demographic2016

Children in employment, wage workers, male (% of male 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
13.3Percent
Median: 9.4Percent
Countries Covered
93
with available data
Highest
Egypt
56.6Percent
Lowest
Mongolia
0.2Percent
Top 5 Countries
1Egypt56.6Percent
2Bangladesh50.4Percent
3India46.9Percent
4Uruguay42.8Percent
5Rwanda37.4Percent
By Region
North America29.3Percent(2 countries)
Asia20.3Percent(13 countries)
South America19.0Percent(6 countries)
Africa15.6Percent(7 countries)
Europe14.1Percent(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2Percent)High (56.6Percent)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.3Percent)

North America (2)
Asia (13)
South America (6)
Africa (7)
Europe (2)
Other (63)

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
1Egypt56.6Percent
2Bangladesh50.4Percent
3India46.9Percent
4Uruguay42.8Percent
5Rwanda37.4Percent
6Mexico37.1Percent
7Trinidad and Tobago36.5Percent
8Türkiye33.9Percent
9Venezuela32.2Percent
10Jordan30.4Percent
11Zimbabwe27.1Percent
12Brazil27.0Percent
13Paraguay26.2Percent
14Syrian Arab Republic25.7Percent
15Dominican Republic24.2Percent
16Tajikistan23.1Percent
17Costa Rica22.7Percent
18Philippines22.5Percent
19Guatemala21.5Percent
20Pakistan21.0Percent
21Ukraine20.6Percent
22Honduras20.6Percent
23Sudan20.1Percent
24Afghanistan19.4Percent
25The Republic of North Macedonia19.2Percent
26Cambodia18.8Percent
27Eswatini18.5Percent
28Nigeria18.1Percent
29El Salvador17.5Percent
30Jamaica17.1Percent
31Iraq15.9Percent
32Indonesia15.6Percent
33Algeria15.4Percent
34Colombia15.3Percent
35Panama14.8Percent
36Mauritania13.1Percent
37Tunisia12.6Percent
38Argentina12.5Percent
39Gabon12.5Percent
40Thailand12.2Percent
41Yemen12.1Percent
42Madagascar10.8Percent
43Belarus10.6Percent
44Nicaragua10.5Percent
45Republic of the Congo10.2Percent
46Bolivia9.8Percent
47Ecuador9.4Percent
48Democratic Republic of the Congo8.9Percent
49Chad8.9Percent
50Niger8.3Percent
51South Africa7.9Percent
52Vietnam7.8Percent
53Serbia7.7Percent
54Angola7.6Percent
55Burundi7.5Percent
56Peru6.8Percent
57Central African Republic6.5Percent
58Cote d'Ivoire6.3Percent
59Sri Lanka5.8Percent
60Namibia5.6Percent
61Azerbaijan5.3Percent
62South Sudan5.3Percent
63Malawi5.3Percent
64Benin5.1Percent
65Mozambique4.8Percent
66Guinea-Bissau4.8Percent
67Lesotho4.7Percent
68Zambia4.5Percent
69Uganda4.3Percent
70Kazakhstan4.0Percent
71Georgia3.9Percent
72Haiti3.7Percent
73Ethiopia3.3Percent
74Lao People's Democratic Republic3.2Percent
75Albania3.2Percent
76Uzbekistan3.2Percent
77Cameroon3.0Percent
78Guinea2.9Percent
79Mali2.7Percent
80Nepal2.5Percent
81Moldova, Republic of2.1Percent
82Togo1.9Percent
83United Republic of Tanzania1.9Percent
84Republic of The Gambia1.3Percent
85Burkina Faso1.2Percent
86Liberia1.2Percent
87Senegal1.2Percent
88Sierra Leone1.1Percent
89Somalia0.8Percent
90Kyrgyzstan0.6Percent
91Ghana0.6Percent
92Bosnia and Herzegovina0.2Percent
93Mongolia0.2Percent
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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