Labour income share as a percent of GDP (ILO modelled estimates) 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. The labour income share in GDP is the ratio, in percentage, between total labour income and gross domestic product (a measure of total output), both provided in nominal...

Countries reporting
189
Highest
75.07
Nigeria
Lowest
9.7
Venezuela
Median
46.09
Years covered
23
2004–2026
Data points
6,329

What the numbers show

Labour income share as a percent of GDP (ILO modelled estimates) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 75.07 in Nigeria; the lowest is 9.7 in Venezuela.

The median across all reporting countries is 46.09, and the mean is 46.16.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 20.7%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 68.3%).

Labour income share as a percent of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 75.07 2026 up 14.0% rising
2 Switzerland 71.06 2026 up 4.2% rising
3 Latvia 66.37 2026 up 20.1% rising
4 Iceland 63.52 2026 up 1.1% falling
5 Belgium 63.37 2026 up 1.1% flat
6 Croatia 62.96 2026 up 9.9% flat
7 Germany 62.92 2026 up 2.5% flat
8 Austria 61.95 2026 up 1.6% flat
9 India 61.92 2026 up 5.9% rising
10 Slovenia 61.73 2026 up 3.3% flat
11 Mozambique 61.59 2026 up 13.0% rising
12 Vanuatu 60.6 2026 down 0.1% falling
13 Netherlands 60.55 2026 up 0.8% flat
14 Zimbabwe 60.44 2026 up 5.3% rising
15 Moldova 59.98 2026 down 7.8% rising
16 France 59.94 2026 down 3.3% flat
17 Spain 59.83 2026 up 3.3% falling
18 Brazil 59.59 2026 down 2.7% rising
19 Puerto Rico 58.85 2026 down 0.5% flat
20 Estonia 58.65 2026 up 0.9% rising
21 Canada 58.6 2026 down 3.8% flat
22 Italy 58.41 2026 down 2.9% flat
23 South Korea 58.37 2026 up 3.1% flat
24 Australia 58.19 2026 up 0.1% falling
25 Indonesia 58.17 2026 down 5.1% falling
26 United Kingdom 57.71 2026 up 2.6% flat
27 Ecuador 57.59 2026 down 0.0% rising
28 Portugal 57.54 2026 up 8.4% falling
29 Honduras 57.41 2026 down 0.2% falling
30 Lithuania 56.74 2026 up 20.7% rising
31 Uruguay 56.28 2026 up 2.3% rising
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.1 2026 up 8.0% flat
33 Denmark 56.08 2026 down 1.9% falling
34 United States Virgin Islands 55.95 2026 up 0.1% flat
35 United States 55.78 2026 down 4.5% falling
36 Guyana 55.69 2026 up 1.5% flat
37 Barbados 55.64 2026 down 0.3% flat
38 Costa Rica 55.45 2026 down 0.4% flat
39 Bolivia 55.36 2026 up 2.0% rising
40 Belarus 54.66 2026 up 9.4% rising
41 Lesotho 54.64 2026 up 1.4% rising
42 Japan 54.53 2026 up 3.1% flat
43 Czechia 54.04 2026 up 4.0% flat
44 Tanzania 53.93 2026 up 11.5% rising
45 Finland 53.92 2026 down 4.0% falling
46 Slovakia 53.65 2026 up 7.8% rising
47 New Zealand 53.61 2026 up 3.8% flat
48 Jamaica 53.55 2026 down 2.4% falling
49 Sweden 53.42 2026 down 4.8% falling
50 Hong Kong 53.41 2026 down 1.9% flat
51 Serbia 53.39 2026 up 14.2% falling
52 Luxembourg 52.89 2026 up 0.2% flat
53 South Africa 52.64 2026 down 7.0% flat
54 Taiwan 52.55 2026 up 0.3% flat
55 Georgia 52.09 2026 up 0.6% rising
56 New Caledonia 51.98 2026 down 0.5% flat
57 Chile 51.92 2026 up 0.3% rising
57 Caribbean 48.1 2026 down 0.2% flat
58 Haiti 51.85 2026 up 0.3% flat
59 Guam 51.54 2026 down 1.4% flat
60 Montenegro 51.38 2026 up 3.8% rising
61 French Polynesia 51.37 2026 down 0.3% flat
62 China 51.35 2026 down 0.3% flat
63 Greece 51.29 2026 down 6.6% falling
64 Hungary 51.03 2026 up 3.9% falling
65 El Salvador 50.75 2026 down 1.6% flat
66 Bulgaria 50.71 2026 down 3.6% rising
67 Colombia 50.58 2026 down 3.6% rising
68 Argentina 50.23 2026 down 17.1% rising
69 Ukraine 50.21 2021 down 16.0% falling
70 Suriname 49.8 2026 down 9.2% rising
71 Poland 49.62 2026 down 5.1% falling
72 Pakistan 49.6 2026 down 2.8% flat
73 Tunisia 49.23 2026 up 5.2% rising
74 Israel 49.09 2026 down 4.8% flat
75 Laos 48.92 2026 up 1.1% flat
76 Cyprus 48.87 2026 up 1.6% falling
77 Nepal 48.74 2026 down 3.3% falling
78 Malta 48.51 2026 down 0.4% falling
79 Bangladesh 48.48 2026 up 2.1% flat
80 Azerbaijan 48.26 2026 up 3.3% rising
80 Russia 48.26 2026 down 7.3% flat
82 Bhutan 48.23 2026 down 4.8% flat
83 Myanmar 48.21 2026 down 5.4% flat
84 Dominican Republic 48.18 2026 up 0.9% falling
85 Vietnam 47.66 2026 up 1.3% flat
86 Saint Lucia 47.43 2026 up 0.6% flat
87 Nicaragua 47.17 2026 down 5.9% falling
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47.12 2026 up 1.1% flat
89 Thailand 47.1 2026 down 0.7% flat
90 Namibia 47.07 2026 down 7.1% falling
91 Solomon Islands 46.91 2026 up 0.2% flat
92 Cambodia 46.36 2026 down 0.3% flat
93 Turkmenistan 46.23 2026 up 2.4% flat
94 Belize 46.09 2026 down 0.5% flat
95 Jordan 45.85 2026 up 4.3% rising
96 Norway 45.77 2026 down 12.2% flat
97 Philippines 45.6 2026 up 7.0% flat
98 Paraguay 45.37 2026 up 0.3% falling
99 Trinidad and Tobago 45.18 2026 down 2.6% rising
100 North Macedonia 45.18 2026 up 4.3% flat
101 Uzbekistan 44.65 2026 down 3.8% falling
102 Libya 44.53 2026 down 30.1% rising
103 Albania 44.49 2026 up 1.4% flat
104 Romania 44.49 2026 up 6.3% rising
105 Cameroon 44.27 2026 down 8.1% falling
106 Armenia 44.2 2026 down 6.4% falling
107 Congo 44.05 2026 down 2.8% flat
108 Angola 43.97 2026 up 3.5% flat
108 Lebanon 43.97 2023 up 1.0% flat
110 Guatemala 43.92 2026 down 8.1% rising
111 Tonga 43.76 2026 up 2.1% flat
112 Western Sahara 43.69 2026 down 1.2% flat
113 Peru 43.65 2026 down 4.2% falling
114 Senegal 43.51 2026 up 4.3% rising
115 Singapore 43.27 2026 down 10.7% falling
116 Sao Tome and Principe 43.26 2026 down 1.0% flat
117 Burkina Faso 43.22 2026 up 10.9% rising
118 Djibouti 42.73 2026 up 0.1% flat
119 Maldives 42.7 2026 down 0.8% flat
120 Palestine 42.67 2022 down 1.9% flat
121 Fiji 42.65 2026 down 0.7% flat
122 Ghana 42.35 2026 down 3.6% flat
123 Comoros 42.27 2026 down 2.0% flat
124 Togo 42.09 2026 down 1.7% flat
125 Samoa 42.04 2026 down 1.2% flat
126 Cape Verde 41.93 2026 down 3.5% rising
127 Gambia 41.78 2026 down 1.2% rising
128 Mauritius 41.7 2026 up 3.6% flat
129 Kazakhstan 41.51 2026 up 1.5% falling
130 Cuba 41.26 2026 down 0.6% flat
131 Iraq 41.2 2026 down 9.9% rising
132 Turkey 41.1 2026 up 2.2% rising
133 Eswatini 41.09 2026 down 6.8% falling
134 Morocco 40.99 2026 down 11.8% falling
135 Malaysia 40.81 2026 down 7.7% rising
136 Afghanistan 40.75 2026 down 0.9% flat
137 Equatorial Guinea 40.57 2026 down 0.8% flat
138 Benin 40.05 2026 down 5.4% flat
139 Botswana 39.74 2026 up 8.7% rising
140 Rwanda 39.69 2026 up 4.3% rising
141 Chad 39.09 2026 down 1.7% flat
142 Ethiopia 38.55 2026 up 2.1% flat
143 North Korea 38.53 2026 up 0.5% flat
144 Burundi 38.49 2026 up 3.6% rising
145 Egypt 38.16 2026 down 5.8% rising
146 Mexico 37.88 2026 up 19.8% rising
147 Madagascar 37.75 2026 down 0.6% flat
148 Democratic Republic of Congo 37.74 2026 down 2.1% rising
149 Mali 37.61 2026 down 7.0% rising
150 South Sudan 37.57 2023 down 0.5% flat
151 Kuwait 37.53 2026 down 11.4% rising
152 Somalia 37.51 2026 up 0.6% flat
153 Guinea-Bissau 37.31 2026 down 0.1% flat
154 Uganda 37.29 2026 down 2.2% flat
155 Malawi 36.99 2026 down 1.2% flat
156 United Arab Emirates 36.79 2026 up 8.9% rising
157 Sierra Leone 36.78 2026 up 0.7% flat
158 Sudan 36.31 2022 down 4.4% flat
159 Eritrea 35.88 2026 down 0.7% flat
160 Guinea 35.66 2026 down 7.8% falling
161 Mauritania 35.6 2026 down 1.9% flat
162 Panama 35.59 2026 up 10.0% falling
163 Liberia 35.57 2026 down 3.3% flat
164 Iran 34.88 2026 down 13.3% flat
165 Bahamas 34.42 2026 down 0.2% falling
166 Syria 34.25 2026 up 0.1% flat
167 Kenya 33.27 2026 down 13.5% falling
168 Brunei 33.04 2026 down 4.3% rising
169 Mongolia 32.88 2026 down 3.4% rising
170 Papua New Guinea 32.76 2026 up 1.2% falling
171 Kyrgyzstan 32.74 2026 down 19.1% falling
172 Yemen 32.43 2026 down 0.2% flat
173 Central African Republic 31.25 2026 up 0.2% flat
174 East Timor 31.13 2026 down 33.8% falling
175 Cote d'Ivoire 30.95 2026 up 4.6% flat
176 Oman 30.65 2026 down 30.7% rising
177 Algeria 30.65 2026 down 15.0% rising
178 Saudi Arabia 30.23 2026 up 0.5% rising
179 Macao 30.06 2026 down 7.6% rising
180 Ireland 29.63 2026 down 20.7% falling
181 Gabon 28.73 2026 down 0.1% falling
182 Sri Lanka 28.2 2026 down 21.8% falling
183 Niger 27.74 2026 down 2.5% flat
184 Qatar 27.45 2026 down 8.5% rising
185 Bahrain 27.39 2026 down 13.7% flat
186 Zambia 25.86 2026 down 30.0% falling
187 Tajikistan 19.8 2026 down 10.7% rising
188 Venezuela 9.7 2026 down 68.3% 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 share as a percent of GDP (ILO modelled estimates)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
276 places, 6,329 data points, 2004–2026
Last refreshed

Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. The labour income share in GDP is the ratio, in percentage, between total labour income and gross domestic product (a measure of total output), both provided in nominal terms. 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. The labour income share after accounting for the labour income of the self-employed is often referred to as the adjusted labour income share in GDP. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.