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Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016

2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016 covers 67 countries on 3 measures. South Africa is highest, at 39.258; Thailand is lowest, at 1.738. The middle country reads 15.270. Against 2015, 60 values changed (20 up, 40 down), 7 countries joined, 2 left.

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Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4) · Data for 2016

HighestSouth Africa

39.258

LowestThailand

1.738

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 67 countries · select a heading to sort

Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa39.25844.05635.09—
2ArmeniaARMWestern Asia38.00941.07134.97—
3Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe37.39945.00232.15—
4EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa36.66140.12133.01—
5AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe33.36733.70533.09—
6PalestinePSEWestern Asia32.58354.27426.00—
7GreeceGRCSouthern Europe31.73838.01226.56—
8North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe30.07830.02730.11—
9SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe30.06932.07028.41—
10SpainESPSouthern Europe29.68335.13624.77—
11SenegalSENWestern Africa29.03240.20817.81—
12Costa RicaCRICentral America27.38036.98220.08—
13CyprusCYPWestern Asia27.01027.39726.64—
14MontenegroMNESouthern Europe26.96127.76926.29—
15MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia26.12836.13218.34Break in series
16ItalyITASouthern Europe24.98429.74621.20—
17ChileCHLSouth America24.83730.36020.58—
18CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe23.95026.41621.68—
19PortugalPRTSouthern Europe22.25623.56421.00—
20FranceFRAWestern Europe20.96023.17718.89—
21BrazilBRASouth America20.75625.18817.25—
22SurinameSURSouth America20.74723.93518.51—
23Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa20.48325.89216.00—
24FinlandFINNorthern Europe20.24720.76519.77—
25UruguayURYSouth America19.07822.77615.87—

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1South Africa39.258
  2. 2Armenia38.009
  3. 3Bosnia and Herzegovina37.399
  4. 4Eswatini36.661
  5. 5Albania33.367

Lowest

  1. 67Thailand1.738
  2. 66Vietnam4.021
  3. 65Czechia5.442
  4. 64Moldova5.748
  5. 63United States6.686

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.270. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

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

  • +7 / −2countries joined / left
  • 60values changed, of 60 in both
  • 20 · 40rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Albania38.716 → 33.367−5.349
  • Cyprus30.614 → 27.010−3.604
  • Serbia33.278 → 30.069−3.209
  • Spain32.545 → 29.683−2.862
  • Hungary11.496 → 9.015−2.481
+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Cook Islands+ Indonesia+ Maldives+ Senegal+ Suriname+ Eswatini− Ghana− Togo

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 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 2016.

  • The position is ours

    ILO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • 64 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: Break in series.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-underutilisation/2016

0611 held

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07Questions

Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest labour underutilisation in Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016?

South Africa, at 39.258, of the 67 countries in the file.

What year does Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016 cover?

67.

Where can I download Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2016 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2024.

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