Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) by country
Labour share of GDP (%).
Countries reporting
187
Highest
75.2%
Nigeria
Lowest
9.8%
Venezuela
Median
46.0%
Years covered
22
2004β2025
Data points
3,644
What the numbers show
Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 75.2% in Nigeria; the lowest is 9.8% in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 46.0%, and the mean is 47.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 137.9%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 68.6%).
Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 75.2% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 70.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 3 | Iceland | 66.3% | 2020 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 4 | Austria | 64.6% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 5 | Belgium | 64.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 6 | Latvia | 63.7% | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 61.8% | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 8 | Estonia | 61.6% | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 60.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 10 | France | 60.7% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 10 | South Africa | 60.7% | 2020 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 60.6% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 13 | India | 60.4% | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 13 | United States | 60.4% | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 15 | Brazil | 60.0% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 15 | Moldova | 60.0% | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 60.0% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 18 | Slovenia | 59.8% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 19 | Canada | 59.7% | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 19 | South Korea | 59.7% | 2020 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 21 | United States Virgin Islands | 59.3% | 2020 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 22 | Barbados | 59.2% | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 22 | Spain | 59.2% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 24 | Honduras | 58.8% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 25 | Indonesia | 58.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 26 | Italy | 58.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Ecuador | 58.1% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 57.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 57.1% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 56.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 30 | Uruguay | 56.6% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 32 | Lithuania | 56.2% | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 33 | Croatia | 56.1% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 34 | Hong Kong | 56.0% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 35 | New Caledonia | 55.9% | 2020 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 35 | Portugal | 55.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 37 | Czechia | 55.7% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 55.5% | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 39 | Serbia | 55.3% | 2025 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 40 | Norway | 54.8% | 2020 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 41 | Malta | 54.7% | 2020 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 54.6% | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 42 | Lesotho | 54.6% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 54.4% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 44 | Bolivia | 54.4% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 47 | Russia | 54.3% | 2020 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 48 | New Zealand | 54.2% | 2020 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 49 | Finland | 54.1% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 50 | Slovakia | 54.0% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 51 | Georgia | 53.9% | 2020 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 52 | Japan | 53.7% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 53 | French Polynesia | 53.6% | 2020 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 54 | Jamaica | 53.5% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 55 | Guam | 53.2% | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 56 | Greece | 52.8% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Tanzania | 52.8% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 58 | Chile | 52.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 59 | Israel | 52.5% | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 60 | Mozambique | 51.9% | 2020 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 61 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.8% | 2020 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 51.7% | 2020 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 63 | Sweden | 51.5% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 64 | Ukraine | 51.3% | 2020 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 51.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 66 | Belarus | 51.1% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 67 | Argentina | 51.0% | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 68 | China | 50.7% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 69 | Belize | 50.4% | 2020 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 69 | Suriname | 50.4% | 2020 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 50.3% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 71 | Singapore | 50.3% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 73 | Guyana | 49.9% | 2020 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 74 | Colombia | 49.5% | 2025 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 75 | Montenegro | 49.4% | 2020 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 76 | Pakistan | 49.1% | 2020 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 77 | Gambia | 48.8% | 2020 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 77 | Hungary | 48.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 79 | Poland | 48.5% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 80 | El Salvador | 48.4% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 81 | Namibia | 48.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 82 | Laos | 48.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 83 | Nepal | 47.9% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 84 | Haiti | 47.8% | 2020 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 47.7% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 86 | Bhutan | 47.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 46.9% | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 88 | Thailand | 46.8% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 89 | Senegal | 46.6% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 90 | Myanmar | 46.5% | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 91 | Lebanon | 46.3% | 2020 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 91 | Samoa | 46.3% | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 46.2% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 46.0% | 2020 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 94 | Romania | 46.0% | 2025 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 96 | Tunisia | 45.8% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 97 | Benin | 45.7% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 97 | Maldives | 45.7% | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 45.7% | 2020 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 100 | Togo | 45.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 45.6% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 102 | Tonga | 45.5% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 103 | Cyprus | 45.3% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 103 | Iraq | 45.3% | 2020 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 105 | Fiji | 45.2% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 105 | Libya | 45.2% | 2020 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 45.0% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 107 | Jordan | 45.0% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 107 | Palestine | 45.0% | 2020 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 110 | Angola | 44.9% | 2020 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 110 | Cameroon | 44.9% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 112 | Morocco | 44.8% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 112 | Malaysia | 44.8% | 2020 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | 44.6% | 2020 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.5% | 2020 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 117 | Guatemala | 44.3% | 2025 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 118 | Albania | 44.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 118 | Rwanda | 44.2% | 2020 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 120 | Sudan | 44.1% | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 121 | Philippines | 43.9% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 122 | Western Sahara | 43.6% | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 123 | Cuba | 43.5% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.5% | 2020 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 43.0% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 125 | Liberia | 43.0% | 2020 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 125 | Paraguay | 43.0% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 125 | Somalia | 43.0% | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 129 | Djibouti | 42.8% | 2020 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 130 | Vietnam | 42.7% | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 131 | Peru | 42.6% | 2025 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 132 | South Sudan | 42.5% | 2020 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 133 | Ghana | 42.4% | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 133 | Malawi | 42.4% | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 133 | Oman | 42.4% | 2020 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 133 | Chad | 42.4% | 2020 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 137 | North Korea | 42.3% | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 42.2% | 2020 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 139 | Comoros | 42.1% | 2020 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 42.1% | 2020 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 141 | Cambodia | 41.9% | 2020 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 142 | Eritrea | 41.8% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 143 | Egypt | 41.6% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.5% | 2020 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 144 | Mauritius | 41.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 146 | Eswatini | 41.4% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 147 | Congo | 41.0% | 2020 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 148 | Syria | 40.9% | 2020 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 40.6% | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 150 | Madagascar | 40.5% | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 150 | Uganda | 40.5% | 2020 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 40.4% | 2020 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 153 | Bahamas | 40.3% | 2020 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 153 | Kuwait | 40.3% | 2020 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 155 | Mali | 40.2% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | 39.8% | 2020 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 156 | Iran | 39.8% | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 158 | Burundi | 39.5% | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 158 | Algeria | 39.5% | 2020 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 158 | Yemen | 39.5% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 38.7% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 162 | Botswana | 38.2% | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 163 | Mexico | 36.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 163 | Mongolia | 36.9% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 165 | Panama | 36.6% | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | 36.6% | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 167 | Turkey | 35.5% | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 168 | Mauritania | 35.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 169 | Macao | 34.2% | 2020 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 34.1% | 2020 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 171 | Kenya | 33.9% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 172 | Central African Republic | 33.6% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 173 | Ireland | 33.4% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.3% | 2020 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | 32.1% | 2020 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 176 | Niger | 32.0% | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 177 | Brunei | 31.9% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 178 | Bahrain | 31.5% | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 179 | East Timor | 31.2% | 2025 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 180 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31.0% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 181 | Qatar | 30.2% | 2020 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 182 | Guinea | 30.1% | 2020 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 183 | Sri Lanka | 28.6% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 184 | Gabon | 28.5% | 2020 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 185 | Zambia | 26.5% | 2025 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 18.2% | 2025 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 187 | Venezuela | 9.8% | 2025 | down 68.6% | volatile |
About this data
Labour share of GDP (%).