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Over 1 mln children work in Philippines in 2023

MANILA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — The number of working children aged five to 17 was estimated at 1.09 million in 2023, down from 1.48 million in 2022, according to the latest data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Thursday.

In 2021, the agency said there were 1.37 million working children in the Philippines.

Regarding the share of working children in the population of children aged five