All publications: statistics + labour statistics

Key indicators of the labour market (Fifth edition) with interactive CD-ROM (Trilingual English/French/Spanish)

KILM provides a valuable, wide-ranging reference tool to meet the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. It includes all the basic statistics used to calculate 20 key labour...

Report on the Asian Regional Meeting to discuss the Draft Resolution on Child Labour Statistics (ICLS)

Asia Tripartite Regional Meeting to discuss the Draft Resolutionon Child Labour Statistics [to be submitted to the 18th ICLS](31 January to 01 February 2008, Manila)

Yearbook of Labour Statistics (V)

Since its first edition in 1935-36, the Yearbook of Labour Statistics has established itself as the world’s foremost work of statistical reference on labour questions

The employment situation of people with disabilities: Towards improved statistical information

The employment situation of people with disabilities: Towards improved statistical information

This guide highlights basic knowledge from the fields of labour and disability statistics which has to be combined for a comprehensive description of the employment situation of people with disabilities. It will be of great relevance to worldwide...

ILO-UNICEF-World Bank

Measuring child labour: Discussion note for country consultation in Bangladesh

This note discusses some of the issues arising when attempting to define a statistical standard for child labour in the specific context of Bangladesh. It aims to give an overview of the measurement challenges encountered, of the empirical and...

List of SIMPOC assisted national child labour surveys

List of SIMPOC assisted national child labour surveys

Occupational wages and hours of work and retail food prices. Statistics from the ILO October Inquiry 2007 (Trilingual En, Fr, Sp)

This volume presents the latest results of the ILO October Inquiry, a worldwide survey of wages and hours of work relating to 159 occupations in 49 industry groups and of retail prices of 93 food items, conducted with reference to the month of...

Children's non-market activities and child labour measurement: A discussion based on household survey data

This study is part of a broader research effort aimed at arriving at an internationally acceptable consensus on the statistical definition of child labour. Looks specifically at children¿s non-market activity, classification, impact on health and...

The worldwide movement against child labour: Progress and future directions

This report maps the evolution of the worldwide movement against child labour; how far we have come and the distance that we still need to travel if the goal of the effective elimination of child labour is to be attained.

Qualitative Indicators of Labour Standards - Comparative Methods and Applications

Measuring child labour: Discussion note for country consultation in Cambodia

This note discusses some of the issues arising when attempting to define a statistical standard for child labour in the specific context of Cambodia. It aims to give an overview of the measurement challenges encountered, of the empirical and other...

Final report of the ILO international seminar on the use of national labour force surveys for collecting additional labour-related...

This seminar was organized by the Statistical Development and Analysis Group of the Policy Integration Department in collaboration with the ILO Bureau of Statistics. Its main objectives were (a) to review the ILO experience in expanding the use of...

Rapid assessment report on trafficking of children into worst forms of child labour, including child soldiers in Uganda

Subtitle: astudy conducted in the districts of Busia, Pader, Kalangala Masaka and Kampala as part of IPEC TBP preparatory activities.The rapid assessment was undertaken to collect data on child trafficking in Uganda with ultimate goal of designing...

2006 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean

At the end of 2006, Latin America and the Caribbean will have experienced economic growth for the fourth consecutive year. Forecasts for 2007 indicate that this trend will continue, although at a more moderate pace, yielding five consecutive years...

Methodologies for global and national estimation of human trafficking victims: current and future approaches

This paper provides a detailed comparison of the methodologies used by the ILO and the US government for computing global estimates, discussing strengths and weaknesses of both methods.

Directions for national and international data collection on Forced Labour

This paper provides some ideas and directions as to how the existing gaps in our understanding of the quantitative dimensions of forced labour could be reduced.

Statistical report

Child labour in tobacco and cotton growing in Kazakhstan: Rapid assessment report

The study was carried out in selected tobacco and cotton growing villages of Almaty oblast and South Kazakhstan oblast. It was carried out from October through December 2004. (English and Russian version in same document)

Global Employment Trends for Youth, 2006

ILO's second edition of the Global Employment Trends for Youth

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2006

The report emphasizes that today's youth face serious vulnerabilities in the world of work and warns that a lack of decent work, if experienced at an early age, may permanently compromise their future employment prospects. The report adds urgency to...