Children in employment, total

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% of children ages 7-14, 1994–2016

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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																		9.30
Albania							36.59	33.67	30.75	27.83	24.92	22.00	18.70	15.40	12.10	8.80	5.50
Algeria																				7.50
Angola								30.10
Argentina											12.90	11.92	10.93	9.95	8.96	7.98	6.99	6.01	5.03
Armenia																	9.90
Azerbaijan							9.73	8.82	7.92	7.01	6.11	5.20
Bangladesh										17.54	17.09	16.65	16.20	14.60	13.00	11.40	9.80	8.20	6.60	5.00
Belarus												11.70	10.36	9.01	7.67	6.33	4.99	3.64	2.30
Benin													74.40	66.02	57.63	49.25	40.87	32.48	24.10
Bolivia									23.20	22.80	22.40	22.00	25.37	28.73	32.10	20.20	20.20	20.20	20.21	20.21	17.06	13.92
Bosnia and Herzegovina							20.20	18.60	17.00	15.40	13.80	12.20	10.60
Brazil											7.00	6.70	6.40	6.10	5.20	5.00	4.60	4.20	3.71	3.22	3.53	2.54
Burkina Faso										50.00	47.37	44.73	42.10	44.15	46.20	48.25	50.30
Burundi							36.96	31.91	26.86	21.81	16.75	11.70	15.74	19.78	23.82	27.86	31.90
Cambodia								52.30	51.17	50.03	48.90	46.02	43.14	40.26	37.38	34.50	26.83	19.17	11.50
Cameroon								15.91	20.49	25.07	29.66	34.24	38.82	43.40	48.05	52.70	57.35	62.00
Central African Republic							67.00	64.02	61.04	58.06	55.08	52.10	49.12	46.14	43.16	40.18	37.20
Chad											60.40	55.85	51.30	46.75	42.20	37.65	33.10	37.66	42.22	46.78	51.34	55.90
Chile										4.10	4.14	4.19	4.23	4.28	4.32	4.37	4.41	4.46	4.50
Colombia												4.00	3.95	3.90	5.17	6.44	6.69	6.95	7.20	6.91	6.62	5.56
Congo (Brazzaville)												30.06	30.27	30.47	30.68	30.88	31.09	31.29	31.50
Congo (Kinshasa)							39.80	38.47	37.14	35.81	34.49	33.16	31.83	30.50	27.17	23.83	20.50	25.72	30.95	36.17	41.39
Costa Rica											5.70	5.24	4.79	4.33	3.87	3.41	2.96	2.50	2.26	2.02	1.79	1.55	1.31
Dominican Republic									3.50	4.27	5.03	5.80	7.86	9.93	11.99	14.06	10.27	6.48	2.68	7.94	13.20
Ecuador											12.00	13.15	14.30	11.63	8.97	6.30	4.75	3.20	3.79	4.38	4.97	5.56
Egypt												7.90	6.65	5.40	4.15	2.90
El Salvador										12.66	11.27	9.88	8.49	7.10	7.25	7.40	7.42	7.44	7.00	7.80
Eswatini							11.20	11.41	11.62	11.83	12.04	12.25	12.46	12.67	12.88	13.09	13.30
Ethiopia												56.00	51.02	46.03	41.05	36.07	31.08	26.10
Gabon																			24.00
Gambia							25.31	28.95	32.59	36.23	39.86	43.50	40.97	38.43	35.90	34.16	32.43	30.69	28.96	27.22	25.49	23.75
Georgia													31.80
Ghana										6.00	20.30	34.60	48.90	45.54	42.19	38.83	35.47	32.12	28.76
Guatemala										21.10	16.80	17.50	18.20	18.37	18.53	18.70	18.87	19.03	19.20	14.90	10.61	7.24
Guinea	48.30	48.09	47.88	47.66	47.45	47.24	47.03	46.81	46.60	46.39	46.18	45.96	45.75	45.54	45.33	45.11	44.90	41.50	38.10
Guinea Bissau							67.50	64.67	61.83	59.00	56.17	53.33	50.50	52.18	53.85	55.53	57.21	58.89	60.56	62.24	63.92
Haiti													33.40	34.13	34.87	35.60	36.33	37.07	37.80
Honduras											6.80	7.43	8.07	8.70	8.48	8.25	8.03	7.80	8.50	9.20	10.50
India							5.20	5.00	4.80	4.60	4.40	4.20	15.30	12.10	8.90	5.70	2.50	2.10	1.70
Indonesia							8.93	8.67	8.42	8.16	7.90	7.64	7.38	7.12	6.86	6.60	3.70
Iraq							13.65	13.83	14.00	14.18	14.35	14.53	14.70	13.04	11.38	9.72	8.06	6.40
Ivory Coast							40.70	41.53	42.37	43.20	44.03	44.87	45.70	44.17	42.63	41.10	39.57	38.03	36.50
Jamaica									1.10	4.00	6.90	9.80	9.20	8.60	8.00	7.40	6.80	6.20
Jordan														1.00	1.03	1.05	1.08	1.10	1.13	1.15	1.18	1.20	1.23
Kazakhstan			29.70	27.09	24.48	21.87	19.26	16.65	14.04	11.43	8.82	6.21	3.60
Kenya						6.70	37.70	37.34	36.98	36.61	36.25	35.89	35.53	35.16	34.80	34.44
Kyrgyzstan					8.60	8.18	7.75	7.33	6.90	6.48	6.05	5.63	5.20	36.60	37.24	37.88	38.52	39.16	39.80	40.44	41.08
Laos													18.60	16.10	13.60	11.10	8.60
Lesotho							30.85	16.72	2.60
Liberia														37.40	31.07	24.73	18.40
Madagascar								25.63	25.70	25.76	25.82	25.88	25.94	26.00
Malawi											42.60	41.45	40.30	37.26	34.22	31.18	28.14	25.10	32.59	40.09	47.58	48.90
Mali												52.30	49.50	23.00	24.12	25.23	26.35	27.47	28.58	29.70
Mauritania														21.30	19.61	17.91	16.22	14.53
Mexico											8.90	8.70	8.50	8.30	10.25	12.20	8.00	6.80	6.20	5.61
Moldova							33.50	33.00	32.50	32.00	31.50	31.00	30.50	30.00	29.50	29.00
Mongolia							22.02	20.10	18.17	16.25	14.32	12.40	11.25	10.10	11.28	12.46	13.64	14.82	16.00	14.70
Morocco						13.20	11.46	9.72	7.98	6.24	4.50
Mozambique			1.80	3.93	6.07	8.20	10.33	12.47	14.60	16.73	18.87	21.00	23.13	25.27	27.40
Namibia						15.44
Nepal						47.20	46.47	45.73	45.00	44.27	43.53	42.80	42.07	41.33	40.60	40.97	41.34	41.71	42.09	42.46	42.83
Nicaragua								12.13	11.62	11.12	10.61	10.10	14.30	18.50	22.70	26.90	31.10	39.42	47.75
Niger														47.10	51.10	55.10	52.90	50.70	48.50
Nigeria														40.70	34.20	27.70	21.20	35.06
North Macedonia													11.80	13.40	15.00	16.60	18.20	19.80
Pakistan															15.90	14.93	13.97	13.00
Panama										5.10	5.86	6.62	7.38	8.14	8.90	7.15	5.40	4.95	4.50	5.06	5.62
Paraguay												15.30	14.76	14.22	13.67	13.13	12.59	12.05	11.51	10.96	10.42
Peru							24.10	26.69	29.27	31.86	34.44	37.03	39.61	42.20	36.83	31.45	26.08	20.70	22.50	24.31	26.11	22.57
Philippines								13.26	12.83	12.41	11.98	11.55	11.13	10.70	10.28	9.85	9.43	9.00
Portugal								3.64
Romania							1.40
Rwanda							33.10	29.90	26.70	23.50	20.30	17.10	13.90	10.70	7.50	13.30	19.10	5.00	5.30	5.60	5.90
Senegal												18.50	17.60	16.70	15.80	14.90	14.00	13.10	16.11	19.12	22.13	25.14
Serbia												6.90	8.13	9.35	10.58	11.81	13.03	14.26	15.49	16.71	17.94
Sierra Leone							65.00	64.54	64.08	63.62	63.16	62.70	38.80	14.90	53.70	46.80	39.90	46.33	52.77	59.20
Somalia													43.50
South Africa						27.70
South Sudan															45.60
Sri Lanka						17.00	16.37	15.74	15.11	14.48	13.85	13.22	12.59	11.96	11.33	10.70
Sudan							19.13	18.31	17.48	16.65	15.82	14.99	14.16	13.33	12.50	15.51	18.52	21.53	24.54	27.55	30.56
Syria													6.60
Tajikistan						7.30	7.57	7.83	8.10	8.37	8.63	8.90
Tanzania								40.35	38.50	36.65	34.80	32.95	31.10	30.76	30.42	30.08	29.74	29.40	31.18	32.96	34.73
Thailand												15.10	15.10
Timor Leste								7.60	9.65	11.70	13.75	15.80	17.85	19.90
Togo													38.69	41.22	43.74	46.27	48.80	45.41	42.01	38.62	35.23
Trinidad and Tobago							3.90	3.82	3.73	3.65	3.57	3.48	3.40
Tunisia																			3.40
Turkey						4.54	4.26	3.99	3.71	3.43	3.15	2.88	2.60
Uganda													38.17	37.93	37.68	37.44	37.19	36.95	36.70
Ukraine												17.30	15.54	13.79	12.03	10.27	8.51	6.76	5.00
Uruguay																7.30
Uzbekistan							18.09	15.50	12.90	10.30	7.70	5.10	5.10
Venezuela										9.10	7.25	5.40	5.10	4.93	4.76	4.59	4.42	4.25	4.08	3.91
Vietnam													21.30	19.64	17.98	16.32	14.66	13.00	10.90
Yemen						13.15	13.89	14.62	15.36	16.09	16.83	17.56	18.30	17.75	17.20	16.65	16.10
Zambia												47.86	43.38	38.89	34.40
Zimbabwe						14.30