economic2025

Labour share of GDP

Compare labour share of gdp across 93 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2025.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database93 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
48.7%
Median: 48.8%
Countries Covered
93
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
75.2%
Lowest
Venezuela
9.8%
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria75.2%
2Switzerland70.4%
3Austria64.6%
4Belgium64.1%
5Latvia63.7%
By Region
Europe55.6%(28 countries)
Oceania54.4%(1 countries)
South America52.9%(7 countries)
Africa50.2%(3 countries)
Asia48.1%(7 countries)
Key Findings
  • 93 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • Nigeria has the highest published value (75.2 %).
  • Venezuela has the lowest published value (9.8 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (9.8%)High (75.2%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 48.7%)

Europe (28)
Oceania (1)
South America (7)
Africa (3)
Asia (7)
North America (3)
Other (44)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Labour share of GDP (%).

Values use UN SDG series SL_EMP_GTOTL, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2025 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Age: All age ranges or no breaks by age; Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SL_EMP_GTOTL; year 2025; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Age": "ALLAGE", "Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "M", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 10.4.1.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Nigeria75.2%
2Switzerland70.4%
3Austria64.6%
4Belgium64.1%
5Latvia63.7%
6Zimbabwe61.8%
7Vanuatu60.8%
8France60.7%
9Germany60.6%
10India60.4%
11Moldova, Republic of60.0%
12Netherlands60.0%
13Brazil60.0%
14Slovenia59.8%
15Canada59.7%
16Spain59.2%
17Honduras58.8%
18Indonesia58.4%
19Italy58.3%
20Ecuador58.1%
21Luxembourg57.2%
22Denmark57.1%
23United Kingdom56.6%
24Uruguay56.6%
25Lithuania56.2%
26Croatia56.1%
27Portugal55.9%
28Czech Republic55.7%
29Serbia55.3%
30Costa Rica54.6%
31Lesotho54.6%
32Australia54.4%
33Bolivia54.4%
34Bosnia and Herzegovina54.4%
35Finland54.1%
36Slovakia54.0%
37Japan53.7%
38Jamaica53.5%
39Greece52.8%
40United Republic of Tanzania52.8%
41Chile52.7%
42Sweden51.5%
43Bulgaria51.2%
44Argentina51.0%
45Armenia50.3%
46Colombia49.5%
47Hungary48.8%
48Poland48.5%
49El Salvador48.4%
50Namibia48.3%
51Lao People's Democratic Republic48.0%
52Nepal47.9%
53Dominican Republic47.7%
54Bhutan47.5%
55Thailand46.8%
56Senegal46.6%
57Nicaragua46.2%
58Romania46.0%
59Tunisia45.8%
60Benin45.7%
61Togo45.6%
62Cyprus45.3%
63Jordan45.0%
64Cameroon44.9%
65Trinidad and Tobago44.5%
66Guatemala44.3%
67Albania44.2%
68Philippines43.9%
69Cape Verde43.0%
70Paraguay43.0%
71Peru42.6%
72Egypt41.6%
73Mauritius41.5%
74Burkina Faso40.6%
75Mali40.2%
76Burundi39.5%
77Botswana38.2%
78Mexico36.9%
79Mongolia36.9%
80Panama36.6%
81Sierra Leone36.6%
82Türkiye35.5%
83Mauritania35.4%
84Kenya33.9%
85Ireland33.4%
86Niger32.0%
87Brunei Darussalam31.9%
88Timor-Leste31.2%
89Cote d'Ivoire31.0%
90Sri Lanka28.6%
91Zambia26.5%
92Tajikistan18.2%
93Venezuela9.8%
Showing 93 of 93 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).

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