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Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022

2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022 covers 75 countries on 3 measures. South Africa is highest, at 46.547; Thailand is lowest, at 2.030. The middle country reads 12.485. Against 2021, 64 values changed (3 up, 61 down), 11 countries joined, 15 left.

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Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4) · Data for 2022

HighestSouth Africa

46.547

LowestThailand

2.030

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), 2022, 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 75 countries · select a heading to sort

Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa46.54750.50843.05—
2RwandaRWAEastern Africa36.64742.00831.13—
3HondurasHNDCentral America35.53747.88224.53—
4SenegalSENWestern Africa34.89250.70421.25—
5PalestinePSEWestern Asia31.02952.98024.26—
6AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.18230.95729.35—
7NiueNIUPolynesia29.91130.78929.04—
8MontenegroMNESouthern Europe25.04625.04325.05—
9GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia24.94925.81424.13—
10ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa23.71025.51721.88—
11JordanJORWestern Asia22.62734.02320.20—
12SpainESPSouthern Europe22.61828.16617.58—
13North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe21.26520.44821.84—
14ZambiaZMBEastern Africa21.05223.26519.04—
15Costa RicaCRICentral America20.98726.62016.87—
16BrazilBRASouth America20.55625.70416.33—
17ChileCHLSouth America20.35923.54017.91—
18GreeceGRCSouthern Europe19.46825.24414.76—
19ItalyITASouthern Europe19.44623.94415.91—
20AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe17.88218.95416.95—
21UruguayURYSouth America17.82320.73915.30Break in series
22FranceFRAWestern Europe17.81919.08516.61—
23Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe17.09720.92714.33Break in series
24FinlandFINNorthern Europe16.68216.99616.39—
25SudanSDNNorthern Africa16.57522.97615.06Break in series

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Africa46.547
  2. 2Rwanda36.647
  3. 3Honduras35.537
  4. 4Senegal34.892
  5. 5Palestine31.029

Lowest

  1. 75Thailand2.030
  2. 74Moldova2.349
  3. 73Vietnam3.822
  4. 72Czechia3.865
  5. 71Laos3.933

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.485. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +11 / −15countries joined / left
  • 64values changed, of 64 in both
  • 3 · 61rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bangladesh+ Switzerland+ Laos+ Madagascar+ Mali+ Nigeria+ Niue+ Sudan+ Senegal+ Tuvalu+ Samoa− Afghanistan− Comoros− Ethiopia− Grenada− Guatemala− Guyana− Indonesia− Iraq− Kenya− Pakistan− Panama− Eswatini− Timor-Leste− Tonga− Uganda

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 2022.

  • 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.

  • 68 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) (2022). Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-underutilisation/2022

0611 held

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07Questions

Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest labour underutilisation in Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022?

South Africa, at 46.547, of the 75 countries in the file.

What year does Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022 cover?

75.

Where can I download Composite Rate of Labour Underutilisation (LU4), 2022?

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), 2022 the newest?

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

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