2023

Failure to successfully meet targets set up in Goal 8 will result in:

deepening social and economic inequalities,
limiting employment opportunities and creating new jobs,
lack of equal access to decent work, which would consequently lead to greater social inequality,
lack of investment in innovation and technological development, which is crucial for long-term economic growth.

According to the UN, Human Development Reports, World Labor Report, International Labor Organization (ILO), World Bank and Eurostat :

in 2019, there were 188 million unemployed people worldwide, of whom 64.2 million were age 15 to 24.
From 2000 to 2019, the percentage of people working in agriculture worldwide decreased from 42% to 26%.
In 2019, the richest 1% of the world's population held over 44% of total global wealth, while the poorest 50% had access to just 2.4%.
Despite progress, there are still significant gender gaps in employment and pay. In 2019, only 47% of working-age women were employed, compared to 74% of men.
Currently, approximately 61% of all workers in the world work in the informal sector, which often lacks adequate social protections and labor rights.