LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (ILO modelled estimates) by country

Regions and income groups

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

• Southern Africa 44.74
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Upper-middle income 43.76
• Africa: Upper-middle income 41.11
• Northern Africa: Upper-middle income 35.91
• Arab States: Low income 34.22
• CARICOM 29.75
• Asia and the Pacific: Low income 24.3
• Arab States: Lower-middle income 23.8
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 23.66
• Americas: Lower-middle income 23.66
• Southern Asia: Upper-middle income 23.28
• Northern Africa 22.6
• Arab League 22.25
• Eastern Africa 22.13
• MENA 22.06
• World: Low income 21.08
• Africa 20.95
• Arab States 20.9
• Sub-Saharan Africa 20.69
• Caribbean 20.39
• Central Africa 19.94
• Africa: Low income 19.81
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 19.64
• Latin America and the Caribbean: High income 19.28
• Western Asia 19.27
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 18.82
• Africa: Lower-middle income 18.76
• Northern Africa: Lower-middle income 18.44
• Central and Western Asia: Upper-middle income 18.12
• Europe and Central Asia: Upper-middle income 16.59
• World: Upper-middle income excluding China 16.39
• South America 16.35
• Latin America and the Caribbean 16.16
• Southern Europe 15.68
• Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income 15.62
• Western Africa 15.52
• Americas: Upper-middle income 15.38
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 15.38
• Central and Western Asia 15.27
• Central America 14.64