SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Arab States

Arab States: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 5.86 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
5.86
Change on year
down 1.8%
Rank
13th
of 83 groups
All-time high
5.97
in 2023
All-time low
5.71
in 2017
Years of data
10
2015–2024

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Arab States, 2015–2024

02462015201920242015: 5.82016: 5.82017: 5.72018: 5.82019: 5.72020: 5.82021: 5.92022: 5.92023: 62024: 5.9

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

In 2024, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Arab States stood at 5.86.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Arab States peaked at 5.97 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.71, in 2017.

Arab States ranks 13th of 83 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Arab States, year by year

Annual values for SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights, freedom of association and collective bargaining in Arab States, 2015 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2015 5.79
2016 5.78 -0.2%
2017 5.71 -1.2%
2018 5.75 +0.7%
2019 5.74 -0.2%
2020 5.75 +0.2%
2021 5.93 +3.1%
2022 5.91 -0.3%
2023 5.97 +1.0%
2024 5.86 -1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 5.75 5.71 5.79 5
2020s 5.88 5.75 5.97 5

Countries ranked near Arab States

  1. 10 Sudan 8.59 compare
  2. 11 Guatemala 6.88 compare
  3. 12 Iraq 6.85 compare
  4. 13 Thailand 6.7 compare
  5. 14 Saudi Arabia 6.64 compare
  6. 15 Libya 6.49 compare
  7. 16 Syrian Arab Republic 6.47 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Arab States?
Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Arab States was 5.86 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Arab States?
The highest recorded value was 5.97 in 2023.
What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Arab States?
The lowest recorded value was 5.71 in 2017.
How does Arab States rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
Arab States ranks 13th out of 83 groups with data for 2024.
Is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights rising or falling in Arab States?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Arab States data come from?
The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights, freedom of association and collective bargaining. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.