World employment and social outlook: trends 2022

The report provides a comprehensive assessment of how the labour market recovery has unfolded across the world, reflecting different national approaches to tackling the COVID-19 crisis. It analyses global patterns, regional differences and outcomes across economic sectors and groups of workers. The report also offers labour market projections for 2022 and 2023. The current crisis has made it more challenging to accomplish the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially those relating to long-standing decent work deficits. It is therefore essential that governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations come together with renewed determination to address these challenges. In this difficult context, in June 2021 the ILO’s 187 Member States adopted a Global Call to Action for a Human-Centred Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis that is Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient. Reflecting the Global Call, this report includes a summary of key policy recommendations in support of sustained national and international efforts to bring about that human-centred recovery.