The eighth United Nations Sustainable Development Goal is to promote sustained, inclusive, and
sustainable economic growth, full, productive employment, and decent work for all.
The pandemic has led to the loss of the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs.
That's about four times the number lost during the global financial crisis of 2007 through 2009.
Economic recovery is underway.
Full real GOP per capita in 2017 to 2022 shows an increase, but for many countries, economic
growth is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels only in 2022 or 2023.
1.6 billion informal economy workers who lack a social safety net were significantly impacted
by the pandemic.
International tourist arrivals fell from 1.5 billion in 2019 to 281 million in 2020.
International tourism is not expected to return to 2019 levels for up to four years.
The pandemic will lead to an increase in youth not employed in school or in training.
31.1% of young women and 14% of young men is the rate of youth not in education, employed,
or in training.