The majority of children participating in child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa was aged 5-11 years in 2020. According to estimates, 60 percent of children involved in laboring belong to this age group. Overall, there were more than 86 million children in child labor in the region as of the same year.
Distribution of children aged 5-17 years in child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2020, by age group
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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ILO, & UNICEF. (June 10, 2021). Distribution of children aged 5-17 years in child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2020, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247668/distribution-of-children-in-child-labor-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-age/
ILO, und UNICEF. "Distribution of children aged 5-17 years in child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2020, by age group." Chart. June 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247668/distribution-of-children-in-child-labor-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-age/
ILO, UNICEF. (2021). Distribution of children aged 5-17 years in child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2020, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247668/distribution-of-children-in-child-labor-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-age/
ILO, and UNICEF. "Distribution of Children Aged 5-17 Years in Child Labor in Sub-saharan Africa as of 2020, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247668/distribution-of-children-in-child-labor-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-age/
ILO & UNICEF, Distribution of children aged 5-17 years in child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2020, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247668/distribution-of-children-in-child-labor-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-age/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Distribution of children aged 5-17 years in child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2020, by age group [Graph], ILO, & UNICEF, June 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247668/distribution-of-children-in-child-labor-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-age/
