Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1) by country

Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This indicator shows in percentage the share of total labour income that accrues to each decile. Labour income includes the compensation of employees and part of the...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
4.96
Jordan
Lowest
0.072
Niger
Median
1.09
Years covered
22
2004–2025
Data points
6,058

What the numbers show

Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 4.96 in Jordan; the lowest is 0.072 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.09, and the mean is 1.25.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 69.

Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 706.7%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (down 75.0%).

Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 4.96 2025 up 39.8% rising
2 Czechia 3.72 2025 up 6.2% flat
3 Myanmar 3.71 2025 up 19.4% rising
4 Serbia 3.7 2025 up 46.3% rising
5 Greece 3.54 2025 up 31.7% rising
6 Finland 3.22 2025 up 15.4% rising
7 Poland 3.19 2025 up 29.2% rising
8 Slovakia 3.15 2025 down 26.4% flat
9 Malta 3.14 2025 up 7.1% falling
10 Sweden 3.06 2025 up 122.9% rising
11 Slovenia 2.93 2025 down 2.8% flat
12 Belgium 2.83 2025 down 13.5% falling
13 Iceland 2.63 2025 down 0.9% rising
14 Croatia 2.56 2025 down 21.3% falling
15 Bangladesh 2.51 2025 up 3.8% rising
16 Hungary 2.47 2025 down 19.2% falling
16 Netherlands 2.47 2025 up 1.9% rising
18 Romania 2.44 2025 down 25.4% rising
19 Norway 2.35 2025 up 7.1% rising
20 Cyprus 2.33 2025 up 31.5% flat
21 Italy 2.33 2025 up 6.9% falling
22 Austria 2.27 2025 up 35.4% rising
23 Luxembourg 2.27 2025 down 2.0% rising
24 Spain 2.27 2025 up 64.3% flat
25 Portugal 2.22 2025 down 14.0% flat
26 Israel 2.2 2025 up 1.8% rising
27 Lithuania 2.19 2025 up 34.4% rising
28 Russian Federation 2.18 2025 up 1.3% flat
29 Latvia 2.16 2025 up 4.4% rising
30 Egypt 2.15 2025 up 81.9% volatile
31 Belarus 2.13 2025 up 1.2% flat
32 Kazakhstan 2.13 2025 up 1.8% rising
33 Montenegro 2.1 2025 up 2.8% flat
34 North Macedonia 2.09 2025 up 3.7% rising
35 Georgia 2.02 2025 up 6.1% rising
36 Republic of Moldova 2 2025 down 1.5% falling
37 Turkmenistan 2 2025 up 3.0% rising
38 France 1.98 2025 down 10.4% falling
39 Ukraine 1.96 2021 down 2.7% flat
40 Belize 1.93 2025 up 29.3% rising
41 Azerbaijan 1.92 2025 up 1.0% rising
42 Uzbekistan 1.89 2025 up 4.6% rising
43 El Salvador 1.88 2025 up 32.8% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 1.86 2025 up 4.4% flat
45 Guyana 1.81 2025 up 118.6% rising
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.8 2025 up 237.0% rising
47 Canada 1.78 2025 up 8.4% rising
48 Estonia 1.77 2025 up 1.0% falling
49 Rwanda 1.73 2025 up 150.9% volatile
50 Bulgaria 1.72 2025 down 21.5% falling
51 Dominican Republic 1.67 2025 up 2.9% rising
52 Armenia 1.62 2025 up 25.9% flat
53 Lebanon 1.61 2023 down 1.7% flat
54 Tonga 1.55 2025 up 2.2% flat
55 Ireland 1.54 2025 down 15.3% rising
55 Viet Nam 1.54 2025 up 99.0% flat
57 United States of America 1.54 2025 up 8.5% rising
58 Qatar 1.53 2025 down 1.1% flat
59 Mauritius 1.5 2025 up 41.6% falling
60 Denmark 1.49 2025 down 35.1% falling
61 Albania 1.48 2025 up 3.9% rising
62 United Arab Emirates 1.46 2025 up 0.2% flat
63 Bahrain 1.44 2025 up 1.1% flat
64 Uruguay 1.43 2025 up 62.8% rising
65 Saudi Arabia 1.43 2025 up 0.6% rising
66 Kuwait 1.39 2025 down 2.9% flat
67 Switzerland 1.39 2025 up 6.6% flat
68 Tunisia 1.39 2025 up 0.2% flat
69 Oman 1.36 2025 down 0.9% flat
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.36 2025 down 7.5% falling
71 Mexico 1.36 2025 up 24.6% rising
72 Philippines 1.35 2025 up 12.0% rising
73 Colombia 1.35 2025 up 29.8% rising
74 Thailand 1.34 2025 up 19.1% rising
75 Singapore 1.34 2025 up 3.2% rising
76 Paraguay 1.34 2025 up 26.9% rising
77 Australia 1.33 2025 up 3.7% rising
77 Cambodia 1.33 2025 up 115.2% volatile
79 Macau, China 1.31 2025 down 2.5% flat
80 Brazil 1.29 2025 up 27.7% rising
81 Chile 1.28 2025 up 20.6% rising
82 Brunei Darussalam 1.27 2025 unchanged flat
83 Hong Kong, China 1.24 2025 up 1.7% rising
84 Chinese Taipei 1.23 2025 up 5.4% rising
85 Guam 1.23 2025 up 1.6% flat
86 Bhutan 1.21 2025 up 480.3% volatile
87 Costa Rica 1.21 2025 up 98.7% flat
88 Korea 1.18 2025 up 3.9% rising
89 United States Virgin Islands 1.17 2025 down 0.2% flat
90 New Caledonia 1.17 2025 down 1.7% flat
90 New Zealand 1.17 2025 up 2.2% rising
92 Iraq 1.15 2025 down 0.7% flat
93 French Polynesia 1.14 2025 up 3.2% flat
94 Malaysia 1.1 2025 up 4.8% rising
95 Trinidad and Tobago 1.08 2025 down 3.4% flat
96 Puerto Rico 1.08 2025 up 0.1% flat
97 Congo 1.08 2025 down 2.1% flat
98 Mauritania 1.06 2025 up 1.2% flat
99 Suriname 1.04 2025 up 1.1% flat
100 Saint Lucia 1.04 2025 up 2.4% flat
101 Barbados 1.02 2025 up 1.1% flat
102 Türkiye 1.02 2025 up 21.8% rising
102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.02 2025 up 6.8% rising
104 Cuba 1.02 2025 down 0.5% flat
105 Samoa 1.01 2025 up 4.4% rising
106 Gambia 1.01 2025 up 4.2% flat
107 China 1 2025 up 6.8% rising
108 Germany 1 2025 up 12.6% rising
109 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.981 2025 down 18.5% rising
110 Argentina 0.977 2025 down 34.8% falling
111 Palestine, State of 0.963 2022 down 14.6% falling
112 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.935 2025 up 2.5% flat
112 Syrian Arab Republic 0.935 2025 down 6.5% falling
114 Mongolia 0.912 2025 up 10.4% rising
115 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.877 2025 up 5.5% rising
116 Japan 0.849 2025 up 1.3% rising
117 Gabon 0.83 2025 down 0.4% flat
118 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.815 2025 up 33.6% rising
119 Tajikistan 0.806 2025 up 8.8% rising
120 Libya 0.802 2025 down 1.2% falling
121 Algeria 0.801 2025 up 1.0% flat
121 South Africa 0.801 2025 down 1.7% flat
123 Burundi 0.788 2025 up 120.1% volatile
124 Côte d'Ivoire 0.726 2025 up 706.7% volatile
125 Benin 0.707 2025 up 140.5% rising
126 Morocco 0.699 2025 up 5.7% rising
127 Malawi 0.652 2025 up 1.4% rising
128 Western Sahara 0.646 2025 up 3.4% rising
129 Jamaica 0.629 2025 up 1.8% falling
130 Sao Tome and Principe 0.599 2025 up 3.3% rising
131 Papua New Guinea 0.586 2025 up 6.2% rising
132 Maldives 0.584 2025 down 41.4% falling
133 India 0.582 2025 up 26.5% rising
134 Angola 0.576 2025 down 9.0% rising
135 Equatorial Guinea 0.571 2025 down 21.1% falling
136 Timor-Leste 0.558 2025 down 25.6% falling
137 Honduras 0.556 2025 up 35.0% falling
138 Solomon Islands 0.542 2025 up 1.5% rising
139 Zambia 0.531 2025 up 107.4% rising
140 Bahamas 0.529 2025 up 1.0% flat
141 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.524 2025 down 75.0% volatile
142 Afghanistan 0.517 2025 down 4.4% rising
143 Haiti 0.516 2025 down 7.0% flat
144 Comoros 0.513 2025 up 3.0% rising
145 Djibouti 0.51 2025 up 9.9% rising
146 Guatemala 0.506 2025 down 31.4% rising
147 Pakistan 0.505 2025 up 17.2% rising
148 Nigeria 0.504 2025 up 1.8% rising
149 Mali 0.502 2025 up 61.9% rising
150 Vanuatu 0.486 2025 up 0.2% rising
151 Indonesia 0.478 2025 down 7.5% falling
152 Guinea-Bissau 0.47 2025 down 6.7% flat
153 Cape Verde 0.459 2025 up 7.5% rising
154 Guinea 0.426 2025 up 36.1% rising
155 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.367 2025 down 2.7% flat
155 Yemen 0.367 2025 down 21.1% rising
157 South Sudan 0.363 2023 down 9.0% falling
158 Eswatini 0.361 2025 up 37.3% rising
159 Peru 0.358 2025 up 23.4% rising
160 Eritrea 0.357 2025 up 8.2% flat
161 Ecuador 0.337 2025 down 45.5% falling
162 Ethiopia 0.333 2025 up 12.5% rising
163 Fiji 0.332 2025 down 32.4% falling
164 Somalia 0.324 2025 up 9.1% rising
165 Burkina Faso 0.306 2025 up 8.5% rising
166 Sierra Leone 0.296 2025 up 8.0% rising
167 Panama 0.292 2025 down 26.8% falling
168 Kenya 0.283 2025 up 7.6% rising
169 Nepal 0.273 2025 up 19.2% rising
170 Sri Lanka 0.272 2025 down 59.5% falling
171 Botswana 0.269 2025 up 4.3% rising
172 Senegal 0.261 2025 down 44.7% falling
173 Nicaragua 0.259 2025 up 4.4% falling
174 Cameroon 0.254 2025 up 11.4% rising
175 Uganda 0.208 2025 up 51.8% volatile
176 Mozambique 0.201 2025 up 12.3% rising
177 Madagascar 0.179 2025 up 4.7% flat
178 Togo 0.16 2025 up 32.2% rising
179 Namibia 0.155 2025 up 33.6% rising
180 Zimbabwe 0.153 2025 up 15.9% rising
181 Ghana 0.143 2025 down 62.3% falling
182 Lesotho 0.13 2025 down 5.8% rising
183 Sudan 0.126 2022 down 10.0% rising
184 Chad 0.097 2025 down 20.5% flat
185 Liberia 0.09 2025 up 8.4% rising
186 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.086 2025 up 32.3% rising
187 Central African Republic 0.082 2025 up 7.9% falling
188 Niger 0.072 2025 up 94.6% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Labour income distribution (ILO modelled estimates) (Decile 1)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
276 places, 6,058 data points, 2004–2025
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Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This indicator shows in percentage the share of total labour income that accrues to each decile. Labour income includes the compensation of employees and part of the income of the self-employed. Self-employed workers earn from both their work and capital ownership. Total compensation of employees refers to the remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. The labour income of self-employed is imputed on the basis of a statistical analysis of employees of similar characteristics. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.