Global fall in child labour stalls
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The world has marked the first rise in child labour in two decades with an estimated 160 million children – accounting for nearly one in 10 children globally – in child labour at the start of 2020
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Global child labour (aged 5-17 years, millions) Hazardous work*

2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 

*risk to health, safety, moral development

245.5 170.5
222.3 128.4
215.2 115.3
168.0 85.3
151.6 72.5
160.0 79.0

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Number of children in child labour (2020, millions) 

Europe and Central Asia 8.3
Americas 8.3
Arab States 2.4
Asia, Pacific 48.7
Africa 92.3
(of which 86.6 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa)
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Source: Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, ILO, UNICEF Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS