Decent work and economic growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Over the past 25 years, the number of workers living in extreme poverty has declined dramatically, despite the long-lasting impact of the economic crisis of 2008/2009. In developing countries, the middle class now makes up more than 34 percent of total employment – a number that has almost tripled between 1991 and 2015.
However, as the global economy continues to recover we are seeing slower growth, widening inequalities and employment that is not expanding fast enough to keep up with the growing labor force. According to the International Labor Organization, more than 204 million people are unemployed in 2015.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to encourage sustained economic growth by achieving higher levels of productivity and through technological innovation. Promoting policies that encourage entrepreneurship and job creation are key to this, as are effective measures to eradicate forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking. With these targets in mind, the goal is to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030.
SDG 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 percent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
Indicator : 8.1.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
Data Providers : (1) NAW, BBS, SID
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labor-intensive sectors
Indicator : 8.2.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
Data Providers : (1) LFS, BBS, SID (2) ILO (3) NAW, BBS, SID
Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and encourage the formalization and growth of micro, small and medium sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
Indicator : 8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex
Data Providers : (1) LFS, BBS, SID (2) QLFS, BBS, SID
Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavor to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation,in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
Indicator : 8.4.1 Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
Data Providers : (1) DoE, MoEF (2) BBS, SID
Indicator : 8.4.2 Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
Data Providers : (1) DoE, MoEF (2) BBS, SID
By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
Indicator : 8.5.1 Average monthly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age group and persons with disabilities
Data Providers : (1) LFS, BBS, SID (2) QLFS, BBS, SID (3) BBS, SID
Indicator : 8.5.2 Unemployment rate, by sex, age group and persons with disabilities
Data Providers : (1) LFS, BBS, SID (2) QLFS, BBS, SID
By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
Indicator : 8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
Data Providers : (1) LFS, BBS, SID (2) QLFS, BBS, SID
Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
Indicator : 8.7.1 Proportion and number of children aged 5-17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
Data Providers : (1) Child Labour Survey, BBS, SID (2) LFS, BBS, SID (3) CLU, MoLE (4) QLFS, BBS, SID (5) MICS, BBS, SID
Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
Indicator : 8.8.1 Frequency rates of fatal and non - fatal occupational injuries, by sex and migrant status
Data Providers : (1) DIFE, MoLE (2) LFS, BBS, SID (3) BMET, MoEWOE
Indicator : 8.8.2 Level of national compliance of labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status
Data Providers : (1) MoLF (2) MoEWOE
By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
Indicator : 8.9.1 Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate
Data Providers :
Indicator : 8.9.2 Proportion of jobs in sustainable tourism industries out of total tourism jobs
Data Providers : (1) LFS, BBS, SID
Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
Indicator : 8.10.1 (a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults Data Providers : (1) BB, FID (2) IMF
Data Providers : (1) BB, FID (2) WB (3) Population census, BBS, SID
Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade - related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries
Indicator : 8.a.1 Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements
Data Providers : (1) ERD (2) MoC (3) WTO
By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
Indicator : 8.b.1 Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy
Data Providers : (1) FD
Facts and Figures
5%
An estimated 172 million people worldwide were without work in 2018 - an unemployment rate of 5 percent.
1 million
As a result of an expanding labour force, the number of unemployed is projected to increase by 1 million every year and reach 174 million by 2020.
700 million
Some 700 million workers lived in extreme or moderate poverty in 2018, with less than US$3.20 per day.
48%
Women’s participation in the labour force stood at 48 per cent in 2018, compared with 75 percent for men. Around 3 in 5 of the 3.5 billion people in the labour force in 2018 were men.
2 billion
Overall, 2 billion workers were in informal employment in 2016, accounting for 61 per cent of the world’s workforce.
85 million
Many more women than men are underutilized in the labour force—85 million compared to 55 million.