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FIELD LISTING :: CHILD LABOR - CHILDREN AGES 5-14
This entry gives the percent of children aged 5-14 (or the age range specified) engaged in child labor. We define “child labor” as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential, and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. It refers to work that is mentally, physically, socially, or morally dangerous and harmful to children. Such labor may deprive them of the opportunity to attend school, oblige them to leave school prematurely, or require them to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work. In its most extreme forms, child labor involves children being enslaved, separated from their families, exposed to serious hazards and illnesses, and/or left to fend for themselves on the streets of large cities – often a very early age.

Country Comparison to the World

Country | CHILD LABOR - CHILDREN AGES 5-14
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Afghanistan | total number: 2,082,722 percentage: 25.3% note: data on child labor in Afghanistan is uncertain and may be higher than the estimated 25.3% of children ages 5-14 derived from 2010-11 survey results; UNICEF estimated that 30% of children ages 5-14 in 2011 were engaged in child labor (2010/11 est.)
Albania | total number: 72,818 percentage: 12% (2005 est.)
Algeria | total number: 304,358 percentage: 5% (2006 est.)
Angola | total number: 832,895 percentage: 24% (2001 est.)
Argentina | total number: 435,252 percentage: 7% note: data represents children ages 5-13 (2003 est.)
Armenia | total number: 19,596 percentage: 4% note: data represents children ages 7-17 (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan | total number: 144,397 percentage: 7% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2005 est.)
Bahrain | total number: 5,530 percentage: 5% (2000 est.)
Bangladesh | total number: 4,485,497 percentage: 13% (2006 est.)
Belarus | total number: 54,218 percentage: 5% (2005 est.)
Belize | total number: 27,751 percentage: 40% (2001 est.)
Benin | total number: 1,020,981 percentage: 46% (2006 est.)
Bhutan | total number: 25,801 percentage: 18% (2010 est.)
Bolivia | total number: 757,352 percentage: 26.4% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total number: 24,722 percentage: 5% (2006 est.)
Botswana | total number: 45,036 percentage: 9% note: data represents children ages 7-17 (2006 est.)
Brazil | total number: 959,942 percentage: 3% note: data represents children ages 5-13 (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso | total number: 1,521,006 percentage: 38% (2006 est.)
Burundi | total number: 433,187 percentage: 19% (2005 est.)
Cabo Verde | total number: 1,948 percentage: 3% note: data represent children ages 10-14 (2001 est.)
Cambodia | total number: 1,345,269 percentage: 39% (2001 est.)
Cameroon | total number: 1,396,281 percentage: 31% (2006 est.)
Central African Republic | total number: 532,518 percentage: 47% (2006 est.)
Chad | total number: 1,475,960 percentage: 48% (2010 est.)
Chile | total number: 82,882 percentage: 3% (2003 est.)
Colombia | total number: 988,362 percentage: 9% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2009 est.)
Comoros | total number: 39,550 percentage: 27% (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total number: 8,284,395 percentage: 42% (2010 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | total number: 252,171 percentage: 25% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica | total number: 39,082 percentage: 5% (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | total number: 1,796,802 percentage: 35% (2006 est.)
Djibouti | total number: 13,176 percentage: 8% (2006 est.)
Dominican Republic | total number: 180,423 percentage: 10% (2000 est.)
Ecuador | total number: 227,599 percentage: 8% (2008 est.)
Egypt | total number: 1,066,526 percentage: 7% (2005 est.)
El Salvador | total number: 179,303 percentage: 4% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | total number: 35,382 percentage: 28% (2000 est.)
Ethiopia | total number: 10,693,164 percentage: 53% (2005 est.)
Gambia, The | total number: 103,389 percentage: 25% (2006 est.)
Georgia | total number: 121,659 percentage: 18% (2005 est.)
Ghana | total number: 1,806,750 percentage: 34% (2006 est.)
Guatemala | total number: 929,852 percentage: 21% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | total number: 226,316 percentage: 57% (2010 est.)
Guinea | total number: 571,774 percentage: 25% (2003 est.)
Guyana | total number: 30,255 percentage: 16% (2006 est.)
Haiti | total number: 2,587,205 percentage: 21% (2006 est.)
Honduras | total number: 280,809 percentage: 16% (2002 est.)
India | total number: 26,965,074 percentage: 12% (2006 est.)
Indonesia | total number: 4,026,285 percentage: 7% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2009 est.)
Iraq | total number: 715,737 percentage: 11% (2006 est.)
Jamaica | total number: 38,516 percentage: 6% (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan | total number: 59,254 percentage: 2% (2006 est.)
Kenya | total number: 2,146,058 percentage: 26% (2000 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | total number: 563,920 percentage: 40.3% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2007 est.)
Laos | total number: 175,138 percentage: 11% (2006 est.)
Lebanon | total number: 54,387 percentage: 7% (2000 est.)
Lesotho | total number: 103,020 percentage: 23% (2000 est.)
Liberia | total number: 177,160 percentage: 21% (2007 est.)
Macedonia | total number: 16,782 percentage: 6% (2005 est.)
Madagascar | total number: 1,827,423 percentage: 28% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2007 est.)
Malawi | total number: 993,318 percentage: 26% (2006 est.)
Mali | total number: 1,485,027 percentage: 36% (2010 est.)
Mauritania | total number: 127,251 percentage: 16% (2007 est.)
Mexico | total number: 1,105,617 percentage: 5% (2009 est.)
Moldova | total number: 72,364 percentage: 16% (2009 est.)
Mongolia | total number: 106,203 percentage: 18% (2005 est.)
Montenegro | total number: 8,520 percentage: 10% (2005 est.)
Morocco | total number: 500,960 percentage: 8% (2007 est.)
Mozambique | total number: 1,369,080 percentage: 22% (2008 est.)
Nepal | total number: 2,467,549 percentage: 34% (2008 est.)
Nicaragua | total number: 223,992 percentage: 14% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2005 est.)
Nigeria | total number: 11,396,823 percentage: 29% (2007 est.)
Niger | total number: 1,557,913 percentage: 43% (2006 est.)
Panama | total number: 59,294 percentage: 7% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2010 est.)
Paraguay | total number: 205,297 percentage: 15% (2004 est.)
Peru | total number: 2,545,855 percentage: 34% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2007 est.)
Portugal | total number: 36,569 percentage: 3% note: data represents children ages 6-14 (2001 est.)
Romania | total number: 26,658 percentage: 1% (2000 est.)
Rwanda | total number: 783,113 percentage: 35% (2000 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | total number: 3,235 percentage: 8% (2006 est.)
Senegal | total number: 657,216 percentage: 22% (2005 est.)
Serbia | total number: 36,141 percentage: 4% (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone | total number: 573,287 percentage: 48% (2005 est.)
Somalia | total number: 1,148,265 percentage: 49% (2006 est.)
Suriname | total number: 6,094 percentage: 6% (2006 est.)
Swaziland | total number: 28,043 percentage: 9% (2000 est.)
Syria | total number: 192,915 percentage: 4% (2006 est.)
Tajikistan | total number: 164,432 percentage: 10% (2005 est.)
Tanzania | total number: 2,815,085 percentage: 21% note: data represents children ages 5-17 and does not in (2006 est.)
Thailand | total number: 818,399 percentage: 8% (2006 est.)
Timor-Leste | total number: 10,510 percentage: 4% (2002 est.)
Togo | total number: 774,801 percentage: 47% (2010 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | total number: 1,201 percentage: 1% (2006 est.)
Turkey | total number: 321,866 percentage: 3% note: data represents children ages 6-14 (2006 est.)
Uganda | total number: 117,266 percentage: 25% note: data represents children ages 5-17 (2010 est.)
Ukraine | total number: 356,213 percentage: 7% (2005 est.)
Uruguay | total number: 51,879 percentage: 7% (2006 est.)
Venezuela | total number: 404,092 percentage: 8% (2000 est.)
Vietnam | total number: 2,545,616 percentage: 16% (2006 est.)
Yemen | total number: 1,334,288 percentage: 23% (2006 est.)
Zambia | total number: 1,000,850 percentage: 41% note: data represents children ages 7-14 (2005 est.)

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