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Low Pay Rate, 2018

2018, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low Pay Rate, 2018 covers 69 countries. Zambia is highest, at 38.49; Portugal is lowest, at 4.47. The middle country reads 19.42. Against 2017, 48 values changed (15 up, 33 down), 20 countries joined, 13 left.

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Low Pay Rate · Data for 2018

HighestZambia

38.49

LowestPortugal

4.47

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, 2018, 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 69 countries · select a heading to sort

Low Pay Rate, 2018: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1ZambiaZMBEastern Africa38.49Labour Force Survey—Break in series
2JordanJORWestern Asia38.19Employment and Unemployment Survey——
3MaliMLIWestern Africa37.54Continuous Household Employment Survey——
4HondurasHNDCentral America32.68Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey—Break in series
5Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa32.27Integrated Household Survey——
6NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa32.25Labour Force Survey——
7IndiaINDSouthern Asia30.08Periodic Labour Force Survey——
8PalestinePSEWestern Asia29.70Labour Force Survey——
9IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia27.91National Labour Force Survey——
10BhutanBTNSouthern Asia27.89Labour Force Survey——
11TongaTONPolynesia27.69Labour Force Survey—Break in series
12MauritiusMUSEastern Africa26.12Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey——
13GambiaGMBWestern Africa25.83Labour Force Survey—Break in series
14United StatesUSANorthern America25.08Current Population Survey——
15PakistanPAKSouthern Asia24.54Labour Force Survey——
16Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia23.96Labour Force Survey——
17ArgentinaARGSouth America23.91Permanent Household Survey, UrbanGeographical coverage: Main cities or metropolitan areas—
18EgyptEGYNorthern Africa23.64Labour Force Sample Survey——
19PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia23.02Labour Force Survey——
20IsraelISRWestern Asia22.41Income Survey——
21MexicoMEXCentral America22.07National Occupation and Employment Survey——
22LatviaLVANorthern Europe21.93Structure of Earnings Survey——
23LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe21.63Structure of Earnings Survey——
24CanadaCANNorthern America21.57Labour Force Survey——
25PolandPOLEastern Europe21.11Structure of wages and salaries by Occupations——

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Zambia38.49
  2. 2Jordan38.19
  3. 3Mali37.54
  4. 4Honduras32.68
  5. 5Sierra Leone32.27

Lowest

  1. 69Portugal4.47
  2. 68Netherlands6.37
  3. 67Finland7.32
  4. 66Norway7.50
  5. 65Iceland7.60

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 19.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +20 / −13countries joined / left
  • 48values changed, of 49 in both
  • 15 · 33rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Belize+ Bhutan+ Spain+ Estonia+ Gambia+ Guyana+ India+ Ireland+ Iceland+ Lithuania+ Luxembourg+ Latvia+ Namibia+ Netherlands+ Pakistan+ Poland+ Sierra Leone+ Slovenia+ Tonga− Armenia− Bangladesh− Côte d’Ivoire− Ghana− Laos− Liberia− Mongolia− New Caledonia− Nepal− Rwanda− Uganda− Venezuela− Samoa

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 2018.

  • 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.

  • 132 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) (2018). Low Pay Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-pay-rate/2018

0618 held

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07Questions

Low Pay Rate, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest low pay in Low Pay Rate, 2018?

Zambia, at 38.49, of the 69 countries in the file.

What year does Low Pay Rate, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Low Pay Rate, 2018 cover?

69.

Where can I download Low Pay Rate, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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