Data for 2023

Labour Income Share, 2023

Name: Labour Income Share, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Income Share, 2023 covers 184 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 75.279; Venezuela is lowest, at 9.630. The middle country reads 45.900. Against 2022, 184 values changed (113 up, 71 down), 2 left.

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Labour Income Share · Data for 2023

HighestNigeria

75.279

LowestVenezuela

9.630

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

184countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.279	—
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	70.172	—
3	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.516	—
4	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	64.383	—
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.310	Imputation
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	62.982	—
7	India`IND`Southern Asia	61.141	—
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	60.768	Imputation
9	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.711	Model-based extrapolation
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.531	—
11	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.972	Model-based extrapolation
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	59.691	—
13	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.448	Model-based extrapolation
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	59.118	Imputation
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.919	—
16	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.850	—
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.770	Imputation
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.720	—
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.688	Imputation
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	58.495	—
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.479	—
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.432	—
23	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58.156	Model-based extrapolation
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	57.881	—
25	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57.819	Imputation
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.510	—
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.360	—
28	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	56.736	—
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56.670	—
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.583	Model-based extrapolation
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	55.866	—
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	55.769	—
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.407	Imputation
34	United States`USA`Northern America	55.385	Imputation
35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.325	Imputation
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.101	—
37	Guyana`GUY`South America	55.084	Imputation
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.002	—
39	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54.384	—
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	54.368	—
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	54.351	—
42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.263	—
43	Chile`CHL`South America	54.139	—
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	54.070	—
45	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.025	Model-based extrapolation
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.585	Imputation
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53.500	—
48	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	53.495	—
49	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53.394	—
50	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	53.319	—
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.279	Model-based extrapolation
52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.224	—
53	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	53.191	Imputation
54	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	52.805	Imputation
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52.495	Imputation
56	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	52.302	Imputation
57	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.954	Imputation
58	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.804	Imputation
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51.766	Imputation
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.442	—
61	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.344	Imputation
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.239	—
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	51.178	—
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.062	Imputation
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.825	Imputation
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.677	—
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.629	Imputation
68	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	50.080	Imputation
69	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.925	Imputation
70	Colombia`COL`South America	49.852	—
71	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.835	—
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	49.574	—
73	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.696	Model-based extrapolation
74	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	48.594	Model-based extrapolation
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.565	Model-based extrapolation
76	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.407	Imputation
77	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48.322	Imputation
78	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	48.195	—
79	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	48.170	—
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48.076	Imputation
81	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	47.633	Imputation
82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	47.574	Imputation
83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	47.471	—
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.390	Imputation
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.276	—
86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.979	—
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.966	Imputation
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.848	—
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	46.524	Imputation
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.302	Imputation
91	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.179	Imputation
92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	45.949	Imputation
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.850	Model-based extrapolation
94	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.560	Imputation
95	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	45.423	Imputation
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45.184	—
97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.122	Model-based extrapolation
98	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.712	—
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.655	—
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	44.620	Imputation
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.511	Imputation
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.475	Imputation
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.359	Model-based extrapolation
104	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	44.294	Imputation
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.169	Imputation
106	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	44.121	Imputation
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.973	Imputation
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.870	—
109	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.821	Imputation
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.819	—
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.597	—
112	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43.567	Model-based extrapolation
113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	43.511	Imputation
114	Peru`PER`South America	43.076	—
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.727	Imputation
116	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42.662	Imputation
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.576	Imputation
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	42.216	Imputation
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.087	Model-based extrapolation
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.039	Imputation
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	41.982	Model-based extrapolation
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.811	Imputation
123	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.735	Imputation
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.643	Imputation
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	41.419	Imputation
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.338	Imputation
127	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	41.336	Imputation
128	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.289	—
129	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.151	—
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	40.971	Imputation
131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.893	Imputation
132	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	40.762	Imputation
133	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.270	Imputation
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.178	Model-based extrapolation
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39.463	—
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.170	Imputation
137	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.078	Model-based extrapolation
138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.902	Imputation
139	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.765	Imputation
140	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.617	Model-based extrapolation
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.587	Imputation
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.987	Imputation
143	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	37.906	Imputation
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.820	Imputation
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.796	Model-based extrapolation
146	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	37.567	Imputation
147	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.346	Imputation
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.270	Imputation
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	37.209	Imputation
150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.893	Imputation
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	36.853	Imputation
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.753	Model-based extrapolation
153	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.412	—
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.356	Imputation
155	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	35.921	Imputation
156	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.742	Imputation
157	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.106	—
158	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.099	Model-based extrapolation
159	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.533	Model-based extrapolation
160	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34.316	Imputation
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.258	Imputation
162	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.115	—
163	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.907	—
164	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.827	Imputation
165	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	33.715	—
166	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.787	Imputation
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.446	Imputation
168	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	32.203	Imputation
169	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	32.012	—
170	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.603	Imputation
171	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	31.340	Imputation
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	31.261	—
173	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31.154	Imputation
174	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.996	Model-based extrapolation
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.212	Imputation
176	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	29.337	—
177	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.725	Imputation
178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.177	Model-based extrapolation
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	27.948	Imputation
180	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	27.353	Imputation
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	27.189	Imputation
182	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.485	Model-based extrapolation
183	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	18.569	—
184	Venezuela`VEN`South America	9.630	Model-based extrapolation

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nigeria75.279
2Switzerland70.172
3Zimbabwe67.516
4Latvia64.383
5Iceland64.310

Lowest

184Venezuela9.630
183Tajikistan18.569
182Zambia26.485
181Bahrain27.189
180Macau27.353

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.900. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
184values changed, of 184 in both
113 · 71rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iraq30.863 → 41.338+10.475
Norway37.625 → 44.121+6.496
Türkiye28.615 → 35.106+6.491
Kuwait32.747 → 38.765+6.018
Latvia59.494 → 64.383+4.889

Fell most

Sri Lanka33.984 → 29.337−4.647
Macau30.890 → 27.353−3.537
Morocco43.993 → 41.643−2.350
Greece53.540 → 51.239−2.301
Malta47.550 → 45.423−2.127

− Palestine

− Sudan

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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66 empty cells
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Labour Income Share, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-income-share/2023

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