Data for 2016

Labour Income Share, 2016

Name: Labour Income Share, 2016
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2016 covers 187 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 68.223; Tajikistan is lowest, at 22.174. The middle country reads 46.798. Against 2015, 187 values changed (91 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2016

HighestSwitzerland

68.223

LowestTajikistan

22.174

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

187countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.223	—
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	65.829	—
3	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	65.022	—
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	63.697	Imputation
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	62.851	Imputation
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	62.661	—
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	61.977	—
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	61.399	—
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.288	—
10	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.222	—
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.954	—
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.906	—
13	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.640	Model-based extrapolation
14	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.576	—
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60.188	—
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	60.055	—
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.766	—
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	59.141	Imputation
19	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.485	—
20	United States`USA`Northern America	58.399	Imputation
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	58.142	Imputation
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	58.111	—
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.888	—
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.612	—
25	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.509	—
26	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	57.387	—
27	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	57.286	—
28	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.170	—
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.613	Imputation
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.593	Imputation
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.232	—
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.165	—
33	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56.101	—
34	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.898	Imputation
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.798	Imputation
36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.653	—
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.282	—
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	55.020	—
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.920	—
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	54.867	Imputation
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.855	Imputation
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.839	—
43	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	54.505	Imputation
44	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	54.462	Imputation
45	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.298	Model-based extrapolation
46	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	53.886	—
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.087	—
48	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	52.879	—
49	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.756	—
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.627	—
51	Colombia`COL`South America	52.485	—
52	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	52.391	Imputation
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52.283	—
54	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	52.249	Imputation
55	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	52.221	Imputation
56	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	52.107	Imputation
57	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	52.058	Imputation
58	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.969	—
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.966	—
60	Chile`CHL`South America	51.768	—
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	51.767	Imputation
62	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.715	Imputation
63	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	51.639	Imputation
64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	51.555	—
65	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.551	Imputation
66	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.519	Imputation
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.515	Imputation
68	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	51.055	Imputation
69	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.949	Imputation
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.676	—
71	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.657	—
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	50.391	—
73	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50.119	—
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	49.973	Imputation
75	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	49.794	—
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.482	Imputation
77	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49.100	—
78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.687	Imputation
79	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	48.479	Imputation
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.394	Model-based extrapolation
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.374	—
82	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	48.162	—
83	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	48.086	—
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.780	—
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.762	—
86	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	47.474	Imputation
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	47.448	—
88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.236	—
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.153	Imputation
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	47.052	Imputation
91	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.011	—
92	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	47.001	—
93	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.807	Imputation
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.798	—
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	46.768	—
96	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	46.706	Imputation
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	46.635	Imputation
98	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.503	Imputation
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	46.493	Imputation
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	46.440	Imputation
101	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	46.375	Model-based extrapolation
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.315	Imputation
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45.742	Imputation
104	Peru`PER`South America	45.562	—
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.332	Imputation
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45.254	—
107	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	45.134	Imputation
108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	44.778	Imputation
109	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.249	Imputation
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.228	Imputation
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	44.093	Imputation
112	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.955	—
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.954	Imputation
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.871	—
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43.676	Imputation
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.672	Imputation
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.464	—
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.328	Imputation
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.150	Imputation
120	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.056	Imputation
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.945	Imputation
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.878	Imputation
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.797	—
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	42.691	Imputation
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.630	—
126	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.548	Imputation
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	42.473	Imputation
128	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	42.467	Imputation
129	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	42.388	Imputation
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.317	—
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.308	Imputation
132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.863	—
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.725	—
134	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.512	Imputation
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	41.114	Imputation
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	40.908	Imputation
137	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.884	Imputation
138	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.493	Model-based extrapolation
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	40.450	Imputation
140	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.439	—
141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.231	Imputation
142	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.230	—
143	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.214	—
144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.746	Imputation
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	38.976	—
146	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	38.896	Imputation
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.665	Imputation
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.550	Imputation
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.445	—
150	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	38.352	Imputation
151	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.122	Imputation
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.068	Imputation
153	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.966	Imputation
154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.775	Imputation
155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	37.422	Imputation
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.358	Imputation
157	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	37.355	—
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.274	Imputation
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	37.159	—
160	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.923	—
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.802	Imputation
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.667	Imputation
163	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.557	—
164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.519	—
165	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.294	Model-based extrapolation
166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	36.150	Imputation
167	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.078	Imputation
168	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.059	—
169	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	34.526	—
170	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34.483	Imputation
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.200	Imputation
172	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.039	—
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	33.793	Imputation
174	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	32.552	Imputation
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.496	Imputation
176	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.364	Imputation
177	Panama`PAN`Central America	32.361	—
178	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	31.738	Imputation
179	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.624	—
180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.201	Imputation
181	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.538	—
182	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.094	Imputation
183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	30.012	Imputation
184	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.604	Model-based extrapolation
185	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.758	Imputation
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.445	—
187	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	22.174	—

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland68.223
2Nigeria65.829
3Moldova65.022
4Libya63.697
5Iceland62.851

Lowest

187Tajikistan22.174
186Niger28.445
185Gabon28.758
184Côte d’Ivoire29.604
183Qatar30.012

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.798. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
91 · 96rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Romania37.805 → 41.863+4.058
Brunei30.621 → 34.526+3.905
Moldova61.190 → 65.022+3.832
Türkiye36.547 → 40.214+3.667
Oman40.854 → 44.249+3.395

Fell most

Burundi44.891 → 37.159−7.732
Guinea44.564 → 38.665−5.899
Suriname60.130 → 54.867−5.263
Botswana40.789 → 36.557−4.232
Angola45.851 → 42.473−3.378

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) (2016). Labour Income Share, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2016

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