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 represent children ages 5-13 (2003 est.) |
| Armenia | total number: 19,596 percentage: 4% note: data represent children ages 7-17 (2007 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | total number: 144,397 percentage: 7% note: data represent children ages 5-17 (2005 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 represent 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 represent children ages 7-17 (2006 est.) |
| Brazil | total number: 959,942 percentage: 3% note: data represent 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.) |
| 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 represent children ages 5-17 (2009 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.) |
| East Timor | total number: 10,510 percentage: 4% (2002 est.) |
| Ecuador | total number: 227,599 percentage: 8% (2008 est.) |
| El Salvador | total number: 179,303 percentage: 4% note: data represent children ages 5-17 (2007 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 represent children ages 5-17 (2006 est.) |
| Guinea | total number: 571,774 percentage: 25% (2003 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | total number: 226,316 percentage: 57% (2010 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.) |
| Indonesia | total number: 4,026,285 percentage: 7% note: data represent 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.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | total number: 563,920 percentage: 40.3% note: data represent children ages 5-17 (2007 est.) |
| Laos | total number: 175,138 percentage: 11% (2006 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 represent 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 represent children ages 5-17 (2005 est.) |
| Niger | total number: 1,557,913 percentage: 43% (2006 est.) |
| Nigeria | total number: 11,396,823 percentage: 29% (2007 est.) |
| Panama | total number: 59,294 percentage: 7% note: data represent 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.) |
| 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.) |
| 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 represent children ages 5-17 and does not include Zanzibar (2006 est.) |
| Thailand | total number: 818,399 percentage: 8% (2006 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 represent children ages 6-14 (2006 est.) |
| Uganda | total number: 117,266 percentage: 25% note: data represent children ages 5-17 (2010 est.) |
| Ukraine | total number: 356,213 percentage: 7% (2005 est.) |
| Uruguay | total number: 51,879 percentage: 7% (2006 est.) |
| Vietnam | total number: 2,545,616 percentage: 16% (2006 est.) |
| Zambia | total number: 1,000,850 percentage: 41% note: data represent children ages 7-14 (2005 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
