Data for 2004

Labour Income Share, 2004

Name: Labour Income Share, 2004
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2004, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2004 covers 187 countries. Vanuatu is highest, at 69.310; Libya is lowest, at 13.318. The middle country reads 46.012.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2004

HighestVanuatu

69.310

LowestLibya

13.318

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

187countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Labour Income Share, 2004, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Labour Income Share, 2004: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	69.310	—
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69.285	—
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	67.974	Imputation
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	65.273	Model-based extrapolation
5	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.546	—
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	63.970	—
7	Honduras`HND`Central America	63.825	—
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.313	—
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.176	—
10	United States`USA`Northern America	62.010	Imputation
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	62.006	—
12	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.920	Model-based extrapolation
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	61.034	—
14	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	60.932	—
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.117	—
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.092	—
17	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	60.008	—
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	59.982	—
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.535	—
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.325	—
21	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.128	—
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	58.847	—
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.623	—
24	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.403	Imputation
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.284	—
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57.039	Imputation
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.901	—
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56.464	—
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.371	—
30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.065	Imputation
31	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.846	Imputation
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.814	Imputation
33	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.637	Model-based extrapolation
34	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.606	—
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	55.270	—
36	Chile`CHL`South America	55.213	—
37	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.878	Imputation
38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	54.724	Imputation
39	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	54.538	Imputation
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.472	—
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.456	—
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.397	—
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	53.715	—
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	53.699	—
45	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	53.693	—
46	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	53.539	Imputation
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.473	—
48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	53.372	Imputation
49	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.362	—
50	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	53.313	—
51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.029	—
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52.797	—
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.461	Model-based extrapolation
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	52.273	Model-based extrapolation
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	52.252	Imputation
56	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	52.102	—
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	51.972	Model-based extrapolation
58	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	51.956	—
59	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.865	Imputation
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.810	Imputation
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.526	Imputation
62	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	51.525	Imputation
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.455	Imputation
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.444	—
65	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	51.286	Imputation
66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.224	Imputation
67	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	51.201	Imputation
68	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.185	Imputation
69	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.708	—
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.361	Model-based extrapolation
71	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.207	Imputation
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	49.940	Imputation
73	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.751	Imputation
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	49.105	—
75	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.026	Imputation
76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.943	Imputation
77	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.853	—
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.711	Model-based extrapolation
79	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48.170	Imputation
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48.131	Imputation
81	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	47.645	Imputation
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.914	Model-based extrapolation
83	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46.836	Imputation
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.579	—
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	46.505	Imputation
86	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	46.492	Imputation
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.491	Imputation
88	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.375	Imputation
89	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	46.348	—
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	46.344	Imputation
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.281	Imputation
92	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.222	Imputation
93	Peru`PER`South America	46.095	—
94	Uruguay`URY`South America	46.012	—
95	Colombia`COL`South America	46.001	—
96	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45.973	—
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	45.675	—
98	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.642	Imputation
99	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.122	Imputation
100	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.996	Imputation
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.971	Imputation
102	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.771	—
103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.497	Imputation
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.491	—
105	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	44.351	—
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.295	Imputation
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	44.243	Imputation
108	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.081	Imputation
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.048	Model-based extrapolation
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.006	Imputation
111	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	44.004	Imputation
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	43.993	—
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.795	Model-based extrapolation
114	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.751	—
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.465	Imputation
116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.372	Imputation
117	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.268	Imputation
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.254	Imputation
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.105	Imputation
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.794	—
121	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	42.724	Imputation
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.640	Imputation
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	42.259	—
124	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42.218	—
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.125	—
126	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.093	—
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	41.784	Imputation
128	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.631	—
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.352	—
130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.246	—
131	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.260	Imputation
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.753	Imputation
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.452	Imputation
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.984	—
135	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	38.792	Imputation
136	Argentina`ARG`South America	38.723	—
137	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	38.612	Imputation
138	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	38.604	Imputation
139	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	38.452	Imputation
140	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.147	Model-based extrapolation
141	Suriname`SUR`South America	38.058	Imputation
142	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	38.041	Imputation
143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	37.902	Imputation
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.548	—
145	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	37.498	—
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.405	Imputation
147	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	37.351	—
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.274	Imputation
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.187	Imputation
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.049	Imputation
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.687	Imputation
152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	36.569	Imputation
153	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.565	Imputation
154	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.451	Model-based extrapolation
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.434	Imputation
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.865	Imputation
157	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.753	Imputation
158	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.601	Imputation
159	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.918	—
160	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.581	—
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.746	Imputation
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.730	Imputation
163	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.665	—
164	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.000	—
165	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.895	—
166	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	32.743	Imputation
167	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	32.741	Imputation
168	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	32.442	Imputation
169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	31.933	Model-based extrapolation
170	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	31.693	Model-based extrapolation
171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.316	Imputation
172	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	31.253	Imputation
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.033	Imputation
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.454	—
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.321	Imputation
176	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	29.816	Imputation
177	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.287	—
178	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.841	Imputation
179	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28.332	Imputation
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.230	—
181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28.143	Imputation
182	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27.680	Model-based extrapolation
183	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	27.506	Imputation
184	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	23.826	Imputation
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	19.922	Imputation
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	18.240	—
187	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.318	Imputation

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Vanuatu69.310
2Switzerland69.285
3Iceland67.974
4Nigeria65.273
5Portugal64.546

Lowest

187Libya13.318
186Tajikistan18.240
185Qatar19.922
184United Arab Emirates23.826
183Macau27.506

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.012. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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77 empty cells
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2004). Labour Income Share, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2004

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