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Low Pay Rate, 2009

2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Pay Rate, 2009 covers 51 countries. Azerbaijan is highest, at 40.000; Belgium is lowest, at 3.700. The middle country reads 22.152. Against 2008, 47 values changed (23 up, 24 down), 4 countries joined, 3 left.

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Low Pay Rate · Data for 2009

HighestAzerbaijan

40.000

LowestBelgium

3.700

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, 2009, 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 51 countries · select a heading to sort

Low Pay Rate, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia40.000Labour-related Establishment Survey——
2TajikistanTJKCentral Asia38.442Living Standards Survey——
3LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.400Administrative Records——
4IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia32.916National Labour Force Survey——
5EgyptEGYNorthern Africa31.112Labour Force Sample Survey——
6ParaguayPRYSouth America29.248Continuous Household Survey——
7PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia28.949Labour Force Survey——
8UruguayURYSouth America28.700Continuous Household Survey——
9United StatesUSANorthern America27.501Current Population Survey——
10Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa27.109Employment SurveyGeographical coverage: Urban areas onlyBreak in series
11MauritiusMUSEastern Africa26.373Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey——
12Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe26.340Labour Force Survey——
13ArmeniaARMWestern Asia26.300Households Living Conditions Survey——
14PakistanPAKSouthern Asia26.298Labour Force Survey——
15HondurasHNDCentral America26.155Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey——
16JamaicaJAMCaribbean25.051Labour Force Survey——
17South KoreaKOREastern Asia24.991Survey on labor conditions by employment type——
18VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia24.623Labour Force Survey——
19ArgentinaARGSouth America24.256Permanent Household Survey, UrbanGeographical coverage: Main cities or metropolitan areas—
20MongoliaMNGEastern Asia23.748Sample Survey on average wages and salaries of employees——
21MexicoMEXCentral America23.713National Occupation and Employment Survey——
22CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia23.560Household Socio-Economic Survey——
23CanadaCANNorthern America23.471Labour Force Survey——
24MoldovaMDAEastern Europe23.029Labour Force Survey——
25PeruPERSouth America22.595National Household Survey——

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Azerbaijan40.000
  2. 2Tajikistan38.442
  3. 3Latvia33.400
  4. 4Indonesia32.916
  5. 5Egypt31.112

Lowest

  1. 51Belgium3.700
  2. 50Norway3.770
  3. 49Portugal6.865
  4. 48Denmark7.277
  5. 47Finland8.482

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 22.152. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −3countries joined / left
  • 47values changed, of 47 in both
  • 23 · 24rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Chile+ Republic of the Congo+ Tajikistan+ Vietnam− China− Nepal− Poland

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 2009.

  • 50 distinct values among 51

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 21.500. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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.

  • 96 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) (2009). Low Pay Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-pay-rate/2009

0618 held

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07Questions

Low Pay Rate, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low pay in Low Pay Rate, 2009?

Azerbaijan, at 40.000, of the 51 countries in the file.

What year does Low Pay Rate, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Low Pay Rate, 2009 cover?

51.

Where can I download Low Pay Rate, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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