Number of children in child labor APAC 2020, by gender and age group

In 2020, boys aged between five and 11 years made up the biggest cohort of children in the Asia-Pacific region that were involved in child labor. Across all selected age groups, the number of boys involved in child labor was significantly higher than that of girls.The number of children involved in child labor across APAC decreased continuously between 2008 and 2020. In 2020, approximately 48.7 million children aged five to 17 years were involved in child labor in APAC, equivalent to a 5.6 percent share of children in the age group. This marked a decrease from around 113.6 million in 2008. Projected to decrease further over the next decade, the number is set to reach about 22.7 million in 2030.

于2020年，5至11岁年龄段男孩构成了亚太地区参与童工劳动的最大群体。在所选的所有年龄组中，参与童工劳动的男孩数量显著高于女孩。2008年至2020年间，亚太地区参与童工劳动的儿童数量持续下降。2020年，亚太地区约有4870万名5至17岁的儿童参与童工劳动，占该年龄组儿童总数的5.6%。这一数字较2008年的约1.136亿有所减少。预计在未来十年内，这一数字将进一步下降，预计到2030年将降至约2270万。