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

Spain: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 0.33 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
163rd
of 186 countries
All-time high
1
in 2015
All-time low
0.33
in 2022
Years of data
10
2015–2024

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

0.40.60.812015201920242015: 12016: 0.542017: 0.542018: 0.712019: 0.712020: 0.712021: 0.712022: 0.332023: 0.332024: 0.33

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

In 2024, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Spain stood at 0.33. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 67.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Spain peaked at 1 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.33, in 2022.

Spain ranks 163rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Spain, 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 Spain, 2015 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2015 1
2016 0.54 -46.0%
2017 0.54 +0.0%
2018 0.71 +31.5%
2019 0.71 +0.0%
2020 0.71 +0.0%
2021 0.71 +0.0%
2022 0.33 -53.5%
2023 0.33 +0.0%
2024 0.33 +0.0%

Spain compared with similar countries

  • Spain's 0.33 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.705, 47% of the median. (60 countries reporting)
  • Spain's 0.33 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.51, 65% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.7 0.54 1 5
2020s 0.482 0.33 0.71 5

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 160 Germany 0.38 compare
  2. 161 Canada 0.36 compare
  3. 162 Netherlands 0.35 compare
  4. 164 Denmark 0.19 compare
  5. 165 Switzerland 0.18 compare
  6. 165 Czechia 0.18 compare
  7. 165 Slovenia 0.18 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Spain?
Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Spain was 0.33 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 Spain?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 2015.
What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.33 in 2022.
How does Spain rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
Spain ranks 163rd 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 Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 67.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Spain 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.