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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
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.