TOTAL POPULATION 15,988,000
CHILD POPULATION 4,156,880 |
Population Reference Bureau -2004 |
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TOTAL CHILD LABOUR
In 2000, the ILO estimated that less than 1 percent of children ages 10 to 14 in Chile were working.
Children who work are active in the following sectors: agriculture, ranching, shepherding, meat and shellfish processing, fishing, bagging groceries in supermarkets, domestic service, and street sales. |
The US Dept. of Labor's 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. |
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ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION
In 2010, the economically active population is estimated to be 7,590,000 with no child aged 10-14 years being economically active |
ILO, Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population |
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GENDER RATIO
1020 females for 1000 males |
CIA, factbook-2005 (Fig is an estimate for 2005) |
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CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL
In 2001, 195,600 primary school aged children between 6-11 were out of school |
UNESCO's EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 |
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PROGRESS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION MDG
Chile has an EDI of 0.958 suggesting that its progress towards achieving education for all is high |
UNESCO's EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 |
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CHILD SLAVERY
No confirmed data |
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CHILD TRAFFICKING
Chile is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor.
Traffickers are known to contact victims and their families directly or through advertisements offering jobs as domestic help, models, or product promoters. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
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CHILD PROSTITUTION & PRONOGRAPHY
According to a 2003 study conducted by the Chilean National Department of Children’s Affairs (SENAME), at least 3,700 children were victims of commercial sexual exploitation. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
In 1998 “Operation Cathedral” exposed a link between a Chilean paedophile network and the international pornography trade. This network involved 20 countries, including a provider in Chile.
There are reports of children as young as 7 years old who are exploited through child prostitution and sex tourism in Chile, mainly in the four largest cities of the country: Conception, Temuco, Valparaiso and Santiago.
Chile is reportedly a sex tourism destination, although the national tourist authorities have tended to deny the existence of this problem or to minimise its extent.
In June 2003, a man from the United States was arrested in a Chilean airport for having in his possession child pornographic material. |
ECPAT CSEC Database,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/
online_database/index.asp |
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CHILDREN USED IN CRIME
Children are also involved in the sale of drugs and prostitution. |
The US Dept. of Labor's 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour |
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CHILD SOLDIERS
Under-18s could be recruited into the armed forces with parental consent. And there was no information on the number of under-18s serving in the armed forces.
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CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers, 2004 |
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CHILD LABOUR IN UNORGANISED SECTOR
No confirmed data
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