Four in 10 African children work. There are an estimated 80 million child workers in Africa and the number is growing.
India is home to one-fifth of the world’s child population.
The number of every 20 children born in Somalia and Liberia that have their birth registered:
One [According to the United Nations, ‘without a birth certificate, youngsters are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation, trafficking, and illegal adoption.”]
Asia and the Pacific still has the largest numbers–almost 78 million or 9.3% of child population, but Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest incidence of child labor–59 million, over 21%).
Source: ILO
The average cost of a human slave around the world today:
$90
The number of human slaves around the world:
27 million
[source: Free the Slaves, 2010]
The number of child laborers in the world:
215 million
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