Economically active children, total (% of 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.
Economically active children, total (% of children ages 7-14) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Benin (2006)74.4
2Guinea-Bissau (2000)67.5
3Central African Republic (2000)67
4Sierra Leone (2005)62.7
5Chad (2004)60.4
6Ethiopia (2005)56
7Cambodia (2001)52.26
8Burkina Faso (2004)50
9Mali (2006)49.5
10Zambia (2005)47.86
11Nepal (1999)47.2
12Ivory Coast (2006)45.7
13Somalia (2006)43.5
14Gambia (2005)43.5
15Tanzania (2001)40.35
16Malawi (2006)40.3
17Democratic Republic of the Congo (2000)39.8
18Togo (2006)39.58
19Uganda (2006)38.17
20Kenya (2000)37.7
21Liberia (2007)37.4
22Burundi (2000)36.96
23Albania (2000)36.59
24Moldova (2000)33.48
25Haiti (2005)33.4
26Rwanda (2000)33.1
27Lesotho (2000)30.85
28Angola (2001)30.1
29Republic of the Congo (2005)30.1
30South Africa (1999)27.7
31Madagascar (2001)25.63
32Peru (2000)24.1
33Bolivia (2005)22
34Vietnam (2006)21.3
35Sudan (2000)19.13
36Senegal (2005)18.5
37Ukraine (2005)17.3
38Guatemala (2004)16.8
39Bangladesh (2006)16.2
40Cameroon (2001)15.91
41Namibia (1999)15.44
42Paraguay (2005)15.3
43Argentina (2004)15.1
44Thailand (2005)15.1
45Iraq (2005)14.7
46Zimbabwe (1999)14.3
47Philippines (2001)13.26
48Morocco (1999)13.2
49Yemen (1999)13.15
50El Salvador (2003)12.66
51Mongolia (2005)12.4
52Ecuador (2004)12
53Macedonia (2005)11.8
54Belarus (2005)11.7
55Swaziland (2000)11.16
56Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005)10.6
57Nicaragua (2005)10.1
58Azerbaijan (2000)9.73
59Indonesia (2000)8.93
60Mexico (2004)8.9
61Tajikistan (2005)8.9
62Egypt (2005)7.9
63Brazil (2004)7
64Serbia (2005)6.9
65Honduras (2004)6.8
66Syria (2006)6.6
67Ghana (2003)6
68Dominican Republic (2005)5.8
69Costa Rica (2004)5.7
70Venezuela (2005)5.4
71Kyrgyzstan (2004)5.2
72Uzbekistan (2005)5.1
73Panama (2003)5.1
74Turkey (1999)4.54
75India (2005)4.2
76Chile (2003)4.1
77Colombia (2005)4
78Trinidad and Tobago (2000)3.9
79Portugal (2001)3.64
80Kazakhstan (2006)3.6
81Romania (2000)1.4
82Jamaica (2002)1.1
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