Major publications
Report
Situation analysis study on the worst forms of child labour and education status in agriculture and rural areas of Myanmar
This publication presents the findings of a qualitative situational analysis conducted under the Achieving Reduction of Child Labour in Support of Education (ARISE) project, implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with the support...
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2026: Back to the future
The report examines recent developments in youth labour markets worldwide and provides the latest global and regional analysis of youth employment trends and prospects.
Social Protection
The future of social insurance in Viet Nam: Policy options and recommendations
Viet Nam is making bold progress toward universal social insurance, backed by strong policy reforms and expanding coverage. This report highlights strategic ILO recommendations to support the next phase of legal and structural transformation.
Report
Global Employment Policy Review 2025: Do employment-responsive policies work? How impact assessments, diagnostics and dialogue contribute...
This edition focuses on the role of impact assessments, diagnostics and social dialogue in addressing the question: “Do employment responsive policies work?” It also addresses policy-coordination dialogue among different entities within governments...
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...
Skills development
Brief: Towards a skills strategy for the textile and garment industry in Viet Nam
The brief highlights the achievements, opportunities, and challenges of Viet Nam’s textile and garment industry amid increasing international integration and participation in global value chains. It provides key recommendations for developing a...
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...
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...
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
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...
Report
Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces
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Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces [Summary]
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.