Child Labour In Malaysia Statistics
Includes comment from nestlé read more nestlé criticised over migrant palm oil workers in malaysia 17 september 2019.
Child labour in malaysia statistics. Malaysia s 2019 world day against child labour celebration putrajaya ilo news the ilo and the malaysian ministry of human resources mohr launched the development process of the national action plan on child labour alongside a handover of the ilo s legal practitioners manual on forced labour to the judicial and legal training institute ilkap during malaysia s commemoration. The highest numbers of child labourers are in the asia pacific region where there are 122 million working children. Report finds child labour forced labour migrant worker abuses at nestlé palm oil suppliers. Recent figures from the international labour organisation ilo show that.
Selected children statistics in population and education presented as follows. In 2018 e the composition of children under 18 years is 29 0 per cent that is 9 4 million children out of 32 4 million population. Child and youth mortality ages 5 24. The number of male children 4 85 million is more than female 4 55 million.
Globally 1 in 6 children work. Children by age group and sex. Child survival and the sdgs. Department of statistics malaysia block c6 complex c federal government administrative centre 62514 putrajaya tel.
126 million children work in hazardous conditions.