Child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa 2008-2020

Africa has the highest incidence of child labor in the world. As of 2020, 23.9 percent of children aged 5-17 years in Sub-Saharan Africa were involved in child labor, according to estimates. Compared to 2012 and 2016, the rate has risen. However, it remained less than that of 2008, when little more than one-quarter of children in Africa experienced child labor.

Percentage of children aged 5-17 years in child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2008 to 2020

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2008 to 2020

Age group

5-17 years

Supplementary notes

The figures shown consider the percentage of child labor every four years.

According to the source, the 2020 calculations are based on the extrapolation of data from national household surveys. The new estimates use more than 100 household surveys covering two thirds of the world’s population of children aged 5 to 17 years.

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