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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 in a coal mine, United States, c. 1912. Photograph by Lewis Hine. Different forms of child labour in Honduras, 1999. Concerns have often been raised over the buying public's moral complicity in purchasing products assembled or otherwise manufactured in developing countries with child labour.
Pages in category "Child labour by country" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
With 33 million child labourers, India stands 5th in world's worst countries for child labour.
The report listed 122 goods from 58 countries in its first edition in 2009. In 2014, it listed 136 goods from 74 countries. The TVPRA List indicates the goods and countries where ILAB has recorded a significant incidence of child labor and forced labor without specifying the individual companies or businesses involved. [19]
In Iran, like in other countries of the world, there are children who work either voluntarily or forcibly. According to the economic and political situation of the society, the number of children labour in the country may fluctuate in different periods. The available statistics on the number of children labour in Iran are scattered.
Africa has a long history of child labour. Above, colonial Cameroon children weaving in 1919.. Children in Africa have worked in farms and at home over a long history. This is not unique to Africa; large number of children have worked in agriculture and domestic situations in America, Europe and every other human society, throughout history, prior to 1950s.
By ratifying this Convention No. 182, a country commits itself to taking immediate action to prohibit and eliminate the worst forms of child labour, including slavery, child prostitution, use of children in criminal activities, and dangerous labour. The Convention is enjoying the fastest pace of ratifications in the ILO's history since 1919.