Editing Child labour (section)

==Statistics==

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|+Number of children involved in ILO categories of work, by age and gender in 2002 
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!  !! All Children <br />(2002)<ref>{{cite book |title=Every child counts: new global estimates on child labour |date=2002 |publisher=ILO/IPEC |isbn=978-92-2-113113-7 }}{{page needed|date=February 2021}}</ref> !! Economically Active Children  !! Economically Active Children (%) !! Child Labour  !! Child Labour (%) !! Children in Hazardous Work  !! Children in Hazardous Work (%)
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| Ages 5–11 || 838,800,000 || 109,700,000 || 13.1 || 109,700,000 || 13.1 || 60,500,000 || 7.2
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| Ages 12–14 || 360,600,000 || 101,100,000 || 28.0 || 76,000,000 || 21.1 || 50,800,000 || 14.1
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| Ages 5–14 || 1,199,400,000 || 210,800,000 || 17.6 || 186,300,000 || 15.5 || 111,300,000 || 9.3
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| Ages 15–17 || 332,100,000 || 140,900,000 || 42.4 || 59,200,000 || 17.8 || 59,200,000 || 17.8
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| Boys || 786,600,000 || 184,100,000 || 23.4 || 132,200,000 || 16.8 || 95,700,000 || 12.2
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| Girls || 744,900,000 || 167,600,000 || 22.5 || 113,300,000 || 15.2 || 74,800,000 || 10.5
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| Total || 1,531,500,000 || 351,700,000 || 23.0 || 245,500,000 || 16.0 || 170,500,000 || 11.1
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|+ Numbers and percentage of children aged 5 to 17 years in child labour and hazardous work in 2016 and 2020<ref name="ilo.org"/>
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!  !!Child labour !! Child labour(%) !! Children in hazardous work !! Children in hazardous work (%)
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|Ages 5– 11 || 89,300,000 || 9.7 || 25,900,000 || 2.8
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|Ages 12– 14||35,600,000 ||9.3 ||18,100,000|| 4.8
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|Ages 15– 17||35,000,000||9.5	||35,000,000||9.5
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|Boys (2016)|| 87,500,000||10.7||44,800,000||5.5
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|Girls (2016)|| 64,100,000||8.4||27,800,000||3.6
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|World total (2016)|| 151,600,000||9.6||72,500,000||4.6
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|Boys (2020)|| 97,000,000||11.2||50,200,000||5.8
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|Girls (2020)|| 62,900,000||7.8||28,800,000||3.6
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|World total (2020)|| 160,000,000||9.6||79,000,000||4.7
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