Regions and countries
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Africa
The latest ILO global estimates on child labour indicate that in Africa progress towards the elimination of child labour is lagging behind other regions of the world. Millions of children are victims of the worst forms of child labour in the region. Of particular concern are child trafficking, the use of children in armed conflict, small-scale mining, hazardous work in agriculture, commercial sexual exploitation and domestic labour...
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Arab States
An estimated 13.4 million, or about 15 per cent, of all children in the region are child labourers. The real level of child labour may be much higher, however, because of the predominance of child labour in the informal sector, which is difficult to measure...
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Asia and the Pacific
The latest ILO Global report on Child Labour found that the number of working children under the age of 15 years in Asia and the Pacific declined by 5 million to 122.3 million from 2000 to 2004. Despite this positive development, the region still faces major challenges...
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Europe and Central Asia
Child labour estimates cited the ILO’s 2006 Global Report on child labour suggest a decline in the number of children working in the transition economies in Europe and Central Asia. Economic growth and poverty reduction linked with political commitment to combating child labour have led to significant progress...
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Latin America and Caribbean
While child labour has declined substantially in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years, there are still 5.7 million working girls and boys who are under the minimum age for employment or are engaged in work that must be abolished according to ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention No. 182..