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4th edition of ILO Global Estimates
December 26 , 2024
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- It was the latest report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
- International migrants continue to play a vital role in the global labour market, accounting for 4.7 per cent of the labour force in 2022.
- 167.7 million migrants were part of the labour force of their destination countries in 2022.
- Of these, around 102.7 million were men and 64.9 million were women.
- This represents an increase of more 30 million since 2013, an increase that was mainly observed between 2013-2019.
- The majority of migrants in the labour force were concentrated in high-income countries.
- It accounted for 68.4 per cent of the total (114.7 million people), followed by 17.4 per cent (29.2 million) in upper-middle-income countries.
- Of the 167.7 million migrants in the labour force in 2022, 155.6 million were employed, while 12.1 million were unemployed.
- Migrants had faced a higher unemployment rate (7.2 per cent) compared to non-migrants (5.2 per cent).
- Migrant women (8.7 per cent) are experiencing higher unemployment levels than men (6.2 per cent).
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