"BBS Survey: 1.78m children engage in child labour in Bangladesh", 14 March 2024

There are some 3.54 million working children aged 5–17 in Bangladesh, with 1.76 million not in child labour and 1.78 million in child labour, including 1.07 million in hazardous child labour, according to the National Child Labour Survey 2022.

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The report said the total child population in this 5–17 age group is 39.96 million, with 55.2% belonging to the age group of 5 to 11 years. Out of the entire child population, 3.54 million are working children.

The report also highlights the distribution of the child population in different divisions, with Dhaka having the highest proportion of children. The number of households with children in this age group is 27.63 million, and the current school attendance rate is 34.81%.

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Some 60.8% of them are employees, and 99% of them are informally employed. Some 60.7% of working children currently attend school.

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[...] there are 2.01 million child domestic workers who are not paid and 0.08 million who are paid, with females outnumbering males in both categories. The three primary sectors—agriculture, industry, and service—employ 1.07 million, 1.19 million, and 1.27 million child workers, respectively