Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) by country
The labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) is the estimated total compensation of employees given as a percent of GDP. It provides information about the relative share of output paid as compensation to employees, compared to the share paid to capital.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
68.4%
Switzerland
Lowest
10.2%
Venezuela
Median
46.2%
Years covered
17
2004–2020
Data points
3,162
What the numbers show
Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 68.4% in Switzerland; the lowest is 10.2% in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 46.2%, and the mean is 47.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 137.9%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 74.4%).
Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 68.4% | 2020 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 2 | Nigeria | 68.2% | 2020 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 66.3% | 2020 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 4 | Chile | 65.0% | 2020 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 5 | Vanuatu | 63.8% | 2020 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 6 | Belgium | 63.6% | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 6 | Netherlands | 63.6% | 2020 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Germany | 63.4% | 2020 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 9 | Brazil | 63.1% | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 10 | Croatia | 62.3% | 2020 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 11 | Canada | 61.9% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Estonia | 61.6% | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 13 | Lesotho | 61.4% | 2020 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 14 | France | 61.3% | 2020 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 15 | Slovenia | 61.0% | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 16 | Spain | 60.9% | 2020 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 16 | Latvia | 60.9% | 2020 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 60.7% | 2020 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 60.4% | 2020 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 19 | United States | 60.4% | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 21 | Honduras | 60.1% | 2020 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 22 | Moldova | 60.0% | 2020 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 59.7% | 2020 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 24 | Austria | 59.6% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Greece | 59.6% | 2020 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 26 | Portugal | 59.5% | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 27 | United States Virgin Islands | 59.3% | 2020 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 28 | Barbados | 59.2% | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 29 | Colombia | 59.1% | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 30 | Indonesia | 58.3% | 2020 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 31 | Uruguay | 58.2% | 2020 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 58.0% | 2020 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 33 | India | 57.8% | 2020 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 34 | Czechia | 57.7% | 2020 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 56.8% | 2020 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 36 | Italy | 56.5% | 2020 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 37 | Serbia | 56.3% | 2020 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 39 | Australia | 56.1% | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 40 | Hong Kong | 56.0% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 41 | New Caledonia | 55.9% | 2020 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 42 | Jamaica | 55.8% | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 42 | Sweden | 55.8% | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 44 | Ecuador | 55.7% | 2020 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 45 | Puerto Rico | 55.5% | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 46 | Lithuania | 55.1% | 2020 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 47 | Bolivia | 54.9% | 2020 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 48 | Norway | 54.8% | 2020 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 50 | Namibia | 54.5% | 2020 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 51 | Russia | 54.3% | 2020 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 52 | Armenia | 54.2% | 2020 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 52 | New Zealand | 54.2% | 2020 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 52 | El Salvador | 54.2% | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 52 | Slovakia | 54.2% | 2020 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 53.9% | 2020 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 56 | Georgia | 53.9% | 2020 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 58 | Finland | 53.8% | 2020 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 59 | Argentina | 53.6% | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 53.6% | 2020 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 53.5% | 2020 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.5% | 2020 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 63 | Tanzania | 53.3% | 2020 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 64 | Guam | 53.2% | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 53.2% | 2020 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 66 | Israel | 52.5% | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 67 | Mozambique | 51.9% | 2020 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 68 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.8% | 2020 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 51.7% | 2020 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 70 | Cyprus | 51.6% | 2020 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 71 | Ukraine | 51.3% | 2020 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 72 | Belarus | 51.1% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 73 | Tunisia | 50.8% | 2020 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 74 | China | 50.7% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 75 | Belize | 50.4% | 2020 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 75 | Suriname | 50.4% | 2020 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 77 | Singapore | 50.3% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 78 | Guyana | 49.9% | 2020 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 79 | Montenegro | 49.4% | 2020 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 49.1% | 2020 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 80 | Pakistan | 49.1% | 2020 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 82 | Gambia | 48.8% | 2020 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 83 | Poland | 48.5% | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 84 | Nicaragua | 48.4% | 2020 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 85 | Hungary | 48.2% | 2020 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 86 | Haiti | 47.8% | 2020 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 47.7% | 2020 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 88 | Thailand | 47.4% | 2020 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 89 | Romania | 47.2% | 2020 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 46.9% | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 91 | Myanmar | 46.5% | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 92 | Lebanon | 46.3% | 2020 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 92 | Samoa | 46.3% | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 94 | Guatemala | 46.2% | 2020 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 46.0% | 2020 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 46.0% | 2020 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.0% | 2020 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 98 | Bhutan | 45.7% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 98 | Cameroon | 45.7% | 2020 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 98 | Maldives | 45.7% | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 45.7% | 2020 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 45.6% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 103 | Tonga | 45.5% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 104 | 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 |
| 105 | Peru | 45.2% | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 45.0% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 108 | Jordan | 45.0% | 2020 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 108 | Palestine | 45.0% | 2020 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 111 | Angola | 44.9% | 2020 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 112 | Morocco | 44.8% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 112 | Malaysia | 44.8% | 2020 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 114 | Laos | 44.7% | 2020 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 44.6% | 2020 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 116 | Botswana | 44.5% | 2020 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.5% | 2020 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 44.4% | 2020 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 44.3% | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 120 | Rwanda | 44.2% | 2020 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 121 | Sudan | 44.1% | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 122 | Egypt | 43.6% | 2020 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 122 | Western Sahara | 43.6% | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 124 | Cuba | 43.5% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.5% | 2020 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 124 | Nepal | 43.5% | 2020 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 127 | Liberia | 43.0% | 2020 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 127 | 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 | South Sudan | 42.5% | 2020 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 132 | Ghana | 42.4% | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 132 | Malawi | 42.4% | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 132 | Oman | 42.4% | 2020 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 132 | Chad | 42.4% | 2020 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 136 | North Korea | 42.3% | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 42.2% | 2020 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 138 | Comoros | 42.1% | 2020 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 42.1% | 2020 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 140 | Cambodia | 41.9% | 2020 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 140 | Senegal | 41.9% | 2020 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 142 | Eritrea | 41.8% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.5% | 2020 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 144 | Eswatini | 41.4% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 145 | Congo | 41.0% | 2020 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 146 | Syria | 40.9% | 2020 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 147 | Madagascar | 40.5% | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 147 | Uganda | 40.5% | 2020 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | 40.4% | 2020 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 150 | Bahamas | 40.3% | 2020 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 150 | Kuwait | 40.3% | 2020 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 150 | Mauritius | 40.3% | 2020 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 40.2% | 2020 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 39.8% | 2020 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 154 | Iran | 39.8% | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 156 | Algeria | 39.5% | 2020 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 156 | Yemen | 39.5% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 158 | Mauritania | 39.3% | 2020 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 159 | Philippines | 39.0% | 2020 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 160 | Togo | 38.9% | 2020 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 38.7% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 162 | Burundi | 38.3% | 2020 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 163 | East Timor | 37.4% | 2020 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 164 | Kenya | 37.3% | 2020 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 164 | Mali | 37.3% | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 166 | Mongolia | 37.2% | 2020 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 167 | Benin | 36.6% | 2020 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 168 | Turkey | 35.7% | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 169 | Brunei | 35.6% | 2020 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 170 | Mexico | 35.2% | 2020 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 171 | Panama | 34.5% | 2020 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 172 | Macao | 34.2% | 2020 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 173 | Papua New Guinea | 34.1% | 2020 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 33.6% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 175 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.3% | 2020 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 176 | Zambia | 33.1% | 2020 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 178 | Saudi Arabia | 32.1% | 2020 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 179 | Bahrain | 31.5% | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 180 | Niger | 30.8% | 2020 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 181 | Cote d'Ivoire | 30.5% | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 182 | Qatar | 30.2% | 2020 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 183 | Guinea | 30.1% | 2020 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 184 | Gabon | 28.5% | 2020 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 185 | Tajikistan | 19.3% | 2020 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 186 | Venezuela | 10.2% | 2020 | down 74.4% | falling |
About this data
The labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) is the estimated total compensation of employees given as a percent of GDP. It provides information about the relative share of output paid as compensation to employees, compared to the share paid to capital.