Economically active children, work only (% of economically active children, ages 7-14) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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Economically active children refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school.

Rank	Country	Value
Economically active children, work only (% of economically active children, ages 7-14) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)
1	Burkina Faso (2004)	98.1
2	Morocco (1999)	93.2
3	Madagascar (2001)	85.12
4	Ghana (2003)	71.2
5	Ethiopia (2005)	69.4
6	Turkey (1999)	66.81
7	Yemen (1999)	64.34
8	Guinea-Bissau (2000)	63.7
9	Senegal (2005)	61.9
10	Mali (2006)	59.5
11	Chad (2004)	59
12	Sudan (2000)	55.94
13	Central African Republic (2000)	54.93
14	Somalia (2006)	53.5
15	Cameroon (2001)	52.49
16	Honduras (2004)	48.6
17	Burundi (2000)	48.32
18	Ivory Coast (2006)	46.8
19	Liberia (2007)	45
20	Costa Rica (2004)	44.6
21	Albania (2000)	43.13
22	Tanzania (2001)	39.98
23	Panama (2003)	38.4
24	Bangladesh (2006)	37.8
25	Benin (2006)	36.1
26	Democratic Republic of the Congo (2000)	35.7
27	Nepal (1999)	35.6
28	Syria (2006)	34.6
29	Mexico (2004)	34.1
30	Colombia (2005)	32.8
31	Iraq (2005)	32.4
32	Gambia (2005)	32.1
33	Guatemala (2004)	31.3
34	Nicaragua (2005)	30.8
35	Togo (2006)	30.23
36	Sierra Leone (2005)	29.9
37	Rwanda (2000)	27.49
38	Ecuador (2004)	27
39	Angola (2001)	26.6
40	Zambia (2005)	25.92
41	Indonesia (2000)	24.95
42	Venezuela (2005)	24.7
43	Paraguay (2005)	24.22
44	Egypt (2005)	21
45	Romania (2000)	20.7
46	El Salvador (2003)	19.48
47	Haiti (2005)	17.7
48	Lesotho (2000)	17.56
49	Jamaica (2002)	17.1
50	Cambodia (2001)	16.47
51	India (2005)	15.2
52	Philippines (2001)	14.8
53	Kenya (2000)	14.1
54	Swaziland (2000)	14.02
55	Trinidad and Tobago (2000)	12.82
56	Zimbabwe (1999)	12
57	Vietnam (2006)	11.9
58	Malawi (2006)	10.5
59	Republic of the Congo (2005)	9.9
60	Namibia (1999)	9.49
61	Tajikistan (2005)	9
62	Mongolia (2005)	8.7
63	Bolivia (2005)	8.1
64	Kyrgyzstan (2004)	7.9
65	Uganda (2006)	7.73
66	Brazil (2004)	7.2
67	Dominican Republic (2005)	6.2
68	South Africa (1999)	5.1
69	Peru (2000)	4.8
70	Thailand (2005)	4.2
71	Azerbaijan (2000)	4.18
72	Argentina (2004)	4.1
73	Moldova (2000)	3.84
74	Portugal (2001)	3.6
75	Chile (2003)	3.2
76	Macedonia (2005)	2.8
77	Serbia (2005)	2.1
78	Kazakhstan (2006)	1.6
79	Uzbekistan (2005)	1
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005)	0.1
81	Ukraine (2005)	0.1
82	Belarus (2005)	0

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