8 Decent Work and
Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Target 8.1
Sustainable Economic Growth
Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
Target 8.2
Diversify, innovate and upgrade for economic productivity
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value-added and labour-intensive sectors
Target 8.3
Promote policies to support job creation and growing enterprises
Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
Target 8.4
Improve resource efficiency in consumption and production
Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead
Target 8.5
Full employment and decent work with equal pay
By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
Target 8.6
Promote youth employment, education and training
By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
Target 8.7
End modern slavery, trafficking, and child labour
Take immediate and effective measures to secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, eradicate forced labour and, by 2025, end child labour in all its forms, including the recruitment and use of child soldiers
Target 8.8
Protect labour rights and promote safe working environments
Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
Target 8.9
Promote beneficial and sustainable tourism
By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
Target 8.1
Universal access to banking, insurance and financial services
Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
Target 8.A
Increase aid for trade support
Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries
Target 8.B
Develop a global youth employment strategy
By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization