SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Kuwait
Kuwait: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 2.71 in 2024. ▲ Rising
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Kuwait, 2015–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2024, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Kuwait stood at 2.71. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Kuwait peaked at 2.71 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.16, in 2015.
That places Kuwait 64th 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2.16 | — |
| 2016 | 2.16 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.51 | +16.2% |
| 2018 | 2.51 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.51 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.51 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.71 | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 2.71 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.71 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.71 | +0.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 2.71 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.705, 3.8× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 2.71 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4.63, 58% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.37 | 2.16 | 2.51 | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.67 | 2.51 | 2.71 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 61 Kazakhstan 2.77 compare
- 62 Solomon Islands 2.76 compare
- 63 Eritrea 2.74 compare
- 65 Singapore 2.7 compare
- 66 Eswatini 2.69 compare
- 67 Brunei Darussalam 2.58 compare
More work & labour data for Kuwait
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.801 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.7211 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.9054 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2002)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.4407 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,644 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 0 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 4,171 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,431 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 9,602 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Kuwait?
- Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Kuwait was 2.71 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 2.71 in 2021.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.16 in 2015.
- How does Kuwait rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
- Kuwait ranks 64th 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 Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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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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.