Low pay rate by country

With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This measure of earnings dispersion refers to the proportion of employees whose hourly earnings at all jobs were...

Countries reporting
83
Highest
41.69
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0
Poland
Median
18.84
Years covered
37
1990–2026
Data points
1,566

What the numbers show

Low pay rate is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 41.69 in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0 in Poland.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.84, and the mean is 19.48.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 100.0%).

Low pay rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 41.69 2024 up 8.0% flat
2 Jordan 40.84 2024 up 18.0% rising
3 Azerbaijan 40 2009 up 900.0% volatile
4 Ghana 38.73 2024 up 9.4% rising
5 Botswana 35.46 2024 up 2.7% rising
6 Uganda 35.3 2021 down 13.4% falling
7 Zambia 35.27 2024 down 9.5% falling
8 Mali 33.76 2024 down 6.1% rising
9 Angola 33.26 2024 down 7.2% falling
10 Namibia 32.25 2018 down 5.8% falling
11 Rwanda 32.09 2024 down 4.5% flat
12 Palestine 30.78 2025 down 2.4% falling
13 Timor-Leste 30.16 2021 down 10.7% rising
14 Venezuela 30.09 2017 up 68.3% flat
15 Honduras 29.74 2025 down 2.4% flat
16 South Africa 29.54 2015 up 10.7% falling
17 Malaysia 28.3 2015 falling
18 Indonesia 28 2023 down 12.5% falling
19 Israel 25.38 2023 up 14.2% flat
20 Latvia 24.86 2024 up 14.7% falling
21 Myanmar 24.02 2020 down 6.6% falling
22 Bhutan 23.96 2022 falling
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.77 2024 up 33.1% falling
24 Turkey 23.01 2025 up 39.5% falling
25 India 22.52 2025 down 25.1% falling
26 Estonia 22.36 2024 up 9.4% falling
27 Hungary 22.06 2024 up 18.3% falling
28 Sri Lanka 22 2024 down 3.8% rising
29 Dominican Republic 22 2025 up 5.4% flat
30 Peru 21.96 2025 up 14.8% falling
31 United States 21.84 2025 down 16.4% flat
32 Argentina 21.8 2025 down 10.4% flat
33 Uruguay 21.78 2024 down 21.4% falling
34 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 21.51 2025 falling
35 Jamaica 20.85 2014 down 10.7% falling
36 Egypt 20.39 2024 down 11.4% falling
37 Philippines 20.36 2023 down 23.8% falling
38 Canada 20.11 2025 down 11.4% falling
39 Bangladesh 19.87 2024 up 44.5% rising
40 Lithuania 19.59 2024 down 1.9% falling
41 Mexico 19.13 2026 down 3.0% falling
42 Switzerland 18.84 2025 down 5.1% falling
43 Ecuador 18.27 2025 up 4.0% falling
44 Trinidad and Tobago 18.23 2016 down 21.7% falling
45 Armenia 17.99 2017 down 25.2% falling
46 Australia 17.68 2025 up 14.5% rising
47 Brazil 17.04 2025 up 6.1% falling
48 Paraguay 16.95 2025 down 22.6% falling
49 Mauritius 16.76 2024 down 40.9% falling
50 Czechia 16.46 2025 down 20.3% rising
51 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16.34 2025 down 26.3% falling
52 El Salvador 16.23 2025 down 1.2% rising
53 Slovakia 16 2024 down 20.0% falling
54 South Korea 15.83 2025 down 32.6% flat
55 Cambodia 15.2 2023 down 31.5% falling
56 Germany 15.15 2024 down 15.9% rising
57 Pakistan 15.05 2025 down 32.8% falling
58 Austria 14.43 2024 down 9.1% rising
59 Panama 13.71 2025 down 12.8% falling
60 Ireland 13.1 2024 down 23.0% falling
61 Colombia 12.97 2025 down 22.7% falling
62 Netherlands 12.96 2024 up 88.3% falling
63 Moldova 12.64 2025 down 44.2% falling
64 Chile 12.34 2024 down 40.2% falling
65 Mongolia 11.83 2025 down 50.7% falling
66 Belgium 11.61 2024 up 241.4% volatile
67 Viet Nam 11.5 2024 down 42.9% falling
68 Luxembourg 11.42 2024 up 8.0% falling
69 Slovenia 11.09 2024 down 40.8% falling
70 Japan 10.67 2025 down 20.7% falling
71 France 10.52 2024 down 2.6% rising
72 Greece 9.73 2024 down 39.0% falling
73 Denmark 9.72 2024 up 15.4% falling
74 Thailand 9.64 2025 down 67.3% falling
75 Spain 9.51 2024 down 4.6% falling
76 Costa Rica 8.13 2025 down 62.3% falling
77 Norway 6.73 2025 down 7.4% rising
78 Italy 5.63 2024 down 45.1% falling
79 New Zealand 4.99 2025 down 64.1% volatile
80 Portugal 3.95 2025 down 44.3% falling
81 Iceland 0 2022 down 100.0% falling
81 Finland 0 2024 down 100.0% rising
81 Poland 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Low pay rate
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
84 places, 1,566 data points, 1990–2026
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With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This measure of earnings dispersion refers to the proportion of employees whose hourly earnings at all jobs were less than two-thirds of median hourly earnings. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.