Dataset
Average weekly working hours of children
owid.average-working-hours-of-children
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About
Average weekly hours worked by children aged 7-14 years involved in economic activity and attending school.
Cite as: International Labour Organization, UNICEF, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. “Average working hours of children, study and work – ILO” [dataset]. International Labour Organization, UNICEF, and World Bank, “World Development Indicators 129” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1999–2016
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2026-07-27
- Units
- hours per week
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-working-hours-of-children
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| sl_tlf_0714_sw_tm | number | Average working hours of children, study and work (hours per week) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |