Statistical Information on Child Labour (World)

Key Statistics:

• 246 million children work as child labourers.
• 73 million working children are less than 10 years old.
• Every year 22,000 children die in work related activities.
• The largest number of working children – age 14 and under – are in the Asia Pacific region.
• Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest proportion of working children: nearly one third of children age 14 and under (48 million children)
• Most children work in the informal sector, without legal or regulatory protection.
• 60% in agriculture, commercial hunting and fishing or forestry.
• 8% in manufacturing 
• 7% in wholesale
• 25% in community, social and personal service such as domestic work.
• 8.4 million children are trapped in slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activities. 1.2 million of these children have been trafficked. 
• The estimated cost of the elimination of child labour is US$760 billion over a 20-year period. The estimated benefit in terms of better education and health is over US$4 trillion. The benefits would therefore outweigh the costs by nearly 6 to 1.

Prevelance of Child Labour in The World

 


































































Prevalence of Child Labour in The World