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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Southern Asia: Upper-middle income 9.95
- Eastern Asia: Upper-middle income 9.11
- Northern Africa: Low income 8.59
- Eastern Asia 8.36
- Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 7.87
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 7.33
- Arab States: High income 6.85
- Arab States: Upper-middle income 6.85
- World: Upper-middle income 6.65
- Asia and the Pacific 6.37
- MENA 6.33
- BRICS 6.1
- Arab States 5.86
- Arab League 5.45
- Northern Africa 5.35
- Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 5.3
- Southern Asia 5.1
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 4.91
- World 4.83
- Northern Africa: Lower-middle income 4.81
- ASEAN 4.79
- South-Eastern Asia 4.78
- Northern Africa: Upper-middle income 4.77
- World: Lower-middle income 4.67
- G20 4.6
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific 4.55
- Europe and Central Asia: Lower-middle income 4.3
- Central and Western Asia: Lower-middle income 4.3
- South America 4.13
- Americas: Upper-middle income 4.03
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 4.03
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.9
- Central America 3.8
- Americas 3.73
- Arab States: Lower-middle income 3.73
- Central and Western Asia: Upper-middle income 3.71
- Central Asia 3.62
- Western Asia 3.62
- Central and Western Asia 3.62
- World excluding BRICS 3.53
About this data
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.