Labor share of gdp by country
Countries reporting
187
Highest
75.2
Nigeria
Lowest
9.8
Venezuela
Median
46
Years covered
22
2004–2025
Data points
3,644
What the numbers show
Labor share of 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, 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 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 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 15 | Moldova | 60 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 60 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2020 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 94 | Romania | 46 | 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 | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 107 | Jordan | 45 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 107 | Palestine | 45 | 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 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 125 | Liberia | 43 | 2020 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 125 | Paraguay | 43 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 125 | Somalia | 43 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |