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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 objective of child trafficking is often forced child labour. [13] UNICEF estimates that, in 2011, 150 million children aged 5–14 in developing countries were involved in child labour. [23] Additionally, UNICEF stated that 2019 rates indicated that at least 100 million children would still be forced to work by 2020. [24]
The ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) was created in 1992 with the overall goal of the progressive elimination of child labour, which was to be achieved through strengthening the capacity of countries to deal with the problem and promoting a worldwide movement to combat child labour. The IPEC currently has ...
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.
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.