Almost 1.3 million child labourers in Myanmar: survey

The Myanmar Labour Force, Child Labour and School to Work Transition Survey 2015 was released yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw.

More than 10 percent of the nation’s minors, or 1,278,909 children, are employed across the informal and informal sectors, including as unpaid labour for family businesses such as farming.

Numbering 676,208, boys account for a larger share of this workforce than girls, who the survey found to number 602,701.

While the figures are large, more than 75pc, or 966,758 children, are 15 to 17 years old, an age range where employment is legal across most of the developed and developing world. (Courtesy of mmtimes.com)