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Proportion and number of children aged 5–17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
Year Value Units Series GeoCode
2022 40.7 Percentage (%) Proportion and number of children aged 5-11 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 14990674.0 Number of children Proportion and number of children aged 5-11 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 37.0 Percentage (%) Proportion and number of children aged 12-14 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 5132574.0 Number of children Proportion and number of children aged 12-14 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 39.7 Percentage (%) Proportion and number of children aged 5-14 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 20123248.0 Number of children Proportion and number of children aged 5-14 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 39.2 Percentage (%) Proportion and number of children aged 15-17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 24673485.0 Number of children Proportion and number of children aged 15-17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 39.2 Percentage (%) Proportion and number of children aged 5-17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG
2022 44796733.0 Number of children Proportion and number of children aged 5-17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age NG

Source: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

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This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Nigeria statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Nigerian statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Nigerian-specific metadata information.

Definition and concepts

The term child labour reflects the engagement of children in prohibited work and, more generally, in types of work to be eliminated as socially and morally undesirable as guided by national legislation, the ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), and the Worst Forms of Child Lobour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), their respective supplementing Recommendations (Nos 146 and 190), and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Data sources

Nigeria Child Labour Survey (NCLS)
Data providers

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Data last updated Mar 27, 2025
Metadata last updated Apr 22, 2025

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 8.7.1: Proportion and number of children aged 5–17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
Target

Target 8.7: Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
Metadata update

2024-07-29
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

International Labour Organization (ILO)
Related indicators

Many other SDG indicators have links and are relevant to child labour.

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Organisation

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
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