SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Malawi
Malawi: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 0.17 in 2024. ▼ Falling
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Malawi, 2015–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.17 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 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Malawi peaked at 0.34 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.17, in 2016.
That places Malawi 168th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.34 | — |
| 2016 | 0.17 | -50.0% |
| 2017 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.17 is below the median for low income countries, which is 2, 8% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.17 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.64, 10% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.204 | 0.17 | 0.34 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More work & labour data for Malawi
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4293 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4409 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4183 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 4.02 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 13,360 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 28,345 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 30,321 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 28,820 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 59,141 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Malawi?
- Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Malawi was 0.17 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.34 in 2015.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.17 in 2016.
- How does Malawi rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
- Malawi ranks 168th 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 Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.