Data for 2012

Labour Income Share, 2012

Name: Labour Income Share, 2012
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2012, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2012 covers 187 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 67.721; Qatar is lowest, at 16.033. The middle country reads 46.231. Against 2011, 187 values changed (105 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2012

HighestNigeria

67.721

LowestQatar

16.033

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

187countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Labour Income Share, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.721	—
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.486	—
3	Honduras`HND`Central America	66.383	—
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	65.639	—
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.444	Imputation
6	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	64.511	—
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	62.095	—
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	61.738	Imputation
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	61.467	—
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.306	—
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.131	—
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.055	—
13	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60.860	Model-based extrapolation
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	60.231	—
15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.223	—
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	59.261	—
17	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	59.057	—
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.928	Imputation
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.568	—
20	United States`USA`Northern America	58.537	Imputation
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	58.513	—
22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.447	—
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	58.321	—
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.144	—
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.055	—
26	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	57.924	—
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.831	—
28	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	57.820	—
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	57.796	—
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.499	—
31	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57.456	Imputation
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.409	—
33	India`IND`Southern Asia	57.299	—
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	56.369	—
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	56.169	—
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	56.006	Imputation
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	55.914	Imputation
38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	55.654	Imputation
39	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.477	—
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	54.821	—
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.782	Imputation
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.446	—
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.395	Imputation
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.318	Imputation
45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.091	Imputation
46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.864	—
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.781	—
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.422	—
49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	52.335	Imputation
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	52.258	—
51	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	52.149	Imputation
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.935	Imputation
53	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.926	Imputation
54	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.897	Imputation
55	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	51.816	—
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.746	—
57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.734	Imputation
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	51.529	—
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	51.519	—
60	Colombia`COL`South America	51.318	—
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.236	Model-based extrapolation
62	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.929	—
63	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.905	Imputation
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.884	—
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.855	Imputation
66	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	50.808	—
67	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.803	Imputation
68	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	50.459	Imputation
69	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.449	—
70	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	50.000	—
71	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	49.701	—
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.571	Imputation
73	Chile`CHL`South America	49.388	—
74	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.194	Imputation
75	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	49.102	Imputation
76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48.672	Imputation
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	48.331	—
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.262	Model-based extrapolation
79	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.845	—
80	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	47.824	Imputation
81	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	47.653	Imputation
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.622	Imputation
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	47.517	—
84	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.435	Imputation
85	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.406	Imputation
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.160	—
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.142	Imputation
88	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	47.003	Imputation
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.779	Imputation
90	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	46.690	Imputation
91	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.502	Imputation
92	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.413	—
93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.379	Imputation
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.231	—
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	45.997	Imputation
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.856	—
97	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	45.814	Imputation
98	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.717	Imputation
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.666	—
100	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	45.354	Imputation
101	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	45.345	Imputation
102	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45.311	—
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.683	Model-based extrapolation
104	Peru`PER`South America	44.520	—
105	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.422	Imputation
106	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.238	Imputation
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	44.074	Imputation
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.028	—
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.017	Imputation
110	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.954	Imputation
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.886	Imputation
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.866	Imputation
113	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	43.739	Model-based extrapolation
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.613	Imputation
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.588	Imputation
116	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43.502	Imputation
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.468	—
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	43.380	Imputation
119	Bolivia`BOL`South America	43.367	—
120	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.310	Imputation
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.179	—
122	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.126	—
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.077	Imputation
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	42.757	—
125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.591	—
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.433	Imputation
127	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.426	Model-based extrapolation
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	41.888	—
129	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	41.483	—
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41.409	Imputation
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	41.159	Imputation
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.044	—
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.992	—
134	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.765	Imputation
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	40.761	Imputation
136	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.154	Imputation
137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.880	Imputation
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.462	—
139	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	39.139	Imputation
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.101	Imputation
141	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	38.977	Imputation
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.374	Imputation
143	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.160	—
144	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	38.131	Imputation
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.126	—
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.095	Imputation
147	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.009	Imputation
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.984	Imputation
149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	37.968	Imputation
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.939	Imputation
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	37.543	Imputation
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.303	Imputation
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.699	—
154	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	36.515	—
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	36.495	Imputation
156	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	36.478	Imputation
157	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	36.309	Imputation
158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.277	—
159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.599	Imputation
160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.527	Model-based extrapolation
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.507	Imputation
162	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.421	Imputation
163	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.187	—
164	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.001	Imputation
165	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.862	—
166	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.801	—
167	Panama`PAN`Central America	33.895	—
168	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.596	—
169	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.267	Imputation
170	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.670	Imputation
171	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.168	—
172	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	32.148	—
173	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.558	Imputation
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.867	Imputation
175	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	29.348	Imputation
176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.019	—
177	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.959	Imputation
178	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	27.387	Imputation
179	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27.007	Imputation
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	25.723	—
181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	24.484	Imputation
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	23.874	Imputation
183	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	22.282	—
184	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	21.826	Imputation
185	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	20.317	Imputation
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	19.350	—
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	16.033	Imputation

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nigeria67.721
2Switzerland67.486
3Honduras66.383
4Belgium65.639
5Iceland65.444

Lowest

187Qatar16.033
186Tajikistan19.350
185Saudi Arabia20.317
184Macau21.826
183Brunei22.282

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.231. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
105 · 82rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zambia40.741 → 46.231+5.490
Botswana36.322 → 41.483+5.161
Argentina53.249 → 58.055+4.806
Suriname42.281 → 46.779+4.498
Burundi38.693 → 42.757+4.064

Fell most

Libya48.588 → 27.007−21.581
Timor-Leste57.547 → 52.864−4.683
Dominican Republic55.331 → 50.884−4.447
Mozambique51.996 → 49.102−2.894
Angola46.131 → 44.074−2.057

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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86 empty cells
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2012). Labour Income Share, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2012

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