Data for 2012
Low Pay Rate, 2012
2012, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Low Pay Rate, 2012 covers 59 countries. Côte d’Ivoire is highest, at 38.096; Norway is lowest, at 4.440. The middle country reads 21.264. Against 2011, 48 values changed (20 up, 28 down), 11 countries joined, 8 left.
Low Pay Rate · Data for 2012
HighestCôte d’Ivoire
38.096
LowestNorway
4.440Shaded 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, 2012, 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 59 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 38.096 | National Survey on the Employment Situation | — | Break in series |
| 2 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 37.957 | National Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 3 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 37.903 | National Survey on Employment and the Informal Sector | — | Break in series |
| 4 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 36.953 | National Panel Survey | — | — |
| 5 |  GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 36.315 | Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 6 |  NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 34.219 | Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 7 |  South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 32.754 | Quarterly Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 8 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 31.950 | National Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 9 |  MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 30.500 | Salaries and Wages Survey | — | — |
| 10 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 29.220 | Sample Survey on average wages and salaries of employees | — | — |
| 11 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 28.512 | Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 12 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 28.504 | Survey on Employment and household's living conditions | — | Break in series |
| 13 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 28.059 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 14 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 27.712 | Current Population Survey | — | — |
| 15 |  NicaraguaNICCentral America | 27.192 | Continuous Household Survey | — | Break in series |
| 16 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 26.616 | Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 17 |  SamoaWSMPolynesia | 26.508 | Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 18 |  Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 26.312 | Continuous Sample Survey of the Population | — | — |
| 19 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 25.639 | Continuous Household Survey | — | — |
| 20 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 24.826 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 21 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 23.996 | Permanent Household Survey, Urban | Geographical coverage: Main cities or metropolitan areas | — |
| 22 |  South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 23.910 | Survey on labor conditions by employment type | — | — |
| 23 |  JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 23.721 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 24 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 22.454 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 25 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 22.404 | Structure of wages and salaries by Occupations | — | — |
| 26 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 22.213 | National Occupation and Employment Survey | — | — |
| 27 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 22.132 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 28 |  IsraelISRWestern Asia | 21.830 | Income Survey | — | — |
| 29 |  PeruPERSouth America | 21.584 | National Household Survey | — | — |
| 30 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 21.264 | Supplemental Income Survey | — | — |
| 31 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 21.073 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 32 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 21.021 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 33 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 20.066 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 34 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 19.976 | Households Living Conditions Survey | — | — |
| 35 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 19.838 | Labour Force Sample Survey | — | — |
| 36 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 19.750 | Periodic Census of Employers | — | — |
| 37 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 19.101 | German Socio-Economic Panel | — | — |
| 38 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 18.998 | Monthly Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 39 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 18.364 | Integrated Household Survey | — | — |
| 40 |  CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 17.903 | Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 41 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 17.589 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 42 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 17.476 | Household Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 43 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 17.390 | Survey of Individual Wages and Earnings | — | — |
| 44 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 17.200 | Structure of Earnings Survey | Institutional sector coverage: Excluding certain categories of public workers; Economic activity coverage: Excluding agriculture and activities of households as employers and of extraterritorial organisations and bodies; Reference group coverage: Employees | — |
| 45 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 16.916 | National Household Survey | — | — |
| 46 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 16.880 | Labour Market Survey | — | — |
| 47 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 16.350 | Household Sample Survey | — | — |
| 48 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 16.073 | Wage Tax Statistics | — | — |
| 49 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 16.068 | Multi-purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 50 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 15.986 | Continuous National Household Sample Survey | — | Break in series |
| 51 |  JapanJPNEastern Asia | 14.294 | Wage Structure Survey | — | — |
| 52 |  New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 13.555 | Household Economic Survey | — | — |
| 53 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 11.224 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 54 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 11.010 | Employment Survey | — | — |
| 55 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 8.913 | Income Distribution Survey | — | — |
| 56 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 7.629 | Employment Survey | — | — |
| 57 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 7.573 | Insurance Records | — | — |
| 58 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 6.000 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 59 | NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 4.440 | Labour-related Establishment Survey | — | — |
02In 2012
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1Côte d’Ivoire38.096
- 2Uganda37.957
- 3Madagascar37.903
- 4Tanzania36.953
- 5Gambia36.315
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 21.264. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032011 → 2012
Since 2011
What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +11 / −8countries joined / left
- 48values changed, of 48 in both
- 20 · 28rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
- Chile13.745 → 21.264+7.519
- Mongolia27.503 → 29.220+1.717
- Portugal6.343 → 7.629+1.286
- Bosnia and Herzegovina19.168 → 20.066+0.898
- Venezuela15.475 → 16.350+0.875
Fell most
- Cambodia24.619 → 17.903−6.716
- Egypt24.079 → 19.838−4.241
- Armenia23.731 → 19.976−3.755
- Trinidad and Tobago29.332 → 26.312−3.020
- Uganda40.781 → 37.957−2.824
+ Brazil+ Côte d’Ivoire+ DR Congo+ Costa Rica+ Gambia+ Madagascar+ Namibia+ Nicaragua+ Poland+ Tanzania+ Samoa
− Benin
− Ecuador
− Fiji
− Sri Lanka
− Latvia
− Nigeria
− Pakistan
− UruguayBoth 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.
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 2012.
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.
106 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
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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.
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Cite this edition
International Labour Organization (ILO) (2012). Low Pay Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-pay-rate/2012
0618 held
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Low Pay Rate: every year18 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Low Pay Rate, 2012: questions and answers
Which country has the highest low pay in Low Pay Rate, 2012?
Côte d’Ivoire, at 38.096, of the 59 countries in the file.
What year does Low Pay Rate, 2012 describe?
2012.
How many countries does Low Pay Rate, 2012 cover?
59.
Where can I download Low Pay Rate, 2012?
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, 2012 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Low Pay Rate, 2024.