SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in United States of America
United States of America: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 3.83 in 2024. ▲ Rising
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in United States of America, 2015–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2024, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in United States of America stood at 3.83. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in United States of America peaked at 3.83 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.72, in 2015.
United States of America ranks 47th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2.72 | — |
| 2016 | 2.72 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.72 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.89 | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 3.08 | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 3.08 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3.08 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.08 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.64 | +18.2% |
| 2024 | 3.83 | +5.2% |
United States of America compared with similar countries
- United States of America's 3.83 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.705, 5.4× the median. (60 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.83 | 2.72 | 3.08 | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.34 | 3.08 | 3.83 | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
More work & labour data for United States of America
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in United States of America?
- Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in United States of America was 3.83 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 States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.83 in 2024.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.72 in 2015.
- How does United States of America rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
- United States of America ranks 47th 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 States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.