The Numbers Through A Video
Child labour is an issue that upholds some of the world's most shocking statistics. Here are some of the worst:
Here's a movie that shows some of the worst stats. Listen to the lyrics if you can, because they are based on child labour.
- 211 million children world wide are child labourers
- 73 million working children are less than 10 years old
- 126 million are estimated to work in the worst forms of child labour - 1 in every 12 of the world's 5 to 17 year olds
- 2.5 million children work in the developed economies
- 22,000 children die every year in work-related accidents
- 127 million working children are in the Asia Pacific region.
- Nearly 1/3 of children in Sub-Saharan Africa work
Here's a movie that shows some of the worst stats. Listen to the lyrics if you can, because they are based on child labour.