Economically active boys

percent of males aged 7 to 14, 1994–2016

Country	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Afghanistan																		13.10
Angola								30.00
Albania							41.12	37.90	34.67	31.45	28.22	25.00	21.28	17.56	13.84	10.12	6.40
Argentina											15.70	14.54	13.37	12.21	11.05	9.88	8.72	7.56	6.39
Armenia																	12.00
Azerbaijan							12.01	10.77	9.53	8.29	7.04	5.80
Burundi							38.38	33.20	28.03	22.85	17.68	12.50	16.26	20.02	23.78	27.54	31.30
Benin													72.80	64.73	56.67	48.60	40.53	32.47	24.40
Burkina Faso										49.00	49.00	49.00	49.00	50.65	52.30	53.95	55.60
Bangladesh										20.90	22.50	24.10	25.70	22.85	19.99	17.14	14.29	11.43	8.58	5.73
Bosnia and Herzegovina							22.80	20.95	19.10	17.25	15.40	13.55	11.70
Belarus												12.10	10.66	9.21	7.77	6.33	4.89	3.44	2.00
Bolivia									24.00	23.97	23.93	23.90	26.93	29.97	33.00	21.80	21.32	20.85	20.37	19.89	17.54	15.19
Brazil											9.40	8.97	8.53	8.10	6.90	6.60	6.18	5.75	5.02	4.30	4.78	3.52
Central African Republic							66.50	63.51	60.52	57.53	54.54	51.55	48.56	45.57	42.58	39.59	36.60
Chile										5.10	5.22	5.34	5.47	5.59	5.71	5.83	5.96	6.08	6.20
Ivory Coast							40.90	42.03	43.17	44.30	45.43	46.57	47.70	45.85	44.00	42.15	40.30	38.45	36.60
Cameroon								14.47	19.30	24.14	28.98	33.82	38.66	43.50	48.53	53.55	58.58	63.60
Congo (Kinshasa)							39.90	38.41	36.93	35.44	33.96	32.47	30.99	29.50	26.17	22.83	19.50	24.41	29.33	34.24	39.16
Congo (Brazzaville)												29.90	30.11	30.33	30.54	30.76	30.97	31.19	31.40
Colombia												6.20	5.75	5.30	6.80	8.29	8.69	9.10	9.50	9.03	8.57	6.92
Costa Rica											8.10	7.43	6.76	6.09	5.41	4.74	4.07	3.40	3.11	2.82	2.52	2.23	1.94
Dominican Republic									5.90	6.93	7.97	9.00	11.71	14.43	17.14	19.85	14.52	9.19	3.85	9.78	15.71
Algeria																				8.47
Ecuador											14.60	15.75	16.90	13.73	10.57	7.40	5.60	3.80	4.33	4.86	5.38	5.91
Egypt												11.50	9.83	8.15	6.48	4.80
Ethiopia												64.30	59.00	53.70	48.40	43.10	37.80	32.50
Gabon																			25.60
Georgia													33.60
Ghana										6.00	20.63	35.27	49.90	46.39	42.88	39.37	35.86	32.35	28.84
Guinea	47.20	47.07	46.94	46.81	46.68	46.54	46.41	46.28	46.15	46.02	45.89	45.76	45.63	45.49	45.36	45.23	45.10	42.70	40.30
Gambia							25.36	27.07	28.78	30.49	32.19	33.90	35.13	36.37	37.60	35.97	34.34	32.71	31.08	29.45	27.82	26.19
Guinea Bissau							67.40	64.97	62.53	60.10	57.67	55.23	52.80	54.37	55.94	57.51	59.07	60.64	62.21	63.78	65.35
Guatemala										26.20	23.10	23.80	24.50	24.85	25.20	25.55	25.90	26.25	26.60	20.61	14.62	10.04
Honduras											10.40	11.37	12.33	13.30	13.08	12.85	12.63	12.40	13.50	14.60	15.12
Haiti													37.30	37.80	38.30	38.80	39.30	39.80	40.30
Indonesia							8.78	8.58	8.38	8.19	7.99	7.79	7.59	7.40	7.20	7.00	4.20
India							5.30	5.08	4.86	4.64	4.42	4.20	17.40	13.75	10.10	6.45	2.80	2.35	1.90
Iraq							17.45	17.52	17.60	17.67	17.75	17.82	17.90	15.98	14.06	12.14	10.22	8.30
Jamaica									1.50	4.77	8.03	11.30	10.48	9.67	8.85	8.03	7.22	6.40
Jordan														1.60	1.65	1.69	1.74	1.78	1.83	1.87	1.92	1.96	2.01
Kazakhstan			30.30	27.71	25.12	22.53	19.94	17.35	14.76	12.17	9.58	6.99	4.40
Kenya						6.90	40.10	39.53	38.95	38.38	37.81	37.23	36.66	36.09	35.51	34.94
Kyrgyzstan					9.70	9.21	8.73	8.24	7.75	7.26	6.78	6.29	5.80	37.50	38.89	40.28	41.68	43.07	44.46	45.85	47.24
Cambodia								52.40	51.47	50.53	49.60	46.68	43.76	40.84	37.92	35.00	27.00	19.00	11.00
Laos													17.90	15.33	12.75	10.18	7.60
Liberia														37.80	32.43	27.07	21.70
Sri Lanka						20.40	19.66	18.92	18.18	17.44	16.70	15.96	15.22	14.48	13.74	13.00
Lesotho							34.18	19.09	4.00
Morocco						13.50	12.00	10.50	9.00	7.50	6.00
Moldova							34.12	34.16	34.21	34.25	34.29	34.33	34.37	34.42	34.46	34.50
Madagascar								26.12	26.38	26.65	26.91	27.17	27.44	27.70
Mexico											12.20	11.77	11.33	10.90	13.70	16.50	11.30	9.10	8.23	7.35
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)													14.80	15.90	17.00	18.10	19.20	20.30
Mali												64.40	55.00	24.20	25.55	26.90	28.25	29.60	30.95	32.30
Mongolia							23.47	21.60	19.72	17.85	15.97	14.10	12.75	11.40	12.42	13.44	14.46	15.48	16.50	17.22
Mozambique			1.90	4.01	6.12	8.23	10.33	12.44	14.55	16.66	18.77	20.88	22.98	25.09	27.20
Mauritania														23.90	22.03	20.16	18.29	16.41
Malawi											45.00	43.15	41.30	38.30	35.30	32.30	29.30	26.30	34.50	42.69	50.89	50.79
Namibia						16.19
Niger														49.20	50.90	52.60	51.83	51.07	50.30
Nigeria														41.20	35.23	29.27	23.30	34.07
Nicaragua								17.52	17.19	16.86	16.53	16.20	21.06	25.92	30.78	35.64	40.50	48.36	56.22
Nepal						42.20	41.53	40.87	40.20	39.53	38.87	38.20	37.53	36.87	36.20	37.08	37.97	38.85	39.74	40.62	41.50
Pakistan															15.60	14.57	13.53	12.50
Panama										7.70	8.58	9.46	10.34	11.22	12.10	9.80	7.50	6.45	5.40	6.21	7.02
Peru							25.70	28.43	31.16	33.89	36.61	39.34	42.07	44.80	39.08	33.35	27.63	21.90	23.72	25.55	27.37	23.12
Philippines								16.26	15.73	15.19	14.65	14.12	13.58	13.04	12.51	11.97	11.44	10.90
Portugal								4.59
Paraguay												22.60	21.83	21.07	20.30	19.54	18.77	18.00	17.24	16.47	15.70
Romania							1.70
Rwanda							36.10	32.59	29.08	25.56	22.05	18.54	15.03	11.51	8.00	13.20	18.40	4.99	5.33	5.66	6.00
Sudan							21.45	20.67	19.89	19.11	18.33	17.54	16.76	15.98	15.20	18.38	21.55	24.73	27.91	31.08	34.26
Senegal												24.40	23.27	22.13	21.00	19.87	18.73	17.60	22.52	27.43	32.35	37.26
Sierra Leone							64.70	64.48	64.26	64.04	63.82	63.60	39.25	14.90	55.00	47.90	40.80	47.43	54.07	60.70
El Salvador										17.06	15.32	13.58	11.84	10.10	10.35	10.60	10.48	10.35	10.00	10.95
Somalia													45.50
Serbia												7.20	9.00	10.81	12.61	14.41	16.22	18.02	19.82	21.62	23.43
South Sudan															45.60
Swaziland							11.40	11.71	12.02	12.33	12.64	12.95	13.26	13.57	13.88	14.19	14.50
Syria													8.80
Chad											64.40	59.02	53.63	48.25	42.87	37.48	32.10	37.02	41.94	46.87	51.79	56.71
Togo													39.84	42.46	45.07	47.69	50.30	47.00	43.69	40.39	37.08
Thailand												15.70	15.70
Tajikistan						7.90	8.03	8.17	8.30	8.43	8.57	8.70
Timor Leste								7.10	9.62	12.13	14.65	17.17	19.68	22.20
Trinidad and Tobago							5.20	5.02	4.83	4.65	4.47	4.28	4.10
Tunisia																			3.90
Turkey						5.20	4.93	4.66	4.39	4.12	3.84	3.57	3.30
Tanzania								41.47	40.18	38.88	37.59	36.29	35.00	34.16	33.32	32.48	31.64	30.80	32.29	33.78	35.27
Uganda													39.82	39.37	38.91	38.46	38.01	37.55	37.10
Ukraine												18.00	16.16	14.31	12.47	10.63	8.79	6.94	5.10
Uruguay																9.40
Uzbekistan							22.00	18.66	15.32	11.98	8.64	5.30	5.30
Venezuela										11.40	9.25	7.10	6.90	6.68	6.46	6.24	6.02	5.81	5.59	5.37
Vietnam													21.00	19.30	17.60	15.90	14.20	12.50	11.70
Yemen						12.38	13.57	14.76	15.95	17.14	18.32	19.51	20.70	19.80	18.90	18.00	17.10
South Africa						29.00
Zambia												48.93	44.42	39.91	35.40
Zimbabwe						15.30

Economically active children refers to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.

Source: World Bank

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