SDG indicator 8.8.2 … freedom of association and collective bargaining in Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income

Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income: SDG indicator 8.8.2 … freedom of association and collective bargaining was 1.4 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.4
Change on year
up 6.1%
Rank
70th
of 83 groups
All-time high
1.4
in 2024
All-time low
1.01
in 2015
Years of data
10
2015–2024

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income, 2015–2024

00.511.52015201920242015: 12016: 1.22017: 1.22018: 1.12019: 1.12020: 1.12021: 1.12022: 1.22023: 1.32024: 1.4

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income recorded 1.4 for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income peaked at 1.4 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.01, in 2015.

That places Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income 70th out of 83 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

SDG indicator 8.8.2 … freedom of association and collective bargaining in Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income, 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 Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income, 2015 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2015 1.01 —
2016 1.18 +16.8%
2017 1.19 +0.8%
2018 1.1 -7.6%
2019 1.07 -2.7%
2020 1.06 -0.9%
2021 1.07 +0.9%
2022 1.17 +9.3%
2023 1.32 +12.8%
2024 1.4 +6.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 1.11 1.01 1.19 5
2020s 1.2 1.06 1.4 5

Countries ranked near Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income

  1. 67 Brunei 2.58 compare
  2. 68 Ethiopia 2.54 compare
  3. 68 Caribbean 1.67 compare
  4. 69 Morocco 2.44 compare
  5. 70 Angola 2.27 compare
  6. 70 Costa Rica 2.27 compare
  7. 72 Zambia 2.21 compare
  8. 73 South Sudan 2.18 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income?
Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income was 1.4 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 Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income?
The highest recorded value was 1.4 in 2024.
What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 1.01 in 2015.
How does Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income ranks 70th 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 Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income 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
Last refreshed

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.