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Low Pay Rate, 2008

2008, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Pay Rate, 2008 covers 50 countries. Azerbaijan is highest, at 50.000; Norway is lowest, at 3.850. The middle country reads 22.151. Against 2006, 41 values changed (19 up, 22 down), 9 countries joined, 13 left.

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Low Pay Rate · Data for 2008

HighestAzerbaijan

50.000

LowestNorway

3.850

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 Low Pay Rate, 2008, 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 50 countries · select a heading to sort

Low Pay Rate, 2008: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia50.000Labour-related Establishment Survey——
2LatviaLVANorthern Europe34.100Administrative Records——
3IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia32.908National Labour Force Survey—Break in series
4NepalNPLSouthern Asia32.492Labour Force Survey—Break in series
5ParaguayPRYSouth America29.343Continuous Household Survey——
6MongoliaMNGEastern Asia29.336Sample Survey on average wages and salaries of employees——
7UruguayURYSouth America29.100Continuous Household Survey——
8EgyptEGYNorthern Africa28.573Labour Force Sample Survey—Break in series
9PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia28.375Labour Force Survey——
10PakistanPAKSouthern Asia27.475Labour Force Survey——
11United StatesUSANorthern America26.325Current Population Survey——
12ArgentinaARGSouth America25.880Permanent Household Survey, UrbanGeographical coverage: Main cities or metropolitan areas—
13HondurasHNDCentral America25.837Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey—Break in series
14MoldovaMDAEastern Europe25.489Labour Force Survey——
15South KoreaKOREastern Asia25.471Survey on labor conditions by employment type——
16ArmeniaARMWestern Asia25.000Households Living Conditions Survey——
17CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia24.949Household Socio-Economic Survey——
18MauritiusMUSEastern Africa24.523Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey——
19MexicoMEXCentral America24.034National Occupation and Employment Survey——
20JamaicaJAMCaribbean23.342Labour Force Survey——
21PeruPERSouth America23.168National Household Survey——
22CanadaCANNorthern America23.003Labour Force Survey——
23BrazilBRASouth America22.800INWORK Estimates——
24PolandPOLEastern Europe22.700Structure of Earnings SurveyEstablishment size coverage: All establishments with at least 10 employees—
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe22.321Labour Force Survey——

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Azerbaijan50.000
  2. 2Latvia34.100
  3. 3Indonesia32.908
  4. 4Nepal32.492
  5. 5Paraguay29.343

Lowest

  1. 50Norway3.850
  2. 49Belgium4.000
  3. 48Portugal4.449
  4. 47Denmark7.888
  5. 46Finland8.473

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 22.151. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2008

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +9 / −13countries joined / left
  • 41values changed, of 41 in both
  • 19 · 22rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Armenia+ China+ Egypt+ Italy+ Jamaica+ Cambodia+ Moldova+ Mongolia+ Nepal− Chile− Spain− Estonia− Ghana− Greece− Ireland− Iceland− Lithuania− Luxembourg− Netherlands− Slovenia− Tanzania− South Africa

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 2008.

  • 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.

  • 90 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) (2008). Low Pay Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-pay-rate/2008

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07Questions

Low Pay Rate, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low pay in Low Pay Rate, 2008?

Azerbaijan, at 50.000, of the 50 countries in the file.

What year does Low Pay Rate, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Low Pay Rate, 2008 cover?

50.

Where can I download Low Pay Rate, 2008?

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

Is Low Pay Rate, 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Low Pay Rate, 2024.

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