Data for 2006

Labour Income Share, 2006

Name: Labour Income Share, 2006
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2006, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2006 covers 187 countries. Iceland is highest, at 72.651; Libya is lowest, at 13.286. The middle country reads 45.670. Against 2005, 187 values changed (74 up, 113 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2006

HighestIceland

72.651

LowestLibya

13.286

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

187countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.651	Imputation
2	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.871	—
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	66.894	—
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	65.620	Model-based extrapolation
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	63.867	—
6	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.472	—
7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.815	—
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.774	Model-based extrapolation
9	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.175	—
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	60.968	—
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.957	—
12	United States`USA`Northern America	60.895	Imputation
13	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	60.607	Imputation
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.265	—
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.003	—
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.780	—
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	59.583	—
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	59.204	Imputation
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.970	—
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.761	—
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.366	Imputation
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	58.350	—
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.239	—
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	57.343	—
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.061	—
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.570	—
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.329	—
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	56.318	—
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.171	—
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	55.986	—
31	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.828	Imputation
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.472	Model-based extrapolation
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.372	Imputation
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.811	—
35	India`IND`Southern Asia	54.781	—
36	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.776	Imputation
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	54.614	—
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	54.164	—
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.645	—
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	53.171	Imputation
41	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53.023	—
42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.943	Imputation
43	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	52.836	Imputation
44	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	52.829	Imputation
45	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	52.564	—
46	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	52.557	Model-based extrapolation
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.553	—
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.445	—
49	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.213	—
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	52.103	Imputation
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.918	Imputation
52	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.842	Imputation
53	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.792	—
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.754	Imputation
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.719	Imputation
56	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.689	—
57	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	51.544	Imputation
58	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.253	Imputation
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	51.033	Model-based extrapolation
60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.029	—
61	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	50.863	—
62	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.805	Imputation
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	50.741	Imputation
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.671	—
65	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.268	Imputation
66	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	50.203	—
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.019	—
68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	49.866	Imputation
69	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.795	—
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	49.611	—
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.489	Model-based extrapolation
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	49.339	Model-based extrapolation
73	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.285	Imputation
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.714	—
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	48.695	Imputation
76	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.481	—
77	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48.349	Imputation
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.293	Model-based extrapolation
79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	48.122	Imputation
80	Colombia`COL`South America	47.596	—
81	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	47.519	Imputation
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	47.198	—
83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.166	Imputation
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46.924	Imputation
=85	Chile`CHL`South America	46.742	—
=85	Uruguay`URY`South America	46.742	Model-based extrapolation
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.596	Model-based extrapolation
88	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	46.573	Imputation
89	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.303	Imputation
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	46.202	Imputation
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	46.003	Imputation
92	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.878	Imputation
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	45.694	—
94	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45.670	—
95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.640	—
96	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.624	Imputation
97	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.421	Imputation
98	Peru`PER`South America	45.211	—
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.645	Imputation
100	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.537	Imputation
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	44.377	—
102	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.281	Imputation
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	44.064	Imputation
104	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.906	Imputation
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.836	Imputation
106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.689	Imputation
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.677	Imputation
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.669	Model-based extrapolation
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.659	Imputation
110	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	43.515	Imputation
111	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	43.370	Imputation
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.306	Imputation
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.255	Model-based extrapolation
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.241	Imputation
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.124	—
116	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.920	—
117	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	42.777	—
118	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.733	Imputation
119	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42.520	Imputation
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.409	Imputation
121	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.402	—
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.211	Imputation
123	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.785	—
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	41.468	—
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	41.321	—
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.061	—
127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.831	Imputation
128	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.335	—
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.151	Imputation
130	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.772	Imputation
131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	39.746	—
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.617	—
133	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	39.530	Imputation
134	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	39.520	Imputation
135	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	39.230	—
136	Suriname`SUR`South America	38.469	Imputation
137	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.401	Imputation
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.387	Imputation
139	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.332	Model-based extrapolation
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	38.157	Imputation
141	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	38.077	Imputation
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.063	Imputation
143	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	37.964	Imputation
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	37.688	—
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.587	—
146	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.288	Imputation
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.226	Imputation
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.869	Imputation
149	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	36.683	Imputation
150	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.575	Imputation
151	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.484	Imputation
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.477	Imputation
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.066	Imputation
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.945	—
155	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.635	—
156	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.618	Imputation
157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.537	Imputation
158	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.268	Imputation
159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.940	—
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.787	Imputation
161	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.462	—
162	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.792	—
163	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	32.714	Imputation
164	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.636	Imputation
165	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.373	—
166	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.279	—
167	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.167	—
168	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	31.991	Imputation
169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	31.749	—
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.367	Imputation
171	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.154	Imputation
172	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	30.778	Imputation
173	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.292	Imputation
174	Niger`NER`Western Africa	29.829	—
175	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.203	—
176	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.519	Imputation
177	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	26.973	—
178	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26.322	Imputation
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	26.317	Model-based extrapolation
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	25.870	Imputation
181	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.427	Imputation
182	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.141	Imputation
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	21.014	Imputation
184	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	20.465	Imputation
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	18.304	Imputation
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	18.220	—
187	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.286	Imputation

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland72.651
2Vanuatu67.871
3Switzerland66.894
4Nigeria65.620
5Belgium63.867

Lowest

187Libya13.286
186Tajikistan18.220
185Qatar18.304
184United Arab Emirates20.465
183Kuwait21.014

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.670. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
74 · 113rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan32.666 → 36.575+3.909
Lithuania44.609 → 47.198+2.589
Dominican Republic47.010 → 49.339+2.329
Venezuela38.047 → 40.335+2.288
Bahamas37.495 → 39.520+2.025

Fell most

Azerbaijan49.476 → 38.157−11.319
Bolivia56.786 → 49.795−6.991
Chile52.190 → 46.742−5.448
Namibia51.809 → 48.481−3.328
Papua New Guinea35.718 → 32.636−3.082

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2006.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 46.742. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
79 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
Some readings carry a flag
ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Imputation, Model-based extrapolation.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2006). Labour Income Share, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2006

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