Go to target 8.a
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.
Indicators
8.b.1: Strategy for youth employment
Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment
Definition
The purpose of SDG indicator 8.b.1 is to measure countries’ progress in addressing youth employment challenges. Denmark has operationalised a national strategy for youth employment in line with the International Labour Organization (ILO) framework. Based on information collected through biennial surveys, ILO classifies countries into the following categories:
Missing value: No information is available to assess the existence of a national strategy for youth employment.
0: The country has not developed a national strategy for youth employment, nor taken steps to develop or adopt one.
1: The country is in the process of developing a national strategy for youth employment.
2: The country has developed and adopted a national strategy for youth employment.
3: The country has operationalised a national strategy for youth employment.
Denmark is in category 3. For further information, see the SDG 8b1 Metadata.