Work and employment may be used indistinctly in everyday language, but for the labour market they mean very different things. Employment is a very specific form of work. Other forms of work include own-use production work, volunteer work and unpaid trainee work.
Work and employment are not synonyms Read More »
This visual essay provides an overview of the progress made towards decent work in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Decent work and the SDGs: 11 charts that tell the story Read More »
If you’re a young woman living in a rural area, you’re more likely to be out of employment and not in education and training.
Not in employment, education or training: the reality for many young rural women Read More »
Worldwide, there is large variation across countries in the number of teachers relative to the population. At one extreme, Iceland has 45 teachers for every 1,000 people. At the other extreme, the United Republic of Tanzania has only 2 for every 1,000 people.
These are the countries with the most teachers Read More »
Australia and Chile, 13,000 kilometres apart, have one thing in common: discouraged older workers.
Older workers are most discouraged in these countries Read More »
Inactivity rates are increasing around the world, while the global population and labour force are ageing. But the inactivity rate is an aggregate measure overlooking the different profiles of people outside the labour force. This new Spotlight on Work Statistics explores the characteristics of the potential labour force, made up of persons outside the labour force with an attachment to the labour market.
Persons outside the labour force: how inactive are they really? Read More »
The labour income share is a key inequality measure, and an SDG indicator. The share of total income benefiting workers is declining globally.
The declining labour income share Read More »
This slideshow presents the main results of a study based on ILO’s global estimates of employment by economic class (including the working poverty rate) featured in our latest issue of Spotlight on Work Statistics.
The working poor – or how a job is no guarantee of decent living conditions Read More »
The fifth issue of our series Spotlight on work statistics uses the first ever global estimates of youth not in employment, education or training along with other youth labour market indicators to explore the situation of youth in labour markets around the world, and unveil the additional challenges they face.
Labour market access – a persistent challenge for youth around the world Read More »
