Worldwide Children's Statistics
[2023-08-08 20:33:34]
Since the United Nations established the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, children have made significant progress. However, children worldwide are still facing major problems such as hunger, poverty, access to education and medical care. Orphans and abandoned children face special risks
There are 168 million child laborers worldwide, accounting for nearly 11% of children (ILO).
An estimated 61 million children of primary school age do not go to school, 53% of them are girls (UNICEF)
Almost half of the deaths of children under the age of 5 are due to malnutrition. This means that about 3 million young people die each year (UNICEF)
In developing countries, 66 million children in elementary school age participate in hungry classes, but only 23 million people in Africa (WHO).
The main cause of death among children under 5 years old is preterm labor, pneumonia, asphyxia, diarrhea and malaria complications. Approximately 45% of the deaths of all children are related to malnutrition (WHO)
Every year, 2.7 million babies die within one month of birth, and the same number of babies are stillborn (World Health Organization).
In 2016, 5.6 million children under the age of five died. This is equivalent to eleven children per minute (UNICEF).
Despite accounting for one-third of the world's population, children account for nearly half of all people living in extreme poverty (UNICEF)
There are countless orphans in the world. In fact, according to a definition, over 140 million children are considered orphans. Unfortunately, some orphans are abandoned even by statistics! Who counts those living in the streets, landfills, sewers? what should I do? Initially, we can solve the obvious things ... what we heard in the news: war, illness, poverty, natural disasters, abandonment and accidents are some of the main reasons . These may link directly with an orphan by losing one or both parent definitions. In addition to the above, there are cultural pressure, negligence, abuse, slavery, religious corruption, child prostitution, contract enslavement and so on. These may be more closely related to children who do not take care of their parents and not children who have lost more than one parent.
Child labor is not as serious as a century ago, but it still affects millions of children around the world. According to ILO statistics, around 73 million children are operating economically in the world from the age of 10 to 14, 218 million children worldwide are aged 5 to 17 I am working in between. These figures do not even include household chores. The problem of child labor in Asia is the most serious, 44.6 million children need work. Africa has not improved, and Latin America has about 23.6 million child laborers and 5.1 million child laborers.
Child labor is a worldwide problem, but it affects children in developing countries, in particular. Child labor is characterized by working full time at an early age and working too long. This work often causes excessive physical, social or psychological stress, interferes with access to education, and can adversely affect social and psychological development. The ILO's Child Labor Statistics and Surveillance Program has recently estimated that 211 million children worldwide or 18% of children 5 to 14 years old are economically active. 60% of these working children live in Asia and 23% live in sub-Saharan Africa. The most economically active children are engaged in agriculture. For example, in Nepal, 85% of economically active children are engaged in agriculture. In Cambodia, this ratio is 73% against 84% in Morocco. (16)