Get the global statistics on the 152 million victims of child labour. Almost half of them, 73 million, work in dangerous, dirty and degrading jobs. These are the worst forms of child labour, which involve hazardous working conditions that endanger the health, safety or moral development of a child.
Hazardous work is dangerous, dirty or degrading.
The worst forms of child labour include any job that involves a child working in a hazardous environment, doing work that is harmful to their health, interferes with their education, or inhibits their physical, mental spiritual, moral or social development.
There are 152 million child labourers worldwide.
48% of these children work in dangerous, dirty and degrading jobs.
Of the children engaged in child labour:
71% are in agriculture
- Fishing
- Forestry
- Livestock herding
- Commercial farming
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17% are in services
- Sex trafficking & tourism
- Domestic services, nanny
- Food services
- Housekeeping
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12% are in industry
- Sweatshops
- Factories
- Mining
(diamonds, gold, etc.)
- Brick making
- Stone quarries
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62% are boys. However, the number of girls working in child labour is underreported, since they are often involved in "hidden" forms of work such as domestic child labour. |
About half of all child labourers are between the ages of 5-11
- 42 million (28%) are 12-14 years old.
- 37 million (24%) are 15-17 years old.
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