SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights, freedom of association and collective bargaining by country

The indicator measures the level of national compliance with fundamental rights at work (freedom of association and collective bargaining, FACB) for all ILO member states based on six international ILO supervisory body textual sources and also on national legislation. It is based on the coding of textual sources...

Countries reporting
180
Highest
10
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0
Sweden
Median
1.63
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
2,688

What the numbers show

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights, freedom of association and collective bargaining is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 10 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.63, and the mean is 2.62.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 1,327.8%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 100.0%).

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 10 2024 unchanged flat
1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10 2024 up 8.3% flat
1 Myanmar 10 2024 up 226.8% volatile
4 Belarus 9.92 2024 up 31.9% rising
5 Viet Nam 9.14 2024 up 10.4% rising
6 China 9.13 2024 up 12.3% rising
7 Bangladesh 9.06 2024 up 82.3% rising
8 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.91 2024 up 31.0% rising
9 Qatar 8.72 2024 up 1.5% flat
10 Sudan 8.59 2024 up 25.2% rising
11 Guatemala 6.88 2024 up 15.8% rising
12 Iraq 6.85 2024 up 5.7% rising
13 Thailand 6.7 2024 up 9.5% rising
14 Saudi Arabia 6.64 2024 unchanged flat
15 Libya 6.49 2024 unchanged flat
16 Syrian Arab Republic 6.47 2024 down 2.7% flat
17 Cambodia 6.42 2024 up 62.1% rising
18 El Salvador 6.24 2024 up 71.0% rising
19 Colombia 6.11 2024 up 47.6% rising
20 Egypt 6.05 2024 down 7.2% falling
21 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.02 2024 unchanged flat
22 Malaysia 5.95 2024 up 8.0% rising
23 Ecuador 5.94 2024 up 61.9% rising
24 Zimbabwe 5.8 2024 up 2.8% rising
25 Djibouti 5.76 2024 up 203.2% rising
26 Uzbekistan 5.71 2024 up 109.2% rising
27 Korea 5.63 2024 down 1.4% falling
28 Afghanistan 5.48 2024 up 16.1% rising
29 Nicaragua 5.14 2024 up 1,327.8% volatile
30 Philippines 5.01 2024 up 19.3% rising
31 Honduras 4.86 2024 up 31.0% rising
32 Pakistan 4.83 2024 up 9.5% rising
33 Peru 4.81 2024 up 6.9% flat
33 Türkiye 4.81 2024 up 29.6% rising
35 Equatorial Guinea 4.8 2024 up 3.9% flat
36 Maldives 4.6 2024 up 13.0% rising
37 Guinea-Bissau 4.5 2024 up 59.0% rising
38 India 4.45 2024 down 9.7% falling
39 Algeria 4.44 2024 up 241.5% rising
40 Panama 4.32 2024 up 0.2% flat
41 Nepal 4.3 2024 up 20.4% rising
42 Fiji 4.18 2024 down 17.9% flat
43 Lebanon 4.17 2024 down 4.1% flat
44 Bahrain 4 2024 down 8.7% falling
44 Kenya 4 2024 up 22.3% rising
46 Argentina 3.98 2024 up 121.1% rising
47 United States of America 3.83 2024 up 40.8% rising
48 Russian Federation 3.71 2024 up 56.5% rising
49 Oman 3.7 2024 down 2.1% flat
50 Jordan 3.48 2024 up 12.3% rising
51 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.3 2024 up 28.9% rising
52 Brazil 3.25 2024 up 65.0% rising
53 Mexico 3.2 2024 down 11.4% falling
54 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.16 2024 up 7.8% flat
55 Sri Lanka 3.13 2024 up 43.6% rising
56 Nigeria 3.08 2024 down 12.0% falling
57 Burundi 3.02 2024 up 32.5% rising
58 Paraguay 3.01 2024 down 6.5% falling
59 Botswana 2.91 2024 up 43.3% rising
60 Vanuatu 2.83 2024 down 12.4% falling
61 Kazakhstan 2.77 2024 up 62.9% rising
62 Solomon Islands 2.76 2024 up 8.2% rising
63 Eritrea 2.74 2024 up 13.7% rising
64 Kuwait 2.71 2024 up 25.5% rising
65 Singapore 2.7 2024 unchanged flat
66 Eswatini 2.69 2024 up 5.1% rising
67 Brunei Darussalam 2.58 2024 unchanged flat
68 Ethiopia 2.54 2024 down 23.5% falling
69 Morocco 2.44 2024 down 40.5% falling
70 Angola 2.27 2024 up 8.6% rising
70 Costa Rica 2.27 2024 up 16.4% rising
72 Zambia 2.21 2024 unchanged flat
73 South Sudan 2.18 2024 up 98.2% rising
74 Chile 2.16 2024 up 18.7% rising
75 Liberia 2.11 2024 up 41.6% rising
76 Togo 2.1 2024 up 62.8% volatile
77 Madagascar 2.06 2024 up 63.5% rising
78 Guinea 2.02 2024 up 201.5% volatile
79 Bahamas 2 2024 down 20.3% falling
79 Mozambique 2 2024 up 22.7% rising
81 Lesotho 1.99 2024 up 37.2% rising
82 Albania 1.88 2024 up 113.6% rising
83 Trinidad and Tobago 1.84 2024 unchanged flat
84 Dominican Republic 1.8 2024 up 0.6% rising
85 Mauritius 1.79 2024 up 15.5% rising
86 Romania 1.78 2024 up 1.1% flat
87 Cuba 1.75 2024 down 70.0% volatile
88 Samoa 1.67 2024 up 9.9% rising
89 Niger 1.65 2024 up 12.2% rising
90 Gambia 1.64 2024 unchanged flat
91 Mauritania 1.63 2024 down 10.9% falling
92 Ghana 1.62 2024 unchanged rising
92 Haiti 1.62 2024 up 13.3% rising
94 Hungary 1.6 2024 up 79.8% rising
95 Uruguay 1.59 2024 up 27.2% rising
96 Marshall Islands 1.55 2024 down 9.9% falling
96 Palau 1.55 2024 up 11.5% rising
98 Cameroon 1.48 2024 down 3.9% falling
98 Malta 1.48 2024 up 17.5% flat
98 Tunisia 1.48 2024 down 19.1% flat
101 Republic of Moldova 1.46 2024 up 37.7% flat
102 Central African Republic 1.45 2024 down 9.9% falling
103 Senegal 1.44 2024 down 21.7% falling
104 Turkmenistan 1.43 2024 unchanged flat
104 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.43 2024 down 19.2% falling
104 Ukraine 1.43 2024 up 93.2% rising
107 Tuvalu 1.42 2024 down 0.7% flat
108 Bulgaria 1.41 2024 up 11.9% rising
108 Indonesia 1.41 2024 down 64.4% falling
108 Serbia 1.41 2024 down 11.9% falling
111 North Macedonia 1.39 2024 up 595.0% volatile
112 Jamaica 1.38 2024 up 12.2% rising
113 Comoros 1.35 2024 unchanged flat
114 Rwanda 1.28 2024 down 26.9% falling
115 Uganda 1.26 2024 down 13.7% falling
116 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.23 2024 up 115.8% rising
116 Montenegro 1.23 2024 up 17.1% flat
118 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 2024 down 13.4% falling
119 Croatia 1.12 2024 up 96.5% rising
120 Japan 1.11 2024 up 1.8% falling
121 New Zealand 1.1 2024 down 14.1% falling
121 Papua New Guinea 1.1 2024 down 13.4% falling
123 Yemen 1.08 2024 unchanged flat
124 Burkina Faso 1.07 2024 up 24.4% rising
124 Seychelles 1.07 2024 down 15.1% falling
126 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.03 2024 up 21.2% rising
127 South Africa 0.98 2024 unchanged rising
127 Cook Islands 0.98 2024 up 18.1% rising
129 Poland 0.91 2024 down 4.2% falling
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.89 2024 up 161.8% rising
131 Mali 0.88 2024 down 38.9% falling
131 Namibia 0.88 2024 up 20.5% rising
133 Tonga 0.87 2024 unchanged flat
134 Greece 0.85 2024 down 16.7% falling
135 Georgia 0.82 2024 down 32.8% volatile
136 Sierra Leone 0.75 2024 unchanged flat
137 Armenia 0.73 2024 down 40.2% falling
138 Antigua and Barbuda 0.72 2024 unchanged flat
138 Côte d'Ivoire 0.72 2024 down 6.5% flat
140 Benin 0.71 2024 up 29.1% rising
140 Gabon 0.71 2024 up 108.8% volatile
140 Grenada 0.71 2024 unchanged flat
143 Chad 0.7 2024 unchanged flat
144 Australia 0.69 2024 down 4.2% flat
145 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.68 2024 unchanged flat
146 Kiribati 0.56 2024 down 65.2% falling
147 Azerbaijan 0.54 2024 unchanged flat
147 Barbados 0.54 2024 unchanged flat
149 Belize 0.53 2024 unchanged flat
149 Guyana 0.53 2024 unchanged flat
151 Belgium 0.52 2024 up 48.6% volatile
152 Kyrgyzstan 0.51 2024 up 45.7% rising
152 Portugal 0.51 2024 down 48.0% falling
152 Tajikistan 0.51 2024 down 5.6% flat
155 Congo 0.5 2024 down 25.4% falling
155 France 0.5 2024 up 38.9% rising
155 Timor-Leste 0.5 2024 unchanged flat
158 Cape Verde 0.47 2024 down 27.7% falling
159 Saint Lucia 0.39 2024 unchanged flat
160 Germany 0.38 2024 unchanged flat
161 Canada 0.36 2024 down 74.5% falling
162 Netherlands 0.35 2024 up 94.4% rising
163 Spain 0.33 2024 down 67.0% falling
164 Denmark 0.19 2024 down 64.2% volatile
165 Switzerland 0.18 2024 down 48.6% falling
165 Czechia 0.18 2024 unchanged flat
165 Slovenia 0.18 2024 unchanged flat
168 Austria 0.17 2024 volatile
168 Dominica 0.17 2024 unchanged flat
168 Luxembourg 0.17 2024 down 10.5% falling
168 Malawi 0.17 2024 down 50.0% falling
168 Suriname 0.17 2024 volatile
173 Mongolia 0.15 2024 rising
174 Estonia 0 2024 volatile
174 Ireland 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
174 Iceland 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
174 Italy 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
174 Lithuania 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
174 Latvia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
174 Sweden 0 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.

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Indicator
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights, freedom of association and collective bargaining
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
269 places, 2,688 data points, 2015–2024
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The indicator measures the level of national compliance with fundamental rights at work (freedom of association and collective bargaining, FACB) for all ILO member states based on six international ILO supervisory body textual sources and also on national legislation. It is based on the coding of textual sources against a list of evaluation criteria and then converting the coding into indicators. The indicator has a range from 0 to 10, with 0 being the best possible score (indicating higher levels of compliance with FACB rights) and 10 the worst (indicating lower levels of compliance with FACB rights). This indicator is not intended as a tool to compare compliance among ILO member States. It should specifically be noted that reporting obligations of an ILO member State to the ILO's supervisory system and thus ILO textual sources are different for ratifying and non‐ratifying ILO member States.