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Top 10 countries with the highest and lowest employment rates in 2024: India’s global position revealed

November 06, 2024 3:12 pm

10 Countries with the Highest and Lowest Employment Rates in 2024: The International Labour Organization (ILO) indicates that India's employment-to-population ratio stands at a mere 52.8%, accompanied by a labour dependency ratio of 1.52.

Which country has the lowest employment rate in world?

November 04, 2024 8:33 am

According to the ILO data, India stands at 52.8 per cent with 1.52 per cent as the labour dependency ratio. India ranks below countries like Pakistan (49.7 %), Sri Lanka (47.5%), and Ukraine (49.3%).

‘More than half of Indian women remain outside labour force due to care duties’: International Labour Organization report

November 03, 2024 9:26 am

India would need further investment in the care economy, particularly in the early childhood care and education (ECCE) to support labour force participation of unpaid carers and gender equality in the workforce, the report said.

10 most underworked countries in the world

September 26, 2024 7:26 pm

Kiribati follows Vanuatu with 27.3 average hours per week per employed person. In the top 10 countries, India is not placed.

Top 10 countries with longest and shortest work hours 2024: The International Labour Organisation has released data on average working hours and the prevalence of excessive working time—based on hours of work and working time arrangements (work schedules).

Top 10 countries with the longest and shortest work hours 2024: Know where does India stand

May 01, 2025 9:58 am

Top 10 countries with longest and shortest working hours 2024: The average Indian worker works 46.7 hours each week, with 51 per cent of India's workforce working 49 or more hours each week.

Vanuatu has emerged as the country with the shortest average working hours per employed person

10 most overworked countries in the world, know where India ranks

September 21, 2024 10:43 am

The findings raise important discussions about work-life balance and labor policies, as India’s workforce continues to push the limits of extended working hours.

It is an annual observance that aims to raise awareness about the plight of child labourers and promote efforts to eliminate child labour.

World Day Against Child Labour 2024: Know the date, theme, origin and significance

June 12, 2024 9:28 am

Annually observed on June 12, this year, in 2024, it will be celebrated on Wednesday under the theme, "Let’s Act on Our Commitments: End Child Labour!"Here is all you need to know about the World Day Against Child Labour 2024.

India’s employment problem and bad statistics

May 26, 2023 9:13 am

The country is under pressure to alter its definition of unemployment to an international benchmark. Its once-vaunted statistical system is at a low ebb.

G20 meeting in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch to project rural, archaeological tourism

February 04, 2023 7:47 am

“We are working on rural tourism to improve the experience and promote best practices with suggestions from international boards. We are planning archaeological tourism; the slides of India’s tourist sites will be shown to all delegates,” said Union Tourism Secretary Arvind Singh, while talking to reporters on Friday.