How disability affects labour market outcomes

 ILO, Dec 3, 202”

People with disabilities make up 15 per cent of the global population according to the World Report on Disability published by the World Health Organization and the World Bank in 2011. Yet, they are far from adequately represented in labour markets around the world.

However, despite the significant attention paid to issues of disability in the world of work, not least on 3 December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities …

… A lot still remains to be done …

People with disabilities are far more likely to be outside the labour force

People with disabilities are less likely to participate in the labour force: almost two thirds of those who are of working age are outside the labour force.

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In most countries, people with disabilities face higher rates of unemployment

In about two thirds of the countries for which data are available, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities is higher than for those without. ...

People with disabilities are less likely to be employed

Only one in three people with disabilities is employed on average. Significantly, they are two times less likely to be employed than people without disabilities...

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