Belarus17.1Percent
20Jamaica16.6Percent
21Honduras16.1Percent
22Indonesia15.7Percent
23Tunisia15.5Percent
24Thailand15.0Percent
25Nigeria13.6Percent
26Sudan13.5Percent
27Argentina13.3Percent
28Colombia13.3Percent
29Algeria13.0Percent
30Mauritania13.0Percent
31Eswatini12.9Percent
32Syrian Arab Republic12.5Percent
33Afghanistan11.8Percent
34Venezuela11.3Percent
35El Salvador10.6Percent
36Madagascar9.0Percent
37Nicaragua8.0Percent
38Pakistan7.3Percent
39Vietnam7.3Percent
40South Africa6.9Percent
41Niger6.7Percent
42Chad6.6Percent
43Democratic Republic of the Congo6.2Percent
44Panama6.1Percent
45Iraq6.0Percent
46Bolivia6.0Percent
47Ukraine5.6Percent
48Peru5.1Percent
49Burundi5.0Percent
50Angola4.8Percent
51Georgia4.8Percent
52Gabon4.7Percent
53Cote d'Ivoire4.7Percent
54Uzbekistan4.5Percent
55Benin4.4Percent
56Republic of the Congo4.0Percent
57Kazakhstan3.8Percent
58Lao People's Democratic Republic3.8Percent
59Malawi3.6Percent
60South Sudan3.6Percent
61Haiti3.4Percent
62Ethiopia3.3Percent
63Zambia3.3Percent
64Bosnia and Herzegovina3.3Percent
65Namibia3.2Percent
66Ecuador3.0Percent
67Guinea-Bissau3.0Percent
68Mali3.0Percent
69Mozambique2.7Percent
70Togo2.6Percent
71Somalia2.4Percent
72Sri Lanka2.4Percent
73Serbia2.3Percent
74Lesotho2.3Percent
75Central African Republic2.2Percent
76Senegal1.9Percent
77Guinea1.9Percent
78Cameroon1.9Percent
79Uganda1.7Percent
80Nepal1.7Percent
81Azerbaijan1.6Percent
82Burkina Faso1.5Percent
83Jordan1.4Percent
84United Republic of Tanzania1.3Percent
85Yemen1.3Percent
86Moldova, Republic of0.9Percent
87Liberia0.4Percent
88Sierra Leone0.4Percent
89Ghana0.3Percent
90Republic of The Gambia0.2Percent
91Kyrgyzstan0.2Percent
92Mongolia0.1Percent
93Albania0.0Percent
Showing 93 of 93 countries

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Data Source

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

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