NATIONAL STATISTICS

* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically active children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)

* 7,200 teenagers between 15-19 years of age are economically active. (ILO, Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 1999)

* In 1997, of the 20,100 teenagers between 15-19 years of age, 4,100 were employed. (ILO Caribbean Office, Country Profile: Barbados, February 1999)

* In 1995, there were 0 economically active children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

NATIONAL STATISTICS

* Over 1,100 children suffered abuse in 1997- 98. (US Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)

GENERAL JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS

* In 1996, 21 males between 14-16 years were convicted of crimes. (ILO Caribbean Office, Country Profile: Barbados, February 1999)

* In 1998, there were 302 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 30% of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 13 cases of serious assault (3.00% of all cases), 221 cases of all types of theft (4.10% of all cases), 205 cases of aggravated theft (7.10% of all cases), 11 cases of robbery and violent theft (4.00% of all cases), 206 cases of breaking and entering (8.00% of all cases), 69 cases of other theft (3.00% of all cases), 10 cases of drug offences (1.00% of all cases) (INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics for 1998, citing National Statistics)

NOTES ON GOVERNMENT FORCES

* There are indications of under-18s in the Barbados armed forces as volunteers under 18 are accepted with parental consent. (CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)