Data for 2022
Low Pay Rate, 2022
2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Low Pay Rate, 2022 covers 75 countries. Zimbabwe is highest, at 48.102; New Zealand is lowest, at 2.701. The middle country reads 19.301. Against 2021, 54 values changed (26 up, 28 down), 21 countries joined, 9 left.
Low Pay Rate · Data for 2022
HighestZimbabwe
48.102
LowestNew Zealand
2.701Shaded 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, 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
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 48.102 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 2 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 41.813 | Employment and Unemployment Survey | — | — |
| 3 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 40.844 | Continuous Household Employment Survey | — | — |
| 4 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 39.425 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 5 |  BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 38.733 | Multi-Topic Household Survey | — | — |
| 6 |  GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 38.104 | Household Income and Expenditure Survey | — | — |
| 7 |  SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 34.782 | Integrated Household Budget Survey | — | — |
| 8 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 34.685 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 9 |  AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 33.771 | Employment Survey | — | — |
| 10 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 33.683 | Household Budget Survey | — | — |
| 11 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 33.127 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 12 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 30.146 | National Employment Survey | — | — |
| 13 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 29.216 | Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 14 |  SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 28.485 | Labor Market Panel Survey | — | Break in series |
| 15 |  SamoaWSMPolynesia | 28.065 | Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 16 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 27.694 | Periodic Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 17 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 27.327 | National Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 18 |  PeruPERSouth America | 26.489 | Permanent Employment Survey, National | — | Break in series |
| 19 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 26.436 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 20 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 24.449 | Current Population Survey | — | — |
| 21 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 23.971 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 22 |  BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 23.960 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 23 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 23.893 | Permanent Household Survey, Urban | Geographical coverage: Main cities or metropolitan areas | — |
| 24 |  IsraelISRWestern Asia | 23.384 | Income Survey | — | — |
| 25 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 22.450 | Continuous Household Survey Implantation | — | — |
| 26 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | 21.318 | Continuous Employment Survey | — | — |
| 27 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 21.307 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 28 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 20.900 | Continuous National Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 29 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 20.608 | Multipurpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 30 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 20.541 | Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 31 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 20.540 | National Survey on Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment | — | — |
| 32 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 20.526 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 33 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 20.370 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 34 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 19.985 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 35 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 19.692 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 36 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 19.671 | National Occupation and Employment Survey | — | — |
| 37 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 19.629 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 38 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 19.301 | Survey of Individual Wages and Earnings | — | — |
| 39 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 18.854 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 40 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 18.500 | Structure of wages and salaries by Occupations | — | — |
| 41 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 18.484 | Continuous Permanent Household Survey | — | — |
| 42 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 18.168 | Labour Force Sample Survey | — | — |
| 43 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 17.616 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 44 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 17.486 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 45 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 17.340 | Periodic Census of Employers | — | — |
| 46 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 17.304 | Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 47 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 16.984 | Multi-purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 48 |  South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 16.939 | Survey on labor conditions by employment type | — | — |
| 49 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 16.672 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 50 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 16.399 | German Socio-Economic Panel | — | — |
| 51 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 15.695 | Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 52 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 15.560 | Household Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 53 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 15.000 | Monthly Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 54 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 14.455 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 55 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 14.360 | Wage Tax Statistics | — | — |
| 56 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 13.734 | Continuous National Household Sample Survey | — | — |
| 57 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 13.673 | Integrated Household Survey | — | Break in series |
| 58 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 13.607 | Other Official Sources | — | — |
| 59 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 13.001 | EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions | — | — |
| 60 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 12.451 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 61 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 11.650 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 62 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 11.605 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 63 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 11.376 | EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions | — | — |
| 64 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 10.972 | Employment Survey | — | — |
| 65 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 10.850 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 66 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 10.759 | Continuous Employment Survey | — | — |
| 67 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 10.700 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 68 |  JapanJPNEastern Asia | 10.295 | Wage Structure Survey | — | — |
| 69 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 9.772 | Insurance Records | — | — |
| 70 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 8.871 | Income Distribution Survey | — | — |
| 71 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 8.168 | National Survey on Socio-Economic Conditions | — | — |
| 72 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 7.090 | Labour-related Establishment Survey | — | — |
| 73 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 6.205 | Household Income and Wealth Survey | — | — |
| 74 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 3.907 | Employment Survey | — | — |
| 75 | New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 2.701 | Household Economic Survey | — | — |
02In 2022
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032021 → 2022
Since 2021
What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +21 / −9countries joined / left
- 54values changed, of 54 in both
- 26 · 28rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
- Peru19.897 → 26.489+6.592
- Panama17.151 → 20.608+3.457
- United States21.871 → 24.449+2.578
- Mongolia15.267 → 17.486+2.219
- Egypt16.296 → 18.168+1.872
Fell most
- Bosnia and Herzegovina22.485 → 17.304−5.181
- Mauritius20.208 → 15.695−4.513
- Vietnam13.995 → 10.850−3.145
- Angola36.428 → 33.771−2.657
- Philippines21.432 → 18.854−2.578
+ Bangladesh+ Spain+ Estonia+ Ghana+ Greece+ Ireland+ Italy+ Laos+ Lithuania+ Luxembourg+ Latvia+ Mali+ Mozambique+ Netherlands+ Poland+ Sudan+ Senegal+ Somalia+ Slovenia+ Uruguay+ Samoa
− Comoros
− Ethiopia
− Guyana
− Cambodia
− Pakistan
− Eswatini
− Timor-Leste
− Tonga
− UgandaBoth 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 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.
143 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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The publisher’s original
ILO’s own file, on its own site.
https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator/?id=EAR_XTLP_SEX_RT&format=.csv&channel=ilostat
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) (2022). Low Pay Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-pay-rate/2022
0618 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Low Pay Rate, 202163 countries
The year after ›
Low Pay Rate, 202377 countries
All of them
Low Pay Rate: every year18 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Low Pay Rate, 2022: questions and answers
Which country has the highest low pay in Low Pay Rate, 2022?
Zimbabwe, at 48.102, of the 75 countries in the file.
What year does Low Pay Rate, 2022 describe?
2022.
How many countries does Low Pay Rate, 2022 cover?
75.
Where can I download Low Pay Rate, 2022?
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, 2022 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Low Pay Rate, 2024.