Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward

THEME: Precarious and informal work

TITLE: Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward

PUBLISHED BY: International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF

WHO IS THIS FOR: In 2015, the world made a promise to end child labour by 2025. That timeline has now come to an end. But child labour has not. The ILO-UNICEF 2024 Global Estimates of Child Labour provides an overview of child labour patterns and trends. It also describes the evolving profile of children in child labour, outlines the nature of child labour and where it is concentrated, and explores the impact of child labour on schooling.

On an optimistic note, today, nearly 138 million children are in child labour worldwide, which is down from 160 million four years ago. There are over 100 million fewer children in child labour today than in 2000, even as the child population increased by 230 million over the same period. This success can be attributed to some well known policy imperatives that, if sustained and scaled-up, could bring about an end to child labour. The report concludes with a discussion of the road ahead.

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Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward