Data for 2024
Low Pay Rate, 2024
2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Low Pay Rate, 2024 covers 71 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 41.69; New Zealand is lowest, at 3.40. The middle country reads 17.89. Against 2023, 63 values changed (22 up, 41 down), 7 countries joined, 13 left.
Low Pay Rate · Data for 2024
HighestTanzania
41.69
LowestNew Zealand
3.40Shaded 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, 2024, 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 71 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 41.69 | Labour Force Survey | — | Break in series |
| 2 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 40.84 | Employment and Unemployment Survey | — | — |
| 3 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 40.17 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 4 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 39.47 | Integrated Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 5 |  GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 38.73 | Household Income and Expenditure Survey | — | — |
| 6 |  BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 35.46 | Multi-Topic Household Survey | — | — |
| 7 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 35.27 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 8 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 34.06 | Employment and Income Survey | — | Break in series |
| 9 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 33.76 | Continuous Household Employment Survey | — | — |
| 10 |  AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 33.26 | Employment Survey | — | — |
| 11 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 32.09 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 12 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 31.89 | National Employment Survey | — | — |
| 13 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 29.41 | General Household Survey | — | — |
| 14 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 27.60 | Permanent Household Survey, Urban | Geographical coverage: Main cities or metropolitan areas | — |
| 15 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 27.12 | Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 16 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 26.16 | Periodic Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 17 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 25.03 | Labour Force Survey | Geographical coverage: Excluding Gaza Strip | Break in series |
| 18 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 24.86 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 19 |  PeruPERSouth America | 24.85 | Permanent Employment Survey, National | — | — |
| 20 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 23.77 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 21 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 22.36 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 22 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 22.34 | Current Population Survey | — | — |
| 23 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 22.06 | Survey of Individual Wages and Earnings | — | — |
| 24 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 22.00 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 25 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 21.78 | Continuous Household Survey Implantation | — | — |
| 26 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 21.66 | National Occupation and Employment Survey | — | — |
| 27 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 20.92 | Continuous National Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 28 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 20.39 | Labour Force Sample Survey | — | Break in series |
| 29 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 19.91 | National Survey on Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment | — | — |
| 30 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 19.87 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 31 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 19.59 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 32 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 19.27 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 33 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | 19.10 | Continuous Employment Survey | — | — |
| 34 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 19.03 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 35 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 18.51 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 36 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 17.89 | Continuous National Household Sample Survey | — | — |
| 37 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | 17.63 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 38 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 17.59 | Continuous Permanent Household Survey | — | — |
| =39 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 17.34 | Periodic Census of Employers | — | — |
| =39 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 17.34 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 41 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 17.30 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 42 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 17.18 | Household Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 43 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 16.94 | Multi-purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 44 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 16.76 | Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey | — | — |
| 45 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 16.60 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 46 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 16.41 | Labour Market Survey | — | — |
| 47 |  South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 16.08 | Survey on labor conditions by employment type | — | — |
| 48 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 16.00 | Monthly Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 49 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 15.15 | German Socio-Economic Panel | — | — |
| 50 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 14.43 | Wage Tax Statistics | — | — |
| 51 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 13.10 | Other Official Sources | — | — |
| 52 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 12.96 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 53 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 12.55 | Integrated Household Survey | — | — |
| 54 |  FijiFJIMelanesia | 12.49 | Employment, Unemployment Survey | — | — |
| 55 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 12.34 | National Survey on Socio-Economic Conditions | — | — |
| 56 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 11.61 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 57 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 11.50 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 58 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 11.42 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 59 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 11.25 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 60 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 11.09 | Structure of Earnings Survey | — | — |
| 61 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 10.95 | Labour Force Survey | — | — |
| 62 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 10.52 | Employment Survey | — | — |
| 63 |  JapanJPNEastern Asia | 10.47 | Wage Structure Survey | — | — |
| 64 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 10.41 | Continuous Employment Survey | — | — |
| 65 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 9.74 | EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions | — | — |
| 66 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 9.72 | Insurance Records | — | — |
| 67 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 9.51 | EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions | — | — |
| 68 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 6.73 | Labour-related Establishment Survey | — | — |
| 69 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 5.63 | Household Income and Wealth Survey | — | — |
| 70 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 3.79 | Employment Survey | — | — |
| 71 | New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 3.40 | Household Economic Survey | — | — |
02In 2024
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1Tanzania41.69
- 2Jordan40.84
- 3Burkina Faso40.17
- 4Lesotho39.47
- 5Ghana38.73
Lowest
- 71New Zealand3.40
- 70Portugal3.79
- 69Italy5.63
- 68Norway6.73
- 67Spain9.51
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.89. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032023 → 2024
Since 2023
What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +7 / −13countries joined / left
- 63values changed, of 64 in both
- 22 · 41rose · fell
- 1unchanged
Rose most
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11.06 → 23.77+12.71
- Guatemala21.81 → 34.06+12.26
- Zambia27.26 → 35.27+8.00
- Chile8.39 → 12.34+3.95
- Brazil14.17 → 17.89+3.72
+ Burkina Faso+ Fiji+ Guyana+ Lesotho+ Nigeria+ Palestine+ Tanzania
− Antigua and Barbuda
− Bahamas
− Cook Islands
− Finland
− Equatorial Guinea
− Indonesia
− Israel
− Cambodia
− Kiribati
− Poland
− Eswatini
− Tonga
− ZimbabweBoth 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 2024.
70 distinct values among 71
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 17.34. 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.
136 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) (2024). Low Pay Rate, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-pay-rate/2024
0618 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Low Pay Rate, 202377 countries
The year after ›
This is the newest year. A newer one will get its own page at its own address; this one is never rewritten.
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, 2024: questions and answers
Which country has the highest low pay in Low Pay Rate, 2024?
Tanzania, at 41.69, of the 71 countries in the file.
What year does Low Pay Rate, 2024 describe?
2024.
How many countries does Low Pay Rate, 2024 cover?
71.
Where can I download Low Pay Rate, 2024?
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, 2024 the newest?
Yes, as of 2026-10-03, when it was read from the publisher.