Fewer children in hazardous work, but child labour has not fallen
Data insight · Social Justice · October 14, 2026
1.78 million Bangladeshi children are in child labour — about as many as a decade ago
The 2022 National Child Labour Survey counted 3.54 million working children aged 5–17. 1.78 million were in child labour and 1.07 million in hazardous work, down from 1.28 million in 2013.
By DEEPLAB Research Team