Labour share of GDP (%) by country

Countries reporting
85
Highest
75.2%
Nigeria
Lowest
18.2%
Tajikistan
Median
50.3%
Years covered
22
2004–2025
Data points
2,904

What the numbers show

Labour share of GDP (%) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 75.2% in Nigeria; the lowest is 18.2% in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 50.3%, and the mean is 49.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 21.3%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 33.6%).

Labour share of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 75.2% 2025 up 12.2% rising
2 Switzerland 70.4% 2025 up 2.3% flat
3 Austria 64.6% 2025 up 3.7% flat
4 Belgium 64.1% 2025 up 0.6% flat
5 Latvia 63.7% 2025 up 21.3% rising
6 Zimbabwe 61.8% 2025 up 13.8% rising
7 Vanuatu 60.8% 2025 down 0.7% falling
8 France 60.7% 2025 down 2.4% flat
9 Germany 60.6% 2025 down 1.9% flat
10 India 60.4% 2025 up 10.0% flat
11 Brazil 60.0% 2025 down 2.3% rising
11 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 60.0% 2025 down 2.3% flat
13 Slovenia 59.8% 2025 up 2.0% flat
14 Canada 59.7% 2025 down 3.7% flat
15 Spain 59.2% 2025 down 0.7% falling
16 Honduras 58.8% 2025 down 5.9% falling
17 Indonesia 58.4% 2025 down 4.7% falling
18 Italy 58.3% 2025 up 0.5% flat
19 Ecuador 58.1% 2025 up 3.2% rising
20 Luxembourg 57.2% 2025 up 6.7% rising
21 Denmark 57.1% 2025 down 1.6% falling
22 Uruguay 56.6% 2025 up 2.4% rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.6% 2025 up 0.7% falling
24 Lithuania 56.2% 2025 up 20.1% rising
25 Croatia 56.1% 2025 down 4.1% falling
26 Portugal 55.9% 2025 up 2.0% falling
27 Czechia 55.7% 2025 up 7.7% rising
28 Serbia 55.3% 2025 up 12.4% flat
29 Costa Rica 54.6% 2025 down 4.2% flat
29 Lesotho 54.6% 2025 up 0.9% rising
31 Australia 54.4% 2025 down 5.2% falling
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.4% 2025 down 1.3% flat
31 Australia and New Zealand 54.4% 2025 down 4.1% falling
34 Finland 54.1% 2025 down 5.7% falling
35 Slovakia 54.0% 2025 up 12.5% rising
36 Japan 53.7% 2025 up 2.5% flat
37 Jamaica 53.5% 2025 down 3.3% falling
38 Greece 52.8% 2025 down 0.2% flat
39 Chile 52.7% 2025 up 1.7% rising
40 Sweden 51.5% 2025 down 6.5% falling
41 Bulgaria 51.2% 2025 down 1.3% rising
42 Argentina 51.0% 2025 down 13.7% rising
43 Armenia 50.3% 2025 down 5.6% falling
44 Colombia 49.5% 2025 down 11.4% flat
45 Hungary 48.8% 2025 up 2.1% falling
46 Poland 48.5% 2025 up 2.5% flat
47 El Salvador 48.4% 2025 down 7.8% falling
48 Namibia 48.3% 2025 down 1.4% flat
49 Nepal 47.9% 2025 down 1.8% falling
50 Dominican Republic 47.7% 2025 down 2.1% falling
51 Bhutan 47.5% 2025 down 5.0% flat
52 Thailand 46.8% 2025 down 4.9% flat
53 Senegal 46.6% 2025 up 19.2% rising
54 Nicaragua 46.2% 2025 down 9.4% falling
55 Romania 46.0% 2025 up 14.1% flat
56 Tunisia 45.8% 2025 down 1.5% rising
57 Benin 45.7% 2025 down 4.8% flat
58 Togo 45.6% 2025 unchanged flat
59 Cyprus 45.3% 2025 down 8.7% falling
60 Jordan 45.0% 2025 up 4.9% rising
61 Cameroon 44.9% 2025 down 8.0% falling
62 Trinidad and Tobago 44.5% 2025 up 0.7% rising
63 Guatemala 44.3% 2025 down 9.2% flat
64 Albania 44.2% 2025 down 1.3% flat
65 Philippines 43.9% 2025 up 6.8% rising
66 Paraguay 43.0% 2025 down 9.5% falling
67 Peru 42.6% 2025 down 6.8% flat
68 Egypt 41.6% 2025 down 3.7% rising
69 Mauritius 41.5% 2025 up 1.7% flat
70 Burkina Faso 40.6% 2025 up 17.7% rising
71 Mali 40.2% 2025 down 3.1% rising
72 Burundi 39.5% 2025 down 12.0% rising
73 Botswana 38.2% 2025 down 6.8% rising
74 Mexico 36.9% 2025 up 12.8% flat
74 Mongolia 36.9% 2025 up 4.8% rising
76 Panama 36.6% 2025 up 17.7% falling
76 Sierra Leone 36.6% 2025 down 4.4% flat
78 Mauritania 35.4% 2025 up 0.3% flat
79 Kenya 33.9% 2025 down 16.3% falling
80 Ireland 33.4% 2025 down 5.4% falling
81 Niger 32.0% 2025 down 5.3% flat
82 Brunei Darussalam 31.9% 2025 up 4.2% rising
83 Sri Lanka 28.6% 2025 down 21.0% falling
84 Zambia 26.5% 2025 down 33.6% falling
85 Tajikistan 18.2% 2025 down 19.1% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Labour share of GDP (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
132 places, 2,904 data points, 2004–2025
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