Children in employment, wage workers (% 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.
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Key Insights
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 12.4Percent)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 59.0Percent |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 47.7Percent |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.3Percent |
| 4 | India | 40.9Percent |
| 5 | Uruguay | 40.8Percent |
| 6 | Mexico | 36.4Percent |
| 7 | Türkiye | 34.1Percent |
| 8 | Rwanda | 31.1Percent |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 28.4Percent |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 27.9Percent |
| 11 | Brazil | 27.5Percent |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 26.3Percent |
| 13 | Paraguay | 25.9Percent |
| 14 | Venezuela | 25.9Percent |
| 15 | Jordan | 25.7Percent |
| 16 | Tajikistan | 24.2Percent |
| 17 | Guatemala | 23.8Percent |
| 18 | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.5Percent |
| 19 | Philippines | 20.4Percent |
| 20 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 20.4Percent |
| 21 | Cambodia | 19.6Percent |
| 22 | Honduras | 19.4Percent |
| 23 | Sudan | 17.7Percent |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 17.4Percent |
| 25 | Jamaica | 16.9Percent |
| 26 | Eswatini | 16.0Percent |
| 27 | Nigeria | 15.8Percent |
| 28 | Indonesia | 15.6Percent |
| 29 | El Salvador | 15.5Percent |
| 30 | Colombia | 14.6Percent |
| 31 | Pakistan | 14.4Percent |
| 32 | Algeria | 14.4Percent |
| 33 | Belarus | 14.2Percent |
| 34 | Tunisia | 13.8Percent |
| 35 | Thailand | 13.5Percent |
| 36 | Ukraine | 13.2Percent |
| 37 | Mauritania | 13.0Percent |
| 38 | Argentina | 12.8Percent |
| 39 | Iraq | 12.7Percent |
| 40 | Panama | 11.7Percent |
| 41 | Madagascar | 10.0Percent |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 9.5Percent |
| 43 | Gabon | 8.6Percent |
| 44 | Bolivia | 8.1Percent |
| 45 | Chad | 7.7Percent |
| 46 | Niger | 7.5Percent |
| 47 | Vietnam | 7.5Percent |
| 48 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.5Percent |
| 49 | Yemen | 7.4Percent |
| 50 | South Africa | 7.1Percent |
| 51 | Republic of the Congo | 7.1Percent |
| 52 | Ecuador | 6.6Percent |
| 53 | Burundi | 6.2Percent |
| 54 | Angola | 6.2Percent |
| 55 | Peru | 6.0Percent |
| 56 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.5Percent |
| 57 | Serbia | 5.2Percent |
| 58 | Benin | 4.8Percent |
| 59 | Malawi | 4.5Percent |
| 60 | Namibia | 4.5Percent |
| 61 | South Sudan | 4.5Percent |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 4.4Percent |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 4.3Percent |
| 64 | Georgia | 4.3Percent |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 4.0Percent |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.0Percent |
| 67 | Zambia | 3.9Percent |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 3.8Percent |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 3.8Percent |
| 70 | Mozambique | 3.7Percent |
| 71 | Lesotho | 3.6Percent |
| 72 | Haiti | 3.6Percent |
| 73 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.6Percent |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 3.3Percent |
| 75 | Uganda | 3.0Percent |
| 76 | Mali | 2.8Percent |
| 77 | Cameroon | 2.5Percent |
| 78 | Guinea | 2.4Percent |
| 79 | Togo | 2.2Percent |
| 80 | Nepal | 2.1Percent |
| 81 | Albania | 1.9Percent |
| 82 | Moldova, Republic of | 1.7Percent |
| 83 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.6Percent |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.6Percent |
| 85 | Somalia | 1.6Percent |
| 86 | Senegal | 1.4Percent |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 1.3Percent |
| 88 | Liberia | 0.9Percent |
| 89 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.9Percent |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 0.8Percent |
| 91 | Ghana | 0.5Percent |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.5Percent |
| 93 | Mongolia | 0.2Percent |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2016).
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