Number & Percentage Of Children in Child Labour 5-17 years by Occupation

Characteristics Service & sales workers (%) Skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers (%) Craft and related trades workers (%) Plant and machine operators (%) Elementary occupations(%) Other Occupations(%) Total Number of Children
Both sexes
Total 25 28.1 12.4 3.3 28.6 2.6 188,471
5-11 YR 16.1 27.1 10.3 2.2 41.2 3 40,778
12-13 YR 24.2 27 20.9 0.8 25.1 1.9 34,338
14-17 YR 28.5 28.8 10.6 4.3 25.1 2.6 113,355
Boys
Total 28.6 27.7 10.9 3.8 26.4 2.7 163,305
5-11 YR 20.9 27.3 10.7 3 34.2 3.9 30,477
12-13 YR 28.9 26 18.2 1 23.9 1.9 28,496
14-17 YR 30.7 28.2 9 4.7 24.8 2.5 104,332
Girls
Total 2 31 22.1 0 42.8 2.1 25,165
5-11 YR 1.8 26.5 9.1 0 62.2 0.4 10,301
12-13 YR 1.2 31.7 34.2 0 31 1.9 5,842
14-17 YR 2.6 35.6 29.1 0 28.3 4.3 9,022
Source: Balochistan Child Labour Survey 2023 – 2024
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