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The List of countries by child labour rate provides rankings of countries based on their rates of child labour. Child labour is defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as participation in economic activity by underage persons aged 5 to 17. Child work harms children, interferes with their education, and prevents their development.
Child labour is still common in many parts of the world. Estimates for child labour vary. It ranges between 250 and 304 million, if children aged 5–17 involved in any economic activity are counted. If light occasional work is excluded, ILO estimates there were 153 million child labourers aged 5–14 worldwide in 2008.
According to the ILO, "hazardous" child labour is the largest category of the "worst forms" of child labour. An estimated 115 million children, aged 5–17, work in dangerous conditions in sectors including agriculture, mining, construction, manufacturing, service industries and domestic service.
1997: ILO estimated between 100 million and 200 million child laborers in the world [6] 2004: ILO estimated that there were 218 million child laborers worldwide, with 7 of 10 working in agriculture; To globally abolish child labor, ILO approximates an expense of $38 billion per year for 20 years.
The IREWOC research staff has conducted worldwide anthropological research on various aspects related to child labor. Major projects that have been concluded are on Working Children and Agency, Child Labour Unions, Child Labour Migration and Deprived Children and Education. The focus presently is on the worst forms of child labour.
Saudi Arabia Census 2011 shows children and young adults make up half of the 28 million population in Saudi Arabia. [7] Of this population, 15 percent are child laborers. 42 percent of the children spend four to eight hours a day outside the home, 40 percent spend eight to 12 hours, while 10 percent spend more than 12 hours outside the home. [8]
Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects.
[7] [8] [9] The International Labour Organization estimates that agriculture, at 60 percent, is the largest employer of child labour in the world, [10] while the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates 70% of child labour is deployed in agriculture and related activities. [11]