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10.4.1 - Labour share of GDP (%) - SL_EMP_GTOTL

Name: 10.4.1 - Labour share of GDP (%) - SL_EMP_GTOTL
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: economic, %, labour, share, gdp, emp, gtotl

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

47.8%

Median: 46.3%

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Switzerland

68.4%

Lowest

Venezuela

10.2%

Top 5 Countries

1Switzerland68.4%

2Nigeria68.2%

3Iceland66.3%

4Chile65.0%

5Vanuatu63.8%

By Region

South America57.1%(7 countries)

Europe57.0%(32 countries)

Oceania55.2%(2 countries)

North America50.9%(4 countries)

Africa47.1%(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (10.2%)High (68.4%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 47.8%)

South America (7)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

Asia (26)

Other (106)

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

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Switzerland	68.4%
2	Nigeria	68.2%
3	Iceland	66.3%
4	Chile	65.0%
5	Vanuatu	63.8%
6	Netherlands	63.6%
7	Belgium	63.6%
8	Germany	63.4%
9	Brazil	63.1%
10	Croatia	62.3%
11	Canada	61.9%
12	Estonia	61.6%
13	Lesotho	61.4%
14	France	61.3%
15	Slovenia	61.0%
16	Latvia	60.9%
17	Spain	60.9%
18	South Africa	60.7%
19	United Kingdom	60.4%
20	United States of America	60.4%
21	Honduras	60.1%
22	Moldova, Republic of	60.0%
23	South Korea	59.7%
24	Greece	59.6%
25	Austria	59.6%
26	Portugal	59.5%
27	Virgin Islands, U.S.	59.3%
28	Barbados	59.2%
29	Colombia	59.1%
30	Indonesia	58.3%
31	Uruguay	58.2%
32	Denmark	58.0%
33	India	57.8%
34	Czech Republic	57.7%
35	Japan	56.8%
36	Italy	56.5%
37	Serbia	56.3%
38	Luxembourg	56.2%
39	Australia	56.1%
40	Hong Kong	56.0%
41	New Caledonia	55.9%
42	Jamaica	55.8%
43	Sweden	55.8%
44	Ecuador	55.7%
45	Puerto Rico	55.5%
46	Lithuania	55.1%
47	Bolivia	54.9%
48	Norway	54.8%
49	Malta	54.7%
50	Namibia	54.5%
51	Russian Federation	54.3%
52	El Salvador	54.2%
53	New Zealand	54.2%
54	Slovakia	54.2%
55	Armenia	54.2%
56	Costa Rica	53.9%
57	Georgia	53.9%
58	Finland	53.8%
59	French Polynesia	53.6%
60	Argentina	53.6%
61	Bulgaria	53.5%
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.5%
63	United Republic of Tanzania	53.3%
64	Guam	53.2%
65	Zimbabwe	53.2%
66	Israel	52.5%
67	Mozambique	51.9%
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51.8%
69	Saint Lucia	51.7%
70	Cyprus	51.6%
71	Ukraine	51.3%
72	Belarus	51.1%
73	Tunisia	50.8%
74	People's Republic of China	50.7%
75	Suriname	50.4%
76	Belize	50.4%
77	Singapore	50.3%
78	Guyana	49.9%
79	Montenegro	49.4%
80	Pakistan	49.1%
81	Burkina Faso	49.1%
82	Republic of The Gambia	48.8%
83	Poland	48.5%
84	Nicaragua	48.4%
85	Hungary	48.2%
86	Haiti	47.8%
87	Dominican Republic	47.7%
88	Thailand	47.4%
89	Romania	47.2%
90	Turkmenistan	46.9%
91	Myanmar	46.5%
92	Lebanon	46.3%
93	Samoa	46.3%
94	Guatemala	46.2%
95	Paraguay	46.0%
96	Trinidad and Tobago	46.0%
97	Azerbaijan	46.0%
98	Cameroon	45.7%
99	Maldives	45.7%
100	The Republic of North Macedonia	45.7%
101	Bhutan	45.7%
102	Uzbekistan	45.6%
103	Tonga	45.5%
104	Iraq	45.3%
105	Fiji	45.2%
106	Libya	45.2%
107	Peru	45.2%
108	State of Palestine	45.0%
109	Jordan	45.0%
110	Afghanistan	45.0%
111	Angola	44.9%
112	Malaysia	44.8%
113	Morocco	44.8%
114	Lao People's Democratic Republic	44.7%
115	Solomon Islands	44.6%
116	Sao Tome and Principe	44.5%
117	Botswana	44.5%
118	Sierra Leone	44.4%
119	Cape Verde	44.3%
120	Rwanda	44.2%
121	Sudan	44.1%
122	Western Sahara	43.6%
123	Egypt	43.6%
124	Cuba	43.5%
125	Nepal	43.5%
126	Guinea-Bissau	43.5%
127	Liberia	43.0%
128	Somalia	43.0%
129	Djibouti	42.8%
130	Vietnam	42.7%
131	South Sudan	42.5%
132	Chad	42.4%
133	Ghana	42.4%
134	Malawi	42.4%
135	Oman	42.4%
136	North Korea	42.3%
137	Bangladesh	42.2%
138	Comoros	42.1%
139	Ethiopia	42.1%
140	Cambodia	41.9%
141	Senegal	41.9%
142	Eritrea	41.8%
143	Equatorial Guinea	41.5%
144	Eswatini	41.4%
145	Republic of the Congo	41.0%
146	Syrian Arab Republic	40.9%
147	Madagascar	40.5%
148	Uganda	40.5%
149	Kazakhstan	40.4%
150	Kuwait	40.3%
151	Mauritius	40.3%
152	Bahamas	40.3%
153	Sri Lanka	40.2%
154	Islamic Republic of Iran	39.8%
155	United Arab Emirates	39.8%
156	Yemen	39.5%
157	Algeria	39.5%
158	Mauritania	39.3%
159	Philippines	39.0%
160	Togo	38.9%
161	Democratic Republic of the Congo	38.7%
162	Burundi	38.3%
163	Timor-Leste	37.4%
164	Kenya	37.3%
165	Mali	37.3%
166	Mongolia	37.2%
167	Benin	36.6%
168	Türkiye	35.7%
169	Brunei Darussalam	35.6%
170	Mexico	35.2%
171	Panama	34.5%
172	Macao	34.2%
173	Papua New Guinea	34.1%
174	Central African Republic	33.6%
175	Kyrgyzstan	33.3%
176	Zambia	33.1%
177	Ireland	32.7%
178	Saudi Arabia	32.1%
179	Bahrain	31.5%
180	Niger	30.8%
181	Cote d'Ivoire	30.5%
182	Qatar	30.2%
183	Guinea	30.1%
184	Gabon	28.5%
185	Tajikistan	19.3%
186	Venezuela	10.2%

Showing 186 of 186 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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