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.
Digital labour platforms: Number of platforms and workers Read More »
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.
New global estimates reveal that 2.1 billion people volunteer monthly Read More »
Information from eight countries reveals direct, person-to-person help to be the world’s most common—and least visible—form of volunteering.
Everyday helpers: What new data reveal about trends in direct volunteering Read More »
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.
Those left behind: the forgotten in the fight against global poverty Read More »
As we mark World Tourism Day, we reflect on the persistent labour and skills shortages that continue to constrain the recovery of tourism sectors across the world.
Tourism jobs in the aftermath of the pandemic: skills and labour in short supply Read More »
This report evaluates key indicators used to measure the global progress and ongoing challenges in achieving social justice, building on the premise of the ILO Constitution that “universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice”.
The State of Social Justice 2025 Read More »
While dependent contractors have long existed as a group of workers, they have only been made visible in official statistics recently.
Expanding access to technical and vocational education, coupled with work-based learning, is crucial to building a more resilient and adaptable workforce among Africa’s youngest workers.
Empowering Africa’s youth: the need for more vocational training and on-the-job learning Read More »
On World Youth Skills Day, we explore the hardships of university graduates to find decent jobs around the world.
The complex link between education and labour underutilization Read More »
A first-ever global data collection on seafarer fatalities offers insight into the main causes of death at sea, revealing critical safety and health risks. With data from 51 countries, this analysis underscores the urgent need for stronger reporting systems and targeted safety measures under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.
New data reveals leading causes of seafarer deaths in 2023 Read More »
