World Development Indicators

Children at work
Children in employment					Employment by sector			Status in employment
Total	Male	Female	Work only	Study and work	Agriculture	Manufacturing	Services	Self-employed	Wage	Unpaid family
% of children ages 7-14	% of children ages 7-14	% of children ages 7-14	% of children ages 7-14 in employment	% of children ages 7-14 in employment	% of children ages 7-14 in employment	% of children ages 7-14 in employment	% of children ages 7-14 in employment	% of children ages 7-14 in employment	% of children ages 7-14 in employment	% of children ages 7-14 in employment

Afghanistan	2011	9.3	13.1	5.1	50.0	50.0	..	..	..	..	17.4	61.7
Albania	2010	5.5	6.4	4.6	5.1	94.9	83.9	1.3	9.3	3.8	1.9	94.3
Algeria	2013	7.5	8.5	6.5	4.5	95.5	..	..	..	..	14.4	85.6
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	2001	30.1	30.0	30.1	26.6	73.4	..	..	..	..	6.2	80.1
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	2012	5.0	6.4	3.5	4.8	95.2	..	..	..	10.8	12.8	76.4
Armenia	2010	9.9	12.0	7.5	0.0	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	97.5
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Azerbaijan	2005	5.2	5.8	4.5	6.3	93.7	91.7	0.7	7.4	4.1	3.8	92.1
Bahamas, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bangladesh	2013	5.0	5.7	4.2	58.1	41.9	39.3	27.3	33.3	11.2	47.7	41.2
Barbados	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Belarus	2012	2.3	2.0	2.6	0.0	100.0	..	..	..	..	14.2	82.4
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Belize	..	..	..	..	..	..	54.7	3.8	39.1	..	..	..
Benin	2012	24.1	24.4	23.7	32.4	67.6	..	..	..	..	4.8	80.5
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bolivia	2015	13.9	15.2	12.6	6.7	93.3	74.5	7.0	18.5	1.9	8.1	90.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2006	10.6	11.7	9.5	0.1	99.9	..	..	..	..	1.6	92.1
Botswana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brazil	2015	2.5	3.5	1.5	4.0	96.0	56.1	8.4	35.6	8.8	27.5	63.7
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Burkina Faso	2010	50.3	55.6	44.8	56.8	43.2	70.9	1.4	24.9	1.9	1.3	89.8
Burundi	2010	31.9	31.3	32.4	18.3	81.7	..	..	..	..	6.2	85.3
Cabo Verde	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cambodia	2012	11.5	11.0	12.1	21.1	78.9	62.0	13.3	22.2	3.3	19.6	77.1
Cameroon	2011	62.0	63.6	60.4	15.0	85.0	88.5	3.1	8.2	2.5	2.5	68.3
Canada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	2010	37.2	36.6	37.9	24.8	75.2	..	..	..	..	4.3	81.6
Chad	2015	55.9	56.7	55.1	49.3	50.7	..	..	..	..	7.7	63.6
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	2012	4.5	6.2	2.8	0.9	99.1	29.4	2.9	60.3	..	..	..
China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colombia	2015	5.6	6.9	4.1	13.4	86.6	43.3	15.2	41.4	15.4	14.6	70.0
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	2014	41.4	39.2	43.6	10.5	89.5	..	..	..	..	7.5	80.2
Congo, Rep.	2012	31.5	31.4	31.6	5.0	95.0	..	..	..	..	7.1	78.5
Costa Rica	2016	1.3	1.9	0.6	14.7	85.3	36.6	10.1	53.5	4.3	27.9	67.8
Cote d'Ivoire	2012	36.5	36.6	36.4	41.2	58.8	..	..	..	..	5.5	85.6
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Czechia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	2014	13.2	15.7	10.3	4.8	95.2	23.5	15.3	61.2	32.3	26.3	41.4
Ecuador	2015	5.6	5.9	5.2	8.2	91.8	79.4	4.9	15.7	0.2	6.6	93.2
Egypt, Arab Rep.	2009	2.9	4.8	0.9	55.0	45.0	53.2	9.6	30.4	..	59.0	40.2
El Salvador	2013	7.8	10.9	4.6	15.7	84.3	51.1	11.1	37.8	3.0	15.5	79.9
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eswatini	2010	13.3	14.5	12.1	2.4	97.6	..	..	..	..	16.0	75.2
Ethiopia	2011	26.1	32.5	19.5	35.1	64.9	94.6	1.5	3.7	..	3.3	90.7
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	2012	24.0	25.6	22.6	2.9	97.1	..	..	..	..	8.6	78.5
Gambia, The	2015	23.8	26.2	21.2	56.6	43.4	94.7	2.6	2.7	4.5	0.9	94.6
Georgia	2006	31.8	33.6	29.9	1.0	99.0	..	..	..	..	4.3	77.0
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ghana	2012	28.8	28.8	28.7	12.0	88.0	78.1	3.3	18.1	1.5	0.5	96.9
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	2015	7.2	10.0	4.2	39.0	61.0	58.9	11.4	28.5	2.3	23.8	74.0
Guinea	2012	38.1	40.3	35.9	49.5	50.5	75.8	1.7	18.8	3.6	2.4	85.2
Guinea-Bissau	2014	63.9	65.3	62.5	24.2	75.8	..	..	..	..	4.0	87.7
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	2012	37.8	40.3	35.2	7.6	92.4	..	..	..	..	3.6	77.1
Honduras	2014	10.5	15.1	5.8	41.8	58.2	57.9	9.4	32.8	7.3	19.4	73.3
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
India	2012	1.7	1.9	1.6	82.5	17.5	56.5	27.6	10.4	5.2	40.9	53.9
Indonesia	2010	3.7	4.2	3.2	44.4	55.6	61.6	9.9	26.5	2.4	15.6	82.0
Iran, Islamic Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iraq	2011	6.4	8.3	4.3	33.6	66.4	..	..	..	..	12.7	81.2
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Jamaica	2011	6.2	6.4	6.0	0.0	100.0	..	..	..	..	16.9	79.2
Japan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Jordan	2016	1.2	2.0	0.4	20.0	80.0	42.7	14.7	42.6	5.2	25.7	75.0
Kazakhstan	2006	3.6	4.4	2.8	1.6	98.4	..	..	..	..	4.0	75.0
Kenya	2009	34.4	34.9	33.9	32.5	67.5	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kiribati	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	2014	41.1	47.2	33.7	0.3	99.7	98.9	0.3	0.8	3.2	0.5	96.3
Lao PDR	2010	8.6	7.6	9.7	89.3	10.7	95.1	2.1	2.4	16.4	3.6	80.0
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lesotho	2002	2.6	4.0	1.3	74.4	25.6	58.0	0.0	10.4	..	3.6	83.3
Liberia	2010	18.4	21.7	15.0	23.9	76.1	77.6	2.8	18.5	18.0	0.9	80.6
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Madagascar	2007	26.0	27.7	24.2	40.9	59.1	87.6	2.9	8.2	0.1	10.0	90.0
Malawi	2015	48.9	50.8	47.0	7.3	92.7	71.2	0.1	28.7	10.5	4.5	85.0
Malaysia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Maldives	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mali	2013	29.7	32.3	27.0	54.8	45.2	72.4	4.7	12.3	13.0	2.8	83.0
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	2011	14.5	16.4	12.8	43.7	56.3	..	..	..	..	13.0	87.0
Mauritius	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mexico	2013	5.6	7.4	3.8	14.5	85.5	34.5	11.7	53.9	4.0	36.4	59.6
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	2009	29.0	34.5	23.0	0.0	100.0	97.2	0.1	2.2	0.9	1.7	97.4
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	2013	14.7	17.2	12.2	3.8	96.2	85.0	2.0	12.3	2.1	0.2	97.6
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	2004	4.5	6.0	3.0	84.5	15.5	55.5	17.9	21.9	..	..	..
Mozambique	2008	27.4	27.2	27.7	18.2	81.8	..	..	..	..	3.7	90.4
Myanmar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Namibia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nepal	2014	42.8	41.5	44.1	8.8	91.2	89.0	1.4	3.1	5.5	2.1	92.3
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nicaragua	2012	47.7	56.2	39.0	15.6	84.4	53.9	8.1	38.0	7.6	9.5	82.9
Niger	2012	48.5	50.3	46.7	54.5	45.5	14.4	3.3	81.0	5.7	7.5	70.8
Nigeria	2011	35.1	34.1	36.0	23.4	76.6	85.2	3.3	10.2	..	15.8	84.2
North Macedonia	2011	19.8	20.3	19.2	1.4	98.6	..	..	..	..	20.4	72.7
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	2011	13.0	12.5	13.5	87.4	12.6	76.1	6.7	14.6	10.5	14.4	75.1
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	2014	5.6	7.0	4.1	13.1	86.9	69.8	3.0	27.2	10.9	11.7	77.4
Papua New Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Paraguay	2014	10.4	15.7	4.7	9.3	90.7	56.1	8.6	35.3	12.1	25.9	62.0
Peru	2015	22.6	23.1	22.0	24.1	75.9	62.6	5.0	31.1	3.8	6.0	88.6
Philippines	2011	9.0	10.9	7.2	13.9	86.1	54.5	4.3	40.2	4.8	20.4	73.5
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Portugal	2001	3.6	4.6	2.6	3.6	96.4	48.5	11.2	33.3	..	..	..
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	2000	1.4	1.7	1.1	20.7	79.3	97.1	0.0	2.3	4.5	..	92.9
Russian Federation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rwanda	2014	5.9	6.0	5.7	20.8	79.2	69.0	0.9	22.3	12.3	31.1	56.6
Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Senegal	2015	25.1	37.3	13.1	44.7	55.3	85.6	2.8	2.6	3.3	1.4	85.5
Serbia	2014	17.9	23.4	12.9	0.8	99.2	..	..	..	..	5.2	89.4
Seychelles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sierra Leone	2013	59.2	60.7	57.5	26.8	73.2	83.8	0.8	13.4	..	0.8	60.4
Singapore	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Solomon Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	2006	43.5	45.5	41.5	53.5	46.5	..	..	..	..	1.6	94.8
South Africa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Sudan	2008	45.6	45.6	45.7	76.0	24.0	60.2	0.3	38.2	15.2	4.5	71.5
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sri Lanka	2009	10.7	13.0	8.5	3.2	96.8	66.5	15.3	17.4	2.7	4.4	92.9
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	2014	30.6	34.3	26.9	25.5	74.5	67.5	0.6	23.7	19.2	17.7	60.6
Suriname	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syrian Arab Republic	2006	6.6	8.8	4.3	34.6	65.4	..	..	..	..	21.5	68.8
Tajikistan	2005	8.9	8.7	9.1	9.0	91.0	..	..	..	..	24.2	71.3
Tanzania	2014	34.7	35.3	34.2	29.2	70.8	95.0	0.3	4.8	2.2	1.6	96.2
Thailand	2006	15.1	15.7	14.4	4.2	95.8	..	..	..	..	13.5	80.0
Timor-Leste	2007	19.9	22.2	17.7	36.6	63.4	97.6	0.0	1.0	..	..	..
Togo	2014	35.2	37.1	33.1	14.9	85.1	72.2	2.7	24.3	8.3	2.2	89.5
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	3.4	4.1	2.7	2.6	97.4	..	..	..	14.3	43.3	33.2
Tunisia	2012	3.4	3.9	2.7	15.4	84.6	..	..	..	..	13.8	78.1
Turkiye	2006	2.6	3.3	1.8	38.8	61.2	57.1	14.3	27.1	2.1	34.1	63.8
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	2012	36.7	37.1	36.3	6.6	93.4	95.3	1.1	3.1	11.2	3.0	85.7
Ukraine	2012	5.0	5.1	5.0	1.3	98.7	..	..	..	..	13.2	84.6
United Arab Emirates	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
United States	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uruguay	2009	7.3	9.4	5.0	10.7	89.3	28.5	8.5	58.6	14.1	40.8	45.1
Uzbekistan	2006	5.1	5.3	4.9	1.0	99.0	..	..	..	..	3.8	78.6
Vanuatu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Venezuela, RB	2013	3.9	5.4	2.4	31.1	68.9	31.8	9.4	58.9	27.4	25.9	46.7
Viet Nam	2012	10.9	11.7	10.1	19.0	81.0	77.1	5.9	16.2	8.2	7.5	84.3
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	2010	16.1	17.1	15.0	36.0	64.0	70.4	1.1	27.3	2.8	7.4	89.9
Zambia	2008	34.4	35.4	33.3	18.6	81.4	91.9	0.7	7.0	2.9	3.9	93.1
Zimbabwe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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