Major publications
Joint ILO-Unicef report
Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward
The ILO-UNICEF 2024 Global Estimates of Child Labour provides an overview of child labour patterns and trends. It also describes the evolving profile of children in child labour, outlines the nature of child labour and where it is concentrated, and...
Research Report
Innovative approaches to formalization in Asia and the Pacific: Background report to ILO Asia and the Pacific Tripartite Regional Knowledge...
This report showcases a wide range of innovations that are taking place across Asia and the Pacific to tackle informality, ranging from state-of-the-art use of technology to facilitate formalization, to community-based approaches to protect workers...
Flagship Programme
Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All: 2024 Report
Launched in 2016, the ILO’s Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All (SPF Flagship Programme) supports ILO member States in developing sustainable social protection systems, including floors, and contributing to the...
4th edition
ILO global estimates on international migrants in the labour force
The report offers a thorough analysis of international migrants' participation in the global labour force. It examines labour force participation trends and presents a detailed overview of the critical role international migrant workers play in the...
Discussion paper on the economics of forced labour
Acting against forced labour: An assessment of investment requirements and economic benefits
This discussion paper explores some of the key investment requirements towards ending forced labour and the economic returns to this investment for society. The paper fits within a broader programme of ILO research on the economics of forced labour...
Decent work, brighter futures
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024
This report represents the 20th anniversary publication of the ILO’s Global Employment Trends for Youth (hereafter “GET for Youth”). As an anniversary edition, this GET for Youth looks back on what has been achieved since the dawn of the...
United Nations and International Labour Organization report
Mind the AI Divide: Shaping a Global Perspective on the Future of Work
This report, co-authored by the United Nations and the International Labour Organization, addresses the critical issue of the uneven adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its implications for global equity, fairness, and social...
APESO
Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies
This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...
New global estimates
Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour
This report provides new estimates of the profits generated from forced labour and assesses how profits have changed since the last ILO estimates were published in 2014.
Arab States Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2024: Promoting social justice through a just transition
Preventing and addressing violence and harassment in the world of work through occupational safety and health measures
The report addresses the widespread issue of violence and harassment in the workplace and emphasizes the need for comprehensive measures, including international conventions and safety protocols, to combat these challenges globally.
The road to decent work for domestic workers
Report
Global Employment Policy Review 2023: Macroeconomic policies for recovery and structural transformation
The second edition of the Global Employment Policy Review (GEPR) focuses on the issue of employment-centred macroeconomic policies for recovery and structural transformation.
Joint report
Experiences of violence and harassment at work: A global first survey
The report is the first attempt to provide a global overview of people’s own experiences of violence and harassment at work, including its main different forms – be it physical, psychological or sexual – and respondents’ experiences with disclosing...
Full report
Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work
Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional...
Summary
Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces [Summary]
Report
Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces
Report
Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage
This report was produced through a collaboration between the ILO, Walk Free and the International Organization for Migration.
Report
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming futures for young people
Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, Global Employment Trends for Youth sets out the youth labour market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional youth...
Care at work: Investing in care leave and services for a more gender equal world of work
The report provides a global overview of national laws and practices regarding care policies, namely maternity protection, paternity, parental and other care-related leave policies, as well as childcare and long-term care services.