SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Malaysia
Malaysia: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 5.95 in 2024. ▲ Rising
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Malaysia, 2015–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 5.95 for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Malaysia peaked at 6.14 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.11, in 2020.
That places Malaysia 22nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5.51 | — |
| 2016 | 5.68 | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 5.68 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.68 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5.85 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 5.11 | -12.6% |
| 2021 | 5.3 | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 5.78 | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 6.14 | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 5.95 | -3.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 5.95 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.8, 3.3× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 5.95 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.58, 2.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.68 | 5.51 | 5.85 | 5 |
| 2020s | 5.66 | 5.11 | 6.14 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More work & labour data for Malaysia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2671 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2772 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2563 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.25 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.6933 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 36,440 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,289 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 21,832 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 22,194 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 44,026 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Malaysia?
- Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Malaysia was 5.95 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.14 in 2023.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.11 in 2020.
- How does Malaysia rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
- Malaysia ranks 22nd 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 Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.