06/12/2026
Today is World Day Against Child Labor.
Children should be children — in classrooms and on playgrounds, not in mines, fields, and factories.
But 138 million children are in child labor worldwide. 1 in every 13. More than half are under the age of 12, and 54 million are in hazardous work that threatens their health and safety.
The work is concentrated in two regions: 87 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa, which alone accounts for nearly 2 in 3 cases worldwide, and 17 million across Central and Southern Asia.
The world set a goal to end child labor by 2025. That target was missed. To reach it now, progress would need to move 11 times faster than it has.
Swipe through for the full breakdown, and join the Touch of Life Foundation in working to end child labor.
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