Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1), per unit of GDP by country
Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Tonga
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
United States
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
22
2004β2025
Data points
4,067
What the numbers show
Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Tonga; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45,596.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 157 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 270.4%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 83.7%).
Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1), per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 3 | Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 5 | Belize | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 7 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 8 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 9 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 254.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 11 | East Timor | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Comoros | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 13 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 14 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 15 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 16 | Montenegro | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 18 | French Polynesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 19 | Guam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 20 | Eritrea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 21 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 22 | New Caledonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 23 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 24 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 27 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 28 | Moldova | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 30 | Mauritania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 31 | Brunei | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 129.5% | falling |
| 35 | Maldives | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 37 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 38 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 40 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 41 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 43 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 44 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 45 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 46 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 47 | Palestine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 49 | Laos | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 51 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 53 | Latvia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 54 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Syria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 59 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 60 | Estonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 61 | Serbia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 62 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 63 | Mongolia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahamas | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 65 | South Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 66 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 67 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 68 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 70 | Paraguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 71 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 72 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Macao | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 76 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 78 | Lithuania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 79 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 81 | Slovakia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 82 | Yemen | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 139.0% | rising |
| 83 | Zambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 52.6% | falling |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 86 | Uruguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mali | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 88 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 89 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 90 | Bolivia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 92 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 94 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 99 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 103 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 104 | Finland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 105 | Hungary | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 106 | Ukraine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 107 | Czechia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 108 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 109 | Tanzania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 110 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 111 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 112 | Cuba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 113 | Puerto Rico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 270.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 119 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 121 | Romania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Venezuela | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 124 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 125 | Sweden | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 126 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 127 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 128 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 129 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 130 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 131 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 132 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 133 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 134 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 135 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 136 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 137 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 138 | Niger | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 139 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Denmark | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 141 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 142 | Vietnam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 145 | Hong Kong | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 146 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 147 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Iran | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 154 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 155 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 156 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 157 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 158 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 159 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 160 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 161 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 72.6% | falling |
| 162 | Argentina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 163 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 164 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Pakistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 166 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 167 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 168 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 170 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 171 | Russia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 172 | Canada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 173 | Australia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 174 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 175 | Turkey | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 176 | South Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 177 | France | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 178 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 179 | United Kingdom | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 180 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 182 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 183 | India | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 184 | China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 185 | United States | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 units per US$ of GDP
- World 0 units per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1) Γ· GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) International Labour Organization
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.