Child Labor in the Philippines is the employment of children in hazardous occupations below the age of eighteen (18), or without the proper conditions and requirements below the age of fifteen (15), where children are compelled to work on a regular basis to earn a living for themselves and their families, and as a result are disadvantaged educationally and socially. The National Statistics Office (NSO) has said there are currently around 5.5 million child laborers aged 5–17 in the country, around 3 million of whom are exposed to environments that are considered hazardous.