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
197
Highest
10 score
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0 score
Sweden
Median
1.63 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 197 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 1.63 score, and the mean is 2.64 score.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 64 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): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Vietnam | 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 | Syria | 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 | Laos | 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 | South 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 | Turkey | 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 | 3.83 score | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 53 | Russia | 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 | 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 |
| 95 | Caribbean | 1.67 score | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 97 | Niger | 1.65 score | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 98 | Gambia | 1.64 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Mauritania | 1.63 score | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 100 | Ghana | 1.62 score | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Haiti | 1.62 score | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 102 | Hungary | 1.6 score | 2024 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 103 | Uruguay | 1.59 score | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 104 | Melanesia | 1.56 score | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 1.55 score | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 105 | Palau | 1.55 score | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 107 | Somalia | 1.5 score | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 108 | Cameroon | 1.48 score | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 108 | Malta | 1.48 score | 2024 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 108 | Tunisia | 1.48 score | 2024 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 111 | Moldova | 1.46 score | 2024 | up 37.7% | flat |
| 111 | Republic of Moldova | 1.46 score | 2024 | up 37.7% | flat |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 1.45 score | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 114 | Senegal | 1.44 score | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 1.43 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Ukraine | 1.43 score | 2024 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 115 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.43 score | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 118 | Tuvalu | 1.42 score | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 1.41 score | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 119 | Indonesia | 1.41 score | 2024 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 119 | Serbia | 1.41 score | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 1.39 score | 2024 | up 595.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Jamaica | 1.38 score | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 124 | Comoros | 1.35 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Polynesia | 1.34 score | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 126 | Rwanda | 1.28 score | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 127 | Uganda | 1.26 score | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 1.23 score | 2024 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 128 | Montenegro | 1.23 score | 2024 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 128 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.23 score | 2024 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.16 score | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 132 | Croatia | 1.12 score | 2024 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 133 | Japan | 1.11 score | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 134 | New Zealand | 1.1 score | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 1.1 score | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 136 | Yemen | 1.08 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 1.07 score | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 137 | Seychelles | 1.07 score | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.03 score | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 140 | South Africa | 0.98 score | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Cook Islands | 0.98 score | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 142 | Poland | 0.91 score | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 142 | Micronesia | 0.91 score | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.89 score | 2024 | up 161.8% | rising |
| 145 | Mali | 0.88 score | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 145 | Namibia | 0.88 score | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 147 | Tonga | 0.87 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Greece | 0.85 score | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 149 | Georgia | 0.82 score | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.76 score | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 151 | Sierra Leone | 0.75 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Armenia | 0.73 score | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.72 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.72 score | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 153 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.72 score | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 156 | Benin | 0.71 score | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 156 | Gabon | 0.71 score | 2024 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Grenada | 0.71 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Chad | 0.7 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Australia | 0.69 score | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 161 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.68 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Kiribati | 0.56 score | 2024 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 163 | Azerbaijan | 0.54 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Barbados | 0.54 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Belize | 0.53 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Guyana | 0.53 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Belgium | 0.52 score | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.51 score | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 168 | Portugal | 0.51 score | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 0.51 score | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 171 | Congo | 0.5 score | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 171 | France | 0.5 score | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 171 | East Timor | 0.5 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 0.5 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Cabo Verde | 0.47 score | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 0.39 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Germany | 0.38 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Canada | 0.36 score | 2024 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 179 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.35 score | 2024 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 180 | Spain | 0.33 score | 2024 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 181 | Denmark | 0.19 score | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Switzerland | 0.18 score | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 182 | Czechia | 0.18 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Slovenia | 0.18 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 185 | Austria | 0.17 score | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Dominica | 0.17 score | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 185 | Luxembourg | 0.17 score | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 185 | Malawi | 0.17 score | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 185 | Suriname | 0.17 score | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Mongolia | 0.15 score | 2024 | — | rising |
| 191 | Estonia | 0 score | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Ireland | 0 score | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Iceland | 0 score | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Italy | 0 score | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Lithuania | 0 score | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Latvia | 0 score | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Sweden | 0 score | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 8.36 score
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 7.33 score
- Asia 6.31 score
- Developing regions 5.46 score
- Northern Africa 5.35 score
- Southern Asia 5.1 score
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 5.07 score
- Central and Southern Asia 5.04 score
- Western Asia 4.87 score
- World 4.83 score
- South-Eastern Asia 4.78 score
- South America 4.13 score
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.9 score
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.9 score
- United States of America 3.83 score
- Central America 3.8 score
- Americas 3.73 score
- Central Asia 3.62 score
- Northern America 3.45 score
- Eastern Europe 2.78 score
- Africa 2.66 score
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 2.49 score
- Middle Africa 2.39 score
- Western Africa 2.33 score
- Eastern Africa 2.28 score
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.24 score
- Europe and Northern America 2.09 score
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 1.94 score
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.81 score
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.55 score
- Europe 1.37 score
- Southern Africa 1.11 score
- Oceania 0.93 score
- Northern Europe 0.78 score
- Western Europe 0.4 score
- Southern Europe 0.39 score