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

Sri Lanka: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 3.13 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
3.13
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
55th
of 186 countries
All-time high
3.13
in 2022
All-time low
2.18
in 2015
Years of data
10
2015–2024

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

01232015201920242015: 2.22016: 2.42017: 2.42018: 2.42019: 2.42020: 2.42021: 2.42022: 3.12023: 3.12024: 3.1

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

The most recent figure for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Sri Lanka is 3.13, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of up 43.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Sri Lanka peaked at 3.13 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.18, in 2015.

Sri Lanka ranks 55th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka, 2015 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2015 2.18
2016 2.37 +8.7%
2017 2.37 +0.0%
2018 2.37 +0.0%
2019 2.37 +0.0%
2020 2.37 +0.0%
2021 2.37 +0.0%
2022 3.13 +32.1%
2023 3.13 +0.0%
2024 3.13 +0.0%

Sri Lanka compared with similar countries

  • Sri Lanka's 3.13 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.8, 1.7× the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Sri Lanka's 3.13 is below the median for South Asia, which is 4.45, 70% of the median. (5 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 2.33 2.18 2.37 5
2020s 2.83 2.37 3.13 5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 52 Brazil 3.25 compare
  2. 53 Mexico 3.2 compare
  3. 54 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.16 compare
  4. 56 Nigeria 3.08 compare
  5. 57 Burundi 3.02 compare
  6. 58 Paraguay 3.01 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Sri Lanka?
Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in Sri Lanka was 3.13 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 Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 3.13 in 2022.
What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 2.18 in 2015.
How does Sri Lanka rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
Sri Lanka ranks 55th 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 Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 43.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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.