Data for 2019

Labour Income Share, 2019

Name: Labour Income Share, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2019, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2019 covers 187 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 74.782; Venezuela is lowest, at 10.128. The middle country reads 46.277. Against 2018, 187 values changed (110 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2019

HighestNigeria

74.782

LowestVenezuela

10.128

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

187countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	74.782	—
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	68.821	Imputation
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.019	—
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	62.669	—
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	62.413	—
6	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.636	—
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.550	—
8	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.483	Model-based extrapolation
9	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.445	—
10	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.332	—
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	59.755	—
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.749	—
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.581	—
14	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	59.525	—
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.279	—
16	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.250	—
17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.244	—
18	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.945	—
19	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.894	—
20	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.815	Imputation
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.687	Imputation
22	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58.507	—
23	United States`USA`Northern America	58.200	Imputation
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.066	—
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.063	—
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.675	Imputation
27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	57.450	—
28	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.328	—
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.767	Imputation
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.166	—
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.087	—
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.050	—
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.943	Imputation
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.830	—
35	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.770	Imputation
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	55.638	Model-based extrapolation
37	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	55.504	—
38	Guyana`GUY`South America	55.251	Imputation
39	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	55.100	—
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.980	Model-based extrapolation
41	Chile`CHL`South America	54.908	—
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	54.750	—
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.629	—
44	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.621	—
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	54.442	Imputation
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.437	—
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	53.986	—
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.853	—
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.803	—
50	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	53.709	Imputation
51	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.599	Imputation
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	53.563	—
53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.852	—
54	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	52.428	Imputation
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.341	—
56	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.314	—
57	Colombia`COL`South America	52.295	—
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	52.291	Imputation
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.260	Imputation
60	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	52.245	Imputation
61	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	52.053	Imputation
62	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	51.978	Imputation
63	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.972	—
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.930	—
65	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.875	Imputation
66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.710	Imputation
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51.693	Imputation
68	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.450	Imputation
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.419	Imputation
70	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	51.380	Imputation
71	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51.341	Imputation
72	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	50.697	—
73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.679	—
74	Suriname`SUR`South America	50.192	Imputation
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50.060	—
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.797	Imputation
77	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	49.582	—
78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.312	Imputation
79	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49.178	—
80	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.958	—
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.659	Model-based extrapolation
82	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	48.565	—
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.027	Model-based extrapolation
84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	47.940	Imputation
85	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.522	Imputation
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.474	Imputation
87	Peru`PER`South America	47.342	—
88	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.311	Imputation
89	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	47.151	Imputation
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	47.057	—
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	46.867	—
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.851	Imputation
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.764	Imputation
94	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.277	Imputation
95	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.235	Imputation
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	46.145	—
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.803	—
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.676	—
99	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.461	Imputation
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.342	Imputation
101	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	45.171	Imputation
102	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.059	Model-based extrapolation
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	44.896	Imputation
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.792	—
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.713	—
106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.501	Imputation
107	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.471	Imputation
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.343	Imputation
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.252	Imputation
110	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.199	Imputation
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.136	—
112	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.042	Imputation
113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	43.994	Imputation
114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.723	Imputation
115	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.337	—
116	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	43.188	Imputation
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.065	Imputation
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.050	—
119	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.898	—
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.762	—
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.681	Imputation
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.646	Imputation
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.566	Imputation
124	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	42.499	Imputation
125	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.358	—
126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42.334	Imputation
127	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.301	Imputation
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.229	—
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.709	Imputation
130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	41.291	—
131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	41.076	Imputation
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.853	Model-based extrapolation
133	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	40.851	Imputation
=134	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.639	Imputation
=134	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.639	Imputation
136	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.618	Model-based extrapolation
137	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.096	—
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	39.514	—
139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.513	—
140	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.299	Imputation
141	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.240	—
142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.237	—
143	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	39.176	Imputation
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.985	Imputation
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.804	Imputation
146	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.783	—
147	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.612	Imputation
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.553	Model-based extrapolation
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.397	Imputation
150	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.209	Imputation
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.194	Imputation
152	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.139	Imputation
153	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	38.023	Imputation
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.905	Imputation
155	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.806	Imputation
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.308	Imputation
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.240	—
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.998	Imputation
159	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.891	Imputation
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.690	Imputation
161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.600	—
162	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	36.366	Imputation
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.360	Imputation
164	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	36.343	Imputation
165	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.069	—
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.880	Model-based extrapolation
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	35.811	Imputation
168	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	35.100	Imputation
169	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	34.776	—
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.670	Imputation
171	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.495	Imputation
172	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	33.024	Imputation
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.507	Imputation
174	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.184	—
175	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	31.733	—
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.613	Imputation
177	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.459	—
178	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.308	Imputation
179	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.854	Imputation
180	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.284	Model-based extrapolation
181	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	30.275	Imputation
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	29.029	Imputation
183	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.267	Imputation
184	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	28.090	Imputation
185	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.298	—
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	20.581	—
187	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.128	—

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nigeria74.782
2Iceland68.821
3Switzerland68.019
4Germany62.669
5Belgium62.413

Lowest

187Venezuela10.128
186Tajikistan20.581
185Niger27.298
184Qatar28.090
183Gabon28.267

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.277. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
110 · 77rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Serbia44.980 → 50.060+5.080
Burkina Faso42.796 → 47.057+4.261
Uzbekistan37.020 → 40.639+3.619
United Arab Emirates32.633 → 35.811+3.178
Zambia36.375 → 39.514+3.139

Fell most

Timor-Leste52.511 → 38.783−13.728
Venezuela17.767 → 10.128−7.639
Kyrgyzstan35.924 → 33.024−2.900
Argentina56.407 → 53.563−2.844
Italy61.906 → 59.279−2.627

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.

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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 2019.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 40.639. 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.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2019). Labour Income Share, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2019

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