Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation by country

Countries reporting
196
Highest
10 score
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0 score
Sweden
Median
1.62 score
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
2,390

What the numbers show

Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 10 score in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 score in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.62 score, and the mean is 2.65 score.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 1,327.8%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 100.0%).

Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 10 score 2024 unchanged flat
1 Myanmar 10 score 2024 up 226.8% volatile
1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10 score 2024 up 8.3% flat
4 Belarus 9.92 score 2024 up 31.9% rising
5 Viet Nam 9.14 score 2024 up 10.4% rising
5 Viet Nam 9.14 score 2024 up 10.4% rising
7 China 9.13 score 2024 up 12.3% rising
8 Bangladesh 9.06 score 2024 up 82.3% rising
9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.91 score 2024 up 31.0% rising
10 Qatar 8.72 score 2024 up 1.5% flat
11 Sudan 8.59 score 2024 up 25.2% rising
12 Guatemala 6.88 score 2024 up 15.8% rising
13 Iraq 6.85 score 2024 up 5.7% rising
14 Thailand 6.7 score 2024 up 9.5% rising
15 Saudi Arabia 6.64 score 2024 unchanged flat
16 Libya 6.49 score 2024 unchanged flat
17 Syrian Arab Republic 6.47 score 2024 down 2.7% flat
17 Syrian Arab Republic 6.47 score 2024 down 2.7% flat
19 Cambodia 6.42 score 2024 up 62.1% rising
20 El Salvador 6.24 score 2024 up 71.0% rising
21 Colombia 6.11 score 2024 up 47.6% rising
22 Egypt 6.05 score 2024 down 7.2% falling
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.02 score 2024 unchanged flat
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.02 score 2024 unchanged flat
25 Malaysia 5.95 score 2024 up 8.0% rising
26 Ecuador 5.94 score 2024 up 61.9% rising
27 Zimbabwe 5.8 score 2024 up 2.8% rising
28 Djibouti 5.76 score 2024 up 203.2% rising
29 Uzbekistan 5.71 score 2024 up 109.2% rising
30 Korea 5.63 score 2024 down 1.4% falling
30 Republic of Korea 5.63 score 2024 down 1.4% falling
32 Afghanistan 5.48 score 2024 up 16.1% rising
33 Nicaragua 5.14 score 2024 up 1,327.8% volatile
34 Philippines 5.01 score 2024 up 19.3% rising
35 Honduras 4.86 score 2024 up 31.0% rising
36 Pakistan 4.83 score 2024 up 9.5% rising
37 Peru 4.81 score 2024 up 6.9% flat
37 Türkiye 4.81 score 2024 up 29.6% rising
37 Türkiye 4.81 score 2024 up 29.6% rising
40 Equatorial Guinea 4.8 score 2024 up 3.9% flat
41 Maldives 4.6 score 2024 up 13.0% rising
42 Guinea-Bissau 4.5 score 2024 up 59.0% rising
43 India 4.45 score 2024 down 9.7% falling
44 Algeria 4.44 score 2024 up 241.5% rising
45 Panama 4.32 score 2024 up 0.2% flat
46 Nepal 4.3 score 2024 up 20.4% rising
47 Fiji 4.18 score 2024 down 17.9% flat
48 Lebanon 4.17 score 2024 down 4.1% flat
49 Bahrain 4 score 2024 down 8.7% falling
49 Kenya 4 score 2024 up 22.3% rising
51 Argentina 3.98 score 2024 up 121.1% rising
52 United States of America 3.83 score 2024 up 40.8% rising
53 Russian Federation 3.71 score 2024 up 56.5% rising
53 Russian Federation 3.71 score 2024 up 56.5% rising
55 Oman 3.7 score 2024 down 2.1% flat
56 Jordan 3.48 score 2024 up 12.3% rising
57 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.3 score 2024 up 28.9% rising
58 Brazil 3.25 score 2024 up 65.0% rising
59 Mexico 3.2 score 2024 down 11.4% falling
60 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.16 score 2024 up 7.8% flat
61 Sri Lanka 3.13 score 2024 up 43.6% rising
62 Nigeria 3.08 score 2024 down 12.0% falling
63 Burundi 3.02 score 2024 up 32.5% rising
64 Paraguay 3.01 score 2024 down 6.5% falling
65 Botswana 2.91 score 2024 up 43.3% rising
66 Vanuatu 2.83 score 2024 down 12.4% falling
67 Kazakhstan 2.77 score 2024 up 62.9% rising
68 Solomon Islands 2.76 score 2024 up 8.2% rising
69 Eritrea 2.74 score 2024 up 13.7% rising
70 Kuwait 2.71 score 2024 up 25.5% rising
71 Singapore 2.7 score 2024 unchanged flat
72 Eswatini 2.69 score 2024 up 5.1% rising
73 Brunei Darussalam 2.58 score 2024 unchanged flat
73 Brunei Darussalam 2.58 score 2024 unchanged flat
75 Ethiopia 2.54 score 2024 down 23.5% falling
76 Morocco 2.44 score 2024 down 40.5% falling
77 Angola 2.27 score 2024 up 8.6% rising
77 Costa Rica 2.27 score 2024 up 16.4% rising
79 Zambia 2.21 score 2024 unchanged flat
80 South Sudan 2.18 score 2024 up 98.2% rising
81 Chile 2.16 score 2024 up 18.7% rising
82 Liberia 2.11 score 2024 up 41.6% rising
83 Togo 2.1 score 2024 up 62.8% volatile
84 Madagascar 2.06 score 2024 up 63.5% rising
85 Guinea 2.02 score 2024 up 201.5% volatile
86 Bahamas 2 score 2024 down 20.3% falling
86 Mozambique 2 score 2024 up 22.7% rising
88 Lesotho 1.99 score 2024 up 37.2% rising
89 Albania 1.88 score 2024 up 113.6% rising
90 Trinidad and Tobago 1.84 score 2024 unchanged flat
91 Dominican Republic 1.8 score 2024 up 0.6% rising
92 Mauritius 1.79 score 2024 up 15.5% rising
93 Romania 1.78 score 2024 up 1.1% flat
94 Cuba 1.75 score 2024 down 70.0% volatile
95 Samoa 1.67 score 2024 up 9.9% rising
96 Niger 1.65 score 2024 up 12.2% rising
97 Gambia 1.64 score 2024 unchanged flat
98 Mauritania 1.63 score 2024 down 10.9% falling
99 Ghana 1.62 score 2024 unchanged rising
99 Haiti 1.62 score 2024 up 13.3% rising
101 Hungary 1.6 score 2024 up 79.8% rising
102 Uruguay 1.59 score 2024 up 27.2% rising
103 Melanesia 1.56 score 2024 down 15.2% falling
104 Marshall Islands 1.55 score 2024 down 9.9% falling
104 Palau 1.55 score 2024 up 11.5% rising
106 Somalia 1.5 score 2024 down 20.2% falling
107 Cameroon 1.48 score 2024 down 3.9% falling
107 Malta 1.48 score 2024 up 17.5% flat
107 Tunisia 1.48 score 2024 down 19.1% flat
110 Republic of Moldova 1.46 score 2024 up 37.7% flat
110 Republic of Moldova 1.46 score 2024 up 37.7% flat
112 Central African Republic 1.45 score 2024 down 9.9% falling
113 Senegal 1.44 score 2024 down 21.7% falling
114 Turkmenistan 1.43 score 2024 unchanged flat
114 Ukraine 1.43 score 2024 up 93.2% rising
114 United Republic of Tanzania 1.43 score 2024 down 19.2% falling
117 Tuvalu 1.42 score 2024 down 0.7% flat
118 Bulgaria 1.41 score 2024 up 11.9% rising
118 Indonesia 1.41 score 2024 down 64.4% falling
118 Serbia 1.41 score 2024 down 11.9% falling
121 North Macedonia 1.39 score 2024 up 595.0% volatile
122 Jamaica 1.38 score 2024 up 12.2% rising
123 Comoros 1.35 score 2024 unchanged flat
124 Polynesia 1.34 score 2024 up 5.5% flat
125 Rwanda 1.28 score 2024 down 26.9% falling
126 Uganda 1.26 score 2024 down 13.7% falling
127 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.23 score 2024 up 115.8% rising
127 Montenegro 1.23 score 2024 up 17.1% flat
127 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.23 score 2024 up 115.8% rising
130 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 score 2024 down 13.4% falling
131 Croatia 1.12 score 2024 up 96.5% rising
132 Japan 1.11 score 2024 up 1.8% falling
133 New Zealand 1.1 score 2024 down 14.1% falling
133 Papua New Guinea 1.1 score 2024 down 13.4% falling
135 Yemen 1.08 score 2024 unchanged flat
136 Burkina Faso 1.07 score 2024 up 24.4% rising
136 Seychelles 1.07 score 2024 down 15.1% falling
138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.03 score 2024 up 21.2% rising
139 South Africa 0.98 score 2024 unchanged rising
139 Cook Islands 0.98 score 2024 up 8.9% rising
141 Poland 0.91 score 2024 down 4.2% falling
141 Micronesia 0.91 score 2024 down 43.1% falling
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.89 score 2024 up 161.8% rising
144 Mali 0.88 score 2024 down 38.9% falling
144 Namibia 0.88 score 2024 up 20.5% rising
146 Tonga 0.87 score 2024 unchanged flat
147 Greece 0.85 score 2024 down 16.7% falling
148 Georgia 0.82 score 2024 down 32.8% volatile
149 Australia and New Zealand 0.76 score 2024 down 6.2% falling
150 Sierra Leone 0.75 score 2024 unchanged flat
151 Armenia 0.73 score 2024 down 40.2% falling
152 Antigua and Barbuda 0.72 score 2024 unchanged flat
152 Côte d'Ivoire 0.72 score 2024 down 6.5% flat
152 Côte d'Ivoire 0.72 score 2024 down 6.5% flat
155 Benin 0.71 score 2024 up 29.1% rising
155 Gabon 0.71 score 2024 up 108.8% volatile
155 Grenada 0.71 score 2024 unchanged flat
158 Chad 0.7 score 2024 unchanged flat
159 Australia 0.69 score 2024 down 4.2% flat
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.68 score 2024 unchanged flat
161 Kiribati 0.56 score 2024 down 65.2% falling
162 Azerbaijan 0.54 score 2024 unchanged flat
162 Barbados 0.54 score 2024 unchanged flat
164 Belize 0.53 score 2024 unchanged flat
164 Guyana 0.53 score 2024 unchanged flat
166 Belgium 0.52 score 2024 up 48.6% volatile
167 Kyrgyzstan 0.51 score 2024 up 45.7% rising
167 Portugal 0.51 score 2024 down 48.0% falling
167 Tajikistan 0.51 score 2024 down 5.6% flat
170 Congo 0.5 score 2024 down 25.4% falling
170 France 0.5 score 2024 up 38.9% rising
170 Timor-Leste 0.5 score 2024 unchanged flat
170 Timor-Leste 0.5 score 2024 unchanged flat
174 Cabo Verde 0.47 score 2024 down 27.7% falling
175 Saint Lucia 0.39 score 2024 unchanged flat
176 Germany 0.38 score 2024 unchanged flat
177 Canada 0.36 score 2024 down 74.5% falling
178 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.35 score 2024 up 94.4% rising
179 Spain 0.33 score 2024 down 67.0% falling
180 Denmark 0.19 score 2024 down 64.2% volatile
181 Switzerland 0.18 score 2024 down 48.6% falling
181 Czechia 0.18 score 2024 unchanged flat
181 Slovenia 0.18 score 2024 unchanged flat
184 Austria 0.17 score 2024 volatile
184 Dominica 0.17 score 2024 unchanged flat
184 Luxembourg 0.17 score 2024 down 10.5% falling
184 Malawi 0.17 score 2024 down 50.0% falling
184 Suriname 0.17 score 2024 volatile
189 Mongolia 0.15 score 2024 rising
190 Estonia 0 score 2024 volatile
190 Ireland 0 score 2024 down 100.0% volatile
190 Iceland 0 score 2024 down 100.0% volatile
190 Italy 0 score 2024 down 100.0% volatile
190 Lithuania 0 score 2024 down 100.0% volatile
190 Latvia 0 score 2024 down 100.0% volatile
190 Sweden 0 score 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation
Unit
score
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
239 places, 2,390 data points, 2015–2024
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