150 million 150 million children 5-14 years old are engaged in child labour.
A World Fit for Children Goal : Elaborate and implement strategies to protect children from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
There are an estimated 150 million children 5-14 years old who are engaged in child labour.
Extreme poverty is associated with higher levels of child marriage, child labour and exploitation. Children from poorer households are much more likely to be engaged in child labour than those from richer households.
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys, 1999-2008. Data refer to the most recent year available during the referenced period.
