Child Labour - Facts

The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines child labour as work the is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children more than two hundred eighteen million children today are child labourers in the World an estimated 120 million children are engaged in hazardous work and 73 million of these children are below ten years old the largest number of working children 122 million are in the Asia-pacific region the highest proportion of child labourers is in sub-Saharan Africa where 49 million children are forced labourers 20 million child workers are employed in factories that make garments carpets toys matches and hand-rolled cigarettes agriculture accounts for 60% of child labour according to the International Literacy Association (ILA) Only one out of five children involved in child labour is paid for his or her work.  One in seven children around the world is a child labourer every year 22,000 children died in work-related accidents. Child labourers are much more likely to have only primary education or less 13 million children around the world are victims of human trafficking 30% of the children living in developed countries in the world are involved in child labour activity according to the UN Children's Fund UNICEF there are over 300,000 child soldiers forced into armed combat child labour a major concern in many parts of the world Asia 153 million Africa 8 million including Latin America and Caribbean 17 million most recent report shows 127 million boys 88 million girls worldwide are involved in child labour 74 million boys and 41 million girls in the worst forms as many as five million children are trapped in slavery light condition about equator of all modern-day slaves our children between 40 and 50 percent of all forced labourers are children according to an I'll overboard a sum of seven hundred sixty billion dollars would be required over a period of 20 years for the removal of child labour complete.