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

Ethiopia: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 2.54 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
2.54
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
68th
of 186 countries
All-time high
3.32
in 2015
All-time low
2.54
in 2019
Years of data
10
2015–2024

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

01232015201920242015: 3.32016: 3.32017: 3.12018: 3.32019: 2.52020: 2.52021: 2.52022: 2.52023: 2.52024: 2.5

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Ethiopia recorded 2.54 for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of down 23.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Ethiopia peaked at 3.32 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.54, in 2019.

That places Ethiopia 68th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia, 2015 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2015 3.32
2016 3.3 -0.6%
2017 3.13 -5.2%
2018 3.3 +5.4%
2019 2.54 -23.0%
2020 2.54 +0.0%
2021 2.54 +0.0%
2022 2.54 +0.0%
2023 2.54 +0.0%
2024 2.54 +0.0%

Ethiopia compared with similar countries

  • Ethiopia's 2.54 is above the median for low income countries, which is 2, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Ethiopia's 2.54 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.64, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 3.12 2.54 3.32 5
2020s 2.54 2.54 2.54 5

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 65 Singapore 2.7 compare
  2. 66 Eswatini 2.69 compare
  3. 67 Brunei Darussalam 2.58 compare
  4. 69 Morocco 2.44 compare
  5. 70 Angola 2.27 compare
  6. 70 Costa Rica 2.27 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Ethiopia?
Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Ethiopia was 2.54 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 Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 3.32 in 2015.
What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 2.54 in 2019.
How does Ethiopia rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
Ethiopia ranks 68th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
Is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ethiopia 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.