Overview

• Compared with 2023, the contingent grew 2.1% (+34,000) to 1.650 million, yet it remains 21.4% lower than in 2016.
• The number in the worst forms of child labor (Lista TIP) fell 5.1% to about 560,000, the lowest level in the series.
• Boys made up 66% of those affected, 66% were Black or Brown, and 55.5% were 16–17 years old.
• In 2024 the Northeast rose to 547,000 (+7.3%) and the South to 226,000 (+13.6%), while the North fell to 248,000 (-12.1%).
• School attendance among those in child labor was 88.8% versus 97.5% overall, and incidence among Bolsa Família households was 5.2% versus 4.3% nationally, with the gap narrowing over the series.