Data for 2018

Labour Income Share, 2018

Name: Labour Income Share, 2018
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2018, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2018 covers 187 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 72.212; Venezuela is lowest, at 17.767. The middle country reads 46.187. Against 2017, 186 values changed (98 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2018

HighestNigeria

72.212

LowestVenezuela

17.767

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

187countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	72.212	—
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	67.788	Imputation
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.734	—
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	62.212	—
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	62.191	—
6	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	61.906	—
7	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	61.146	—
8	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.651	Model-based extrapolation
9	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.472	—
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.471	—
11	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	60.260	—
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	60.193	—
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.827	—
14	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	59.808	Imputation
15	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.541	—
16	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.887	—
17	Ecuador`ECU`South America	58.493	—
18	United States`USA`Northern America	58.397	Imputation
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.334	—
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.257	—
21	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.687	—
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.450	—
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.141	Imputation
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.100	—
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57.099	Imputation
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	56.991	—
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.592	Model-based extrapolation
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.584	—
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.430	Imputation
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	56.407	—
31	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	56.229	—
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	56.118	Imputation
33	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56.089	—
34	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.866	Imputation
35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	55.865	—
36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.720	—
37	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	55.518	—
38	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.496	—
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.844	—
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.729	Model-based extrapolation
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.698	—
42	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.666	Imputation
43	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.501	—
44	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	54.364	—
45	Chile`CHL`South America	54.274	—
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.837	—
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	53.790	—
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.744	—
49	Colombia`COL`South America	53.202	—
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	52.758	—
51	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	52.558	Imputation
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.511	—
53	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	52.414	Imputation
54	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.406	—
55	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	52.394	Imputation
56	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	52.262	Imputation
57	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.725	Imputation
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	51.642	—
59	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.608	Imputation
60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	51.504	Imputation
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.491	Imputation
62	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	51.476	Imputation
63	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.372	—
64	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.361	—
65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	51.317	—
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.241	Imputation
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.137	Imputation
68	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.933	Imputation
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.759	Imputation
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.562	Imputation
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.425	—
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.331	Imputation
73	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.284	Imputation
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.776	—
75	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.176	Imputation
76	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	48.992	—
77	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	48.936	—
78	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	48.686	Imputation
79	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	48.642	—
80	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	48.641	Imputation
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.511	Model-based extrapolation
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48.433	Imputation
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.356	—
84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	48.353	—
85	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	47.771	Imputation
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.699	Model-based extrapolation
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	47.676	—
88	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	47.408	Imputation
89	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.337	Imputation
90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.185	Imputation
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	46.835	Imputation
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.513	—
93	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.215	Imputation
94	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.187	Imputation
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45.906	—
96	Belize`BLZ`Central America	45.787	Imputation
97	Peru`PER`South America	45.731	—
98	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.443	Imputation
99	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.296	Model-based extrapolation
100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.272	—
101	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	45.170	Imputation
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.099	Imputation
103	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.055	Imputation
104	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	44.980	—
105	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	44.755	—
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.685	Imputation
107	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.418	Imputation
108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	44.362	Imputation
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.291	Imputation
110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.184	—
111	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.983	Imputation
112	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.967	—
113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	43.953	Imputation
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.900	Imputation
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43.876	Imputation
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.826	—
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.813	—
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.725	Imputation
119	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	43.424	Imputation
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.289	Imputation
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.959	—
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.823	Imputation
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	42.796	—
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.722	Imputation
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.648	Imputation
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.534	Imputation
127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42.495	Imputation
128	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.103	—
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.932	Model-based extrapolation
130	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.251	Imputation
131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	41.243	—
132	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	41.067	Imputation
133	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	41.045	Imputation
134	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.703	Imputation
135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.479	Model-based extrapolation
136	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	40.252	Imputation
137	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.095	—
138	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.783	—
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38.938	—
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.725	Imputation
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.482	Imputation
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.453	Imputation
143	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.249	Imputation
144	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	38.243	Imputation
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.051	Imputation
146	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	38.023	Imputation
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.949	Model-based extrapolation
148	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.942	—
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.813	—
150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	37.805	Imputation
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.751	Imputation
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.706	Imputation
153	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	37.171	Imputation
154	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.086	—
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	37.042	Imputation
156	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	37.020	Imputation
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	37.003	Imputation
158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.923	—
159	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.910	—
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.698	Imputation
161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.375	—
162	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.358	Imputation
163	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.324	Imputation
164	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.924	Imputation
165	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	35.830	Imputation
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.572	Model-based extrapolation
167	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	35.414	—
168	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	35.083	Imputation
169	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	34.361	Imputation
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.685	Imputation
171	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.546	Imputation
=172	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.633	Imputation
=172	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	32.633	Imputation
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.736	Imputation
175	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.335	—
176	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.303	—
177	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.276	Imputation
178	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	30.691	—
179	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.544	Model-based extrapolation
180	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.287	Imputation
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.273	Imputation
182	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.078	Imputation
183	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	28.856	Imputation
184	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.688	—
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	25.752	Imputation
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	21.255	—
187	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.767	—

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nigeria72.212
2Iceland67.788
3Switzerland67.734
4Belgium62.212
5Germany62.191

Lowest

187Venezuela17.767
186Tajikistan21.255
185Qatar25.752
184Niger27.688
183Macau28.856

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.187. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
98 · 88rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Zambia30.954 → 36.375+5.421
Panama32.099 → 36.910+4.811
Moldova56.739 → 61.146+4.407
Sri Lanka33.701 → 37.086+3.385
Croatia56.988 → 60.260+3.272

Fell most

Venezuela25.388 → 17.767−7.621
Oman41.579 → 34.361−7.218
Iraq41.371 → 36.324−5.047
Libya51.214 → 46.187−5.027
Zimbabwe57.621 → 52.758−4.863

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 2018.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 32.633. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
82 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) (2018). Labour Income Share, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2018

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