Data for 2009

Labour Income Share, 2009

Name: Labour Income Share, 2009
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2009 covers 187 countries. Honduras is highest, at 68.649; Tajikistan is lowest, at 18.700. The middle country reads 47.071. Against 2008, 187 values changed (132 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2009

HighestHonduras

68.649

LowestTajikistan

18.700

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

187countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Honduras`HND`Central America	68.649	—
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.288	—
3	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.235	—
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	65.546	—
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	64.670	Model-based extrapolation
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.565	—
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63.545	—
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	63.188	—
9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.079	—
10	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	62.817	Model-based extrapolation
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	62.669	—
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	62.209	—
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	62.168	—
14	India`IND`Southern Asia	61.553	—
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.539	—
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	60.478	Imputation
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.117	—
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	59.971	Imputation
19	United States`USA`Northern America	59.791	Imputation
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	59.662	—
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.638	—
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.532	—
23	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	59.307	Imputation
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.693	—
25	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	58.445	—
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	58.400	—
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58.370	—
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.958	—
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.912	Imputation
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.659	Imputation
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.604	—
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.931	—
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.812	Imputation
34	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.740	Imputation
35	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.651	—
36	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.532	Imputation
37	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	56.522	—
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	56.464	Imputation
39	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	56.211	—
40	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56.012	—
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.827	—
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.765	—
43	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.555	—
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	55.497	—
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.099	—
46	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.829	Imputation
47	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	54.532	Imputation
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.026	—
49	Colombia`COL`South America	53.963	—
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.804	—
51	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.656	Imputation
52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53.377	—
53	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	53.126	Imputation
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.125	—
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.078	—
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53.029	—
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.816	Model-based extrapolation
58	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	52.808	Imputation
59	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	52.186	Imputation
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52.039	Imputation
61	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	51.906	Model-based extrapolation
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.800	Imputation
63	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	51.755	—
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.450	Imputation
65	Chile`CHL`South America	51.098	—
66	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.020	Imputation
67	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	50.991	—
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.928	—
69	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.918	Imputation
70	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.891	—
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.748	Imputation
72	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.613	—
73	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	50.534	Imputation
74	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.507	Imputation
75	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	50.492	Imputation
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.450	—
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.243	—
78	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.125	Model-based extrapolation
79	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	49.524	Imputation
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.411	Imputation
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	49.252	Imputation
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	49.004	Imputation
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.973	Imputation
84	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	48.938	—
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48.919	Imputation
86	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.915	Imputation
87	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.455	Model-based extrapolation
88	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48.290	Imputation
89	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48.128	—
90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.592	Imputation
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.579	Imputation
92	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	47.567	Imputation
93	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.390	Imputation
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.071	—
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.013	Imputation
96	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.997	Imputation
97	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.868	—
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.794	Imputation
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.407	—
100	Peru`PER`South America	46.209	—
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	45.991	—
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45.616	Model-based extrapolation
103	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.283	Imputation
104	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.099	Imputation
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.045	Model-based extrapolation
106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.974	Imputation
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	44.807	Imputation
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.646	Imputation
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.526	—
110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.482	—
111	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.396	—
112	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.380	—
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	44.366	Imputation
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.139	Imputation
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.892	Imputation
116	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.762	Imputation
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.626	Imputation
118	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.601	Imputation
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.475	Imputation
120	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43.319	Imputation
121	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	43.048	Imputation
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.041	Imputation
123	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42.991	—
124	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.711	—
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.646	Model-based extrapolation
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.513	Imputation
127	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.754	Imputation
128	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.431	—
129	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.129	—
130	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	40.654	Imputation
131	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.622	Imputation
132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.510	Imputation
133	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	40.299	Imputation
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.124	—
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.747	Imputation
136	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	39.574	Imputation
137	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	39.505	Imputation
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	39.306	—
139	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.305	—
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.196	Imputation
141	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.716	—
142	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	38.706	Imputation
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	38.466	Imputation
144	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	38.371	Imputation
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.252	Imputation
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.143	—
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	38.116	Imputation
148	Suriname`SUR`South America	37.765	Imputation
149	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.620	—
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.323	Imputation
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.287	Imputation
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	37.058	Imputation
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	36.976	—
154	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.624	Imputation
155	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.597	—
156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.459	Model-based extrapolation
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36.407	—
158	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	36.387	Imputation
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	36.300	Imputation
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.059	Imputation
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.999	Imputation
162	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.974	—
163	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	35.688	—
164	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.461	Imputation
165	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.583	—
166	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.457	—
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.558	Imputation
168	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33.530	—
169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.283	Imputation
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.298	Imputation
171	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.070	—
172	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.042	Imputation
173	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.788	—
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.705	Imputation
175	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.639	Imputation
176	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.432	Imputation
177	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	30.222	Imputation
178	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.357	Imputation
179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28.907	—
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28.834	Imputation
181	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28.741	Imputation
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.393	—
183	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	28.386	Model-based extrapolation
184	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	27.932	Imputation
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.561	Imputation
186	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.258	Imputation
187	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	18.700	—

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Honduras68.649
2Switzerland68.288
3Vanuatu67.235
4Belgium65.546
5Nigeria64.670

Lowest

187Tajikistan18.700
186Libya21.258
185Qatar22.561
184United Arab Emirates27.932
183Brunei28.386

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.071. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
132 · 55rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Angola41.522 → 59.971+18.449
Timor-Leste44.956 → 56.931+11.975
Saudi Arabia20.548 → 28.741+8.193
Oman22.500 → 30.432+7.932
Azerbaijan32.529 → 40.299+7.770

Fell most

Iceland66.504 → 57.659−8.845
Mali39.524 → 36.407−3.117
Zimbabwe56.961 → 54.026−2.935
Latvia58.533 → 55.765−2.768
Poland53.260 → 50.991−2.269

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.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2009). Labour Income Share, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2009

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