Child labor worldwide has dropped by over 100 million since 2000, from 245.5 million to 137.6 million in 2024. That means that the global child labor rate has halved over a generation — from 16% in ...

ing countries experiencing economic growth, low-cost child labor still can give producers a competitive edge. The heightened concern about child labor in developing countries reflects these two ...

The Methodology of the 2024 ILO-UNICEF Global Estimates of Child Labour presents a rigorous statistical approach to measuring child labour globally, drawing on data from 107 countries. This report ...

Myanmar’s child labour crisis is being intensified by rural poverty, debt, conflict, disrupted education and unsafe ...