-It is estimated to take $760 billion over 20 years to eliminate child labour completely. The estimated benefit in terms of better education and health is over $4 trillion, a six to one difference. -As of 2004, there were 218 million child labourers around the world. -The number of child labourers fell by 16 percent between 2000 and 2004. -Twenty-six percent of all children in Africe are workers. -While the percentage of child labourers is decreasing across Africa, there are actually more children in the workforce now than 10 years ago. -Seven out of ten children work in agricultur, two in services and the last one in industry.