“Brazil had 1.499 million children and adolescents engaged in child labor in 2025, representing 4 percent of the population aged 5 to 17. The data come from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD), released on Friday (Oct. 16) by Brazil’s statistics bureau IBGE.

The survey also shows that child labor declined by 9.2 percent from 2024, when 1.65 million children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 were engaged in child labor, representing 4.3 percent of that age group’s population.”

From Agência Brasil.