International Labour Organization

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency dealing with labour issues. The main aims of the ILO are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. The ILO was founded in 1919, in the wake of a destructive war, to pursue a vision based on the premise that universal, lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice. The ILO became the first specialized agency of the UN in 1946.

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    • Inflow of foreign-born population by sex and country of birth (in thousands)
      February 2024
      Source: International Labour Organization
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      Accessed On: 08 March, 2024
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      For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.
    • Inflow of migrants by sex and country of origin (thousands)
      May 2019
      Source: International Labour Organization
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      Accessed On: 28 May, 2019
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      Inflow of migrants refer to the number of immigrants who changed their country of usual residence during the reference period. A person's country of usual residence is the country in which the person has a place to live where he or she normally spends the daily period of rest. Temporary travel abroad for purposes of recreation, holiday, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage does not entail a change in the country of usual residence. Data are disaggregated by sex and country of origin. A person's country of origin is that from which the person originates, i.e. the country of his or her citizenship (or, in the case of stateless persons, the country of usual residence).
    • Inflow of non-citizens by sex and country of citizenship (in thousands)
      February 2024
      Source: International Labour Organization
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      Accessed On: 20 February, 2024
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      For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.
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    • Migrants by country of origin (thousands)
      May 2019
      Source: International Labour Organization
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 28 May, 2019
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      Migrants comprise individuals who changed their country of usual residence. A person's country of usual residence is the country in which the person has a place to live where he or she normally spends the daily period of rest. Temporary travel abroad for purposes of recreation, holiday, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage does not entail a change in the country of usual residence. Data are disaggregated by country of origin. A person's country of origin is that from which the person originates, i.e. the country of his or her citizenship (or, in the case of stateless persons, the country of usual residence).
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    • Outflow of nationals by sex and country of destination (thousands)
      February 2024
      Source: International Labour Organization
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 20 February, 2024
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      The outflows of nationals for any given country refer to the number of its legal citizens who changed their country of usual residence to outside of that country during the reference period. A person's country of usual residence is the country in which the person has a place to live where he or she normally spends the daily period of rest. Temporary travel abroad for purposes of recreation, holiday, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage does not entail a change in the country of usual residence. For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.