Share of children aged 5-17 years engaged in labor, 2021

Child employment is defined based on the amount of time spent participating in economic activities during the reference week of a survey. The threshold for beingcounted as participating in economic activity varies by age group: for ages 5-11, it is one hour; for ages 12-14, it is 14 hours; and for ages 15-17, it is 43 hours.

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