SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 10 in 2024. ▬ Flat

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

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

02468102015201920242015: 102016: 102017: 102018: 102019: 102020: 102021: 102022: 102023: 102024: 10

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

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

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in United Arab Emirates peaked at 10 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10, in 2015.

United Arab Emirates ranks 1st of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in United Arab Emirates, 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 United Arab Emirates, 2015 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2015 10
2016 10 +0.0%
2017 10 +0.0%
2018 10 +0.0%
2019 10 +0.0%
2020 10 +0.0%
2021 10 +0.0%
2022 10 +0.0%
2023 10 +0.0%
2024 10 +0.0%

United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries

  • United Arab Emirates's 10 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.705, 14.2× the median. (60 countries reporting)
  • United Arab Emirates's 10 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4.63, 2.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 10 10 10 5
2020s 10 10 10 5

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10 compare
  2. 1 Myanmar 10 compare
  3. 4 Belarus 9.92 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in United Arab Emirates?
Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in United Arab Emirates was 10 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 United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 10 in 2015.
What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 10 in 2015.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
United Arab Emirates ranks 1st 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 United Arab Emirates?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.