In 2020, 76.7 percent of children in labor worldwide were working in rural areas. This proportion was similar in all of the world regions apart from Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Carribean, where around half of the children were employed in the urban areas.
Distribution of children in child labor in urban and rural areas in 2020, by region
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ILO, und UNICEF. "Distribution of children in child labor in urban and rural areas in 2020, by region." Chart. June 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1243976/share-children-child-labor-area-region/
ILO, UNICEF. (2021). Distribution of children in child labor in urban and rural areas in 2020, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1243976/share-children-child-labor-area-region/
ILO, and UNICEF. "Distribution of Children in Child Labor in Urban and Rural Areas in 2020, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1243976/share-children-child-labor-area-region/
ILO & UNICEF, Distribution of children in child labor in urban and rural areas in 2020, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1243976/share-children-child-labor-area-region/ (last visited March 24, 2023)
Distribution of children in child labor in urban and rural areas in 2020, by region [Graph], ILO, & UNICEF, June 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1243976/share-children-child-labor-area-region/