Data for 2015

Labour Income Share, 2015

Name: Labour Income Share, 2015
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2015, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2015 covers 187 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 68.808; Tajikistan is lowest, at 22.898. The middle country reads 46.876. Against 2014, 187 values changed (106 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2015

HighestSwitzerland

68.808

LowestTajikistan

22.898

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

187countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.808	—
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66.968	—
3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	63.839	—
4	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	63.486	Imputation
5	France`FRA`Western Europe	62.169	—
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	62.050	—
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	61.673	Imputation
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	61.626	—
9	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.387	—
10	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.300	Model-based extrapolation
11	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	61.190	—
12	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.574	Model-based extrapolation
13	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.130	Imputation
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.630	—
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.547	—
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.501	—
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.367	—
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	59.083	—
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	59.069	Imputation
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.991	—
21	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.944	—
22	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.584	Model-based extrapolation
23	United States`USA`Northern America	58.582	Imputation
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	58.376	Imputation
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.005	—
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	57.783	—
27	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.737	—
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	57.585	—
29	Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.494	—
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57.013	Imputation
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.956	—
32	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56.579	—
33	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.469	—
34	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.227	Imputation
35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.176	—
36	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.092	Imputation
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	56.040	Imputation
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.337	—
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.943	Imputation
40	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	54.824	Imputation
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.631	Model-based extrapolation
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.083	—
43	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54.054	—
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	53.854	—
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.842	—
46	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	53.669	Imputation
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53.535	—
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	53.334	—
49	Colombia`COL`South America	52.880	—
50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.799	—
51	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	52.525	Imputation
52	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	52.395	—
53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.272	—
54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.233	Imputation
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.215	—
56	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	52.144	Imputation
57	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	52.062	Imputation
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.781	Imputation
59	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	51.731	Imputation
60	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.614	Imputation
61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.613	Imputation
62	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.289	—
63	Chile`CHL`South America	50.980	—
64	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50.947	—
65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.900	—
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.853	Imputation
67	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	50.841	Imputation
68	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	50.729	Imputation
69	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	50.578	Imputation
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.494	Imputation
71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	49.907	—
72	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	49.610	—
73	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	49.549	—
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	49.244	—
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.170	—
76	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.015	—
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.827	—
78	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	48.803	Imputation
79	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	48.638	—
80	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.599	Imputation
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.363	Model-based extrapolation
82	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48.181	—
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	47.821	Imputation
84	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	47.810	—
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	47.768	Imputation
86	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	47.711	Imputation
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.572	Imputation
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	47.548	Imputation
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.513	—
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.404	—
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.392	Imputation
92	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.931	Imputation
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.927	Imputation
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	46.876	Imputation
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	46.699	Imputation
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.668	—
97	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	46.579	—
98	Peru`PER`South America	46.578	—
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.528	—
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	46.331	Imputation
101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.311	Imputation
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	46.307	—
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.145	Imputation
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.971	Imputation
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	45.930	—
106	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.851	Imputation
107	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	45.075	Imputation
108	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	44.891	—
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	44.876	—
110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	44.739	Imputation
111	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.678	Model-based extrapolation
112	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.597	Imputation
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.581	Imputation
114	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	44.564	Imputation
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.458	Imputation
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.240	—
117	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.923	Imputation
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.761	Imputation
119	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43.610	Imputation
120	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43.585	Imputation
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.436	Imputation
122	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	43.392	Imputation
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.164	Imputation
124	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.073	Imputation
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.017	Imputation
126	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.959	—
127	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.951	Imputation
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	42.630	Imputation
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.548	Model-based extrapolation
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.473	—
131	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.949	Imputation
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	41.521	—
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.511	Imputation
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	41.330	—
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	41.271	Imputation
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.945	—
137	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.926	Imputation
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	40.917	—
139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	40.854	Imputation
140	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	40.789	—
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.711	Imputation
142	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	40.257	Imputation
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.225	—
144	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.887	—
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	39.552	Imputation
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.163	—
147	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	39.008	Imputation
148	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	38.959	—
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.890	Imputation
150	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	38.795	Imputation
151	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.139	Imputation
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.923	Imputation
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.817	—
154	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	37.805	—
155	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	37.732	Imputation
156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.525	Imputation
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	37.350	Imputation
158	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.211	Imputation
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.193	Imputation
160	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.987	Imputation
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.772	Imputation
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	36.753	Imputation
163	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.604	Imputation
164	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.547	—
165	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.220	—
166	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.127	Imputation
167	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	35.665	—
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.426	Model-based extrapolation
169	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.082	Imputation
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.822	Imputation
171	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33.313	Imputation
172	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	32.852	—
173	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.388	—
174	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.164	Imputation
175	Panama`PAN`Central America	31.747	—
176	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	31.647	Imputation
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	31.642	Imputation
178	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	31.585	Imputation
179	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.262	—
180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.215	Imputation
181	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	30.621	—
182	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.706	Model-based extrapolation
183	Niger`NER`Western Africa	29.280	—
184	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28.694	Imputation
185	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.297	Imputation
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	27.219	Imputation
187	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	22.898	—

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland68.808
2Nigeria66.968
3Belgium63.839
4Iceland63.486
5France62.169

Lowest

187Tajikistan22.898
186Qatar27.219
185Gabon28.297
184Saudi Arabia28.694
183Niger29.280

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.876. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
106 · 81rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait29.078 → 40.257+11.179
Qatar18.439 → 27.219+8.780
Macau23.341 → 31.585+8.244
Oman33.027 → 40.854+7.827
Angola38.235 → 45.851+7.616

Fell most

Venezuela48.196 → 31.262−16.934
Ireland46.071 → 35.665−10.406
Ukraine56.584 → 47.768−8.816
Timor-Leste52.102 → 47.404−4.698
Zambia42.208 → 38.959−3.249

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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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2015). Labour Income Share, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2015

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