Inside West Africa’s youth labour market: Informality, inequality and missed opportunities
Young people in West African Economic and Monetary Union countries face persistent barriers to decent work, with widespread informality and deep inequalities limiting labour market opportunities.
Labour migration in ASEAN: Analysis from the International Labour Migration Statistics Database in ASEAN
This report is the third in the series of ILMS analytical reports produced by the ILO’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme. The report serves to showcase the data contained within the ASEAN ILMS Database and to illustrate labour migration trends and characteristics across the ASEAN region.
Decent work reality check: Informality is everywhere
Granular data confirm that informality is a systemic feature of labour markets across sectors and is strongly associated with employment vulnerability.
The world of work and the 2030 Agenda: a ten-year review
When the world adopted the Sustainable Development Goals a decade ago, it pledged to achieve each one of them by 2030. With less than five years left, ILO data shows that much more is needed if we are to fulfil that promise.
Digital labour platforms: Number of platforms and workers
This brief examines the growth of digital labour platforms and provides updated estimates on the number of active platforms and workers engaged through them. It highlights persistent measurement gaps and underscores the need for internationally agreed statistical standards to improve comparability and inform policy.
ILO global estimates on international migrants in the labour force: Figures at a glance
See the headline results from the latest edition of the ILO modelled estimates for a quick overview of global and regional findings.
New global estimates reveal that 2.1 billion people volunteer monthly
The latest global estimates challenge the idea that volunteering only happens through organisations and demonstrates the impact of everyday, informal, and unpaid civic action worldwide.
Employment and Social Trends 2026
This report examines the state of global labour markets, highlighting stable headline employment alongside stalled progress in job quality and widening inequalities. The report analyses productivity, demographic and economic pressures shaping work in the year ahead and outlines the challenges to achieving more inclusive growth.
Everyday helpers: What new data reveal about trends in direct volunteering
Information from eight countries reveals direct, person-to-person help to be the world’s most common—and least visible—form of volunteering.
Those left behind: the forgotten in the fight against global poverty
On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the ILO explores progress and gaps in addressing all forms of poverty for workers, their families and communities.