Child Labour In Malaysia Statistics

The publication consists of four 4 areas namely population health education and child protection.

Child labour in malaysia statistics. 03 8885 7000 fax. Department of statistics malaysia block c6 complex c federal government administrative centre 62514 putrajaya tel. This publication provides children statistics which are useful for research and analysis purposes. But these same laws also make allowances for children to work locally which is why child labour may not be as illegal as you think.

Globally 1 in 6 children work. Numbers on the extent characteristics and determinants of child labour are provided by the statistical information and monitoring programme on child labour simpoc which is the statistical arm of ipec. More than 200 million children today are child labourers. 73 million of these children are below 10 years old.

B the use procuring or offering of a. 126 million children work in hazardous conditions. Below are child labor statistics and facts that might come as a surprise to you. In general child labour is a big no no for starters the prohibition of child labour in malaysia rests in the children and young persons employment act 1966 although it was previously a part of the employment act 1955.

An estimated 120 million are engaged in hazardous work. Infant and young child feeding. Child and youth mortality ages 5 24. The international labour organisation states in its latest world report on child labour 2013 that there are around 265 million working children in the world almost 17 per cent of the worldwide child population.

182 defines the worst forms of child labour to be prohibited to all persons under 18 years as a all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery such as the sale and trafficking of children debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict. The highest numbers of child labourers are in the asia pacific region where there are 122 million working children. According to the publicly available data discussed in more detail below sub saharan africa is the region where child labour is most prevalent. 218 million children aged 5 17 are involved in child labour world wide.

Labour market information. The current state of child labor. Simpoc assists countries in the collection.