Indicator 10.4.1

Indicator 10.4.1

Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers, %

Labour share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total compensation of employees given as a percent of GDP, which is a measure of total output. It provides information about the relative share of output which is paid as compensation to employees as compared with the share paid to capital in the production process for a given reference period.

INDICATOR 10.4.1
Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers. Labour share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total compensation of employees given as a percent of GDP, which is a measure of total output. It provides information about the relative share of output which is paid as compensation to employees as compared with the share paid to capital in the production process for a given reference period.
TARGET 10.4
Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.
GOAL 10
Reduce inequality within and among countries
See United Nations Global SDG Database

Indicator 10.4.1

Indicator 10.4.1

Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers, %

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INDICATOR 10.4.1
Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers. Labour share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total compensation of employees given as a percent of GDP, which is a measure of total output. It provides information about the relative share of output which is paid as compensation to employees as compared with the share paid to capital in the production process for a given reference period.
TARGET 10.4
Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.
GOAL 10
Reduce inequality within and among countries
See United Nations Global SDG Database

Indicator 10.4.1

Indicator 10.4.1

Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers, %

INDICATOR 10.4.1
Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers. Labour share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total compensation of employees given as a percent of GDP, which is a measure of total output. It provides information about the relative share of output which is paid as compensation to employees as compared with the share paid to capital in the production process for a given reference period.
TARGET 10.4
Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.
GOAL 10
Reduce inequality within and among countries
See United Nations Global SDG Database

Indicator 10.4.1

Indicator 10.4.1

Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers, %

Country 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Albania 43.9 45.6 45.6 45.5 45.3 45.4 45.0 44.9 44.5 44.3 44.2 44.8 46.6
Armenia 55.8 57.0 55.4 54.7 53.4 52.6 52.3 52.8 53.6 52.6 51.4 51.7 54.2
Austria 59.4 60.5 59.5 58.3 58.6 58.6 61.4 59.6 61.7 60.7 58.9 58.4 59.6
Azerbaijan 32.9 40.9 38.2 35.2 36.9 39.4 41.2 49.1 48.3 44.7 45.4 44.9 46.0
Belarus 45.6 48.1 49.8 42.5 45.2 52.7 51.4 49.8 49.3 49.0 49.6 51.0 51.1
Belgium 65.2 66.1 65.2 65.7 66.2 67.2 64.7 63.8 62.5 61.6 61.6 62.1 63.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.1 57.0 56.2 56.2 58.0 56.7 55.6 55.7 54.2 53.0 52.2 53.5 53.5
Bulgaria 39.7 42.1 43.6 42.5 45.6 50.0 50.4 50.6 51.4 52.8 53.2 52.3 53.5
Canada 60.3 63.2 61.2 60.1 61.0 61.1 60.2 62.3 61.0 60.1 60.5 60.7 61.9
Croatia 59.2 61.4 60.4 59.2 58.7 57.7 55.9 57.6 55.2 54.5 56.6 56.4 62.3
Cyprus 55.8 58.4 57.1 57.5 56.1 54.0 52.0 49.6 48.1 48.3 48.8 50.0 51.6
Czechia 52.9 53.3 54.2 53.4 54.9 53.9 53.3 51.7 52.6 54.7 56.3 56.9 57.7
Denmark 61.3 63.6 59.9 60.8 59.7 59.2 58.6 58.5 57.9 56.9 56.2 57.5 58.0
Estonia 55.0 54.9 51.5 50.2 51.0 52.2 54.3 56.7 57.0 56.0 56.5 57.7 61.6
Finland 56.3 60.2 58.9 58.7 58.5 58.1 57.1 57.6 55.8 54.1 54.3 54.3 53.8
France 60.9 62.6 63.4 63.0 62.3 61.5 63.4 62.1 61.8 59.9 60.0 59.6 61.3
Georgia 43.9 51.6 43.7 45.9 47.7 51.4 50.2 51.2 55.0 53.4 53.7 55.3 53.9
Germany 59.5 62.7 61.4 61.0 61.8 62.0 61.7 61.9 61.4 61.5 62.0 62.5 63.4
Greece 55.0 57.5 58.0 59.7 58.8 56.0 55.9 52.9 54.3 54.3 56.4 55.9 59.6
Hungary 53.6 53.1 50.9 50.5 51.4 50.2 49.4 48.1 49.2 49.3 49.2 49.1 48.2
Iceland 63.2 54.8 57.0 60.3 62.3 63.2 63.4 61.3 60.5 61.5 62.0 62.4 66.3
Ireland 55.0 55.6 52.4 50.1 49.3 49.0 46.7 36.6 37.8 36.5 35.0 34.0 32.7
Israel 52.8 50.9 50.7 50.8 50.7 50.0 50.0 50.6 51.3 52.3 53.0 52.6 52.5
Italy 57.5 58.8 58.5 57.7 57.8 57.8 57.3 57.9 60.0 61.4 61.4 59.1 56.5
Kazakhstan 47.8 49.8 50.2 47.5 47.0 43.6 43.5 43.6 40.7 40.6 40.2 39.8 40.4
Kyrgyzstan 37.8 39.8 41.0 40.1 41.9 42.6 40.1 39.6 40.8 37.4 35.6 32.9 33.3
Latvia 54.2 53.3 48.9 46.3 45.6 48.6 49.3 51.7 53.0 53.8 55.0 56.2 60.9
Lithuania 49.4 50.3 45.8 43.9 43.0 44.6 44.2 47.6 47.8 50.2 51.2 53.3 55.1
Luxembourg 52.1 55.1 51.6 52.7 52.7 52.1 51.3 52.6 52.0 53.4 55.1 56.0 56.2
Malta 50.6 50.7 48.6 51.5 51.5 51.9 50.2 48.2 50.2 48.7 49.4 50.4 54.7
Montenegro 45.9 48.1 46.7 46.6 47.6 46.6 46.9 46.7 46.8 46.5 46.5 46.7 49.4
Netherlands 63.0 66.1 64.4 64.3 64.0 64.4 64.8 62.3 63.2 61.9 60.9 60.9 63.6
North Macedonia 44.1 47.0 47.2 46.1 45.6 42.0 43.1 42.9 43.4 44.6 44.0 43.5 45.7
Norway 46.4 51.9 49.1 46.9 46.7 48.7 50.3 52.0 53.8 51.8 50.2 53.3 54.8
Poland 49.6 47.9 47.9 46.5 47.1 46.8 47.3 46.6 48.8 47.6 49.1 48.9 48.5
Portugal 62.9 63.8 62.2 59.8 59.6 59.2 56.7 54.4 53.9 55.2 54.7 55.4 59.5
Republic of Moldova 52.5 56.5 52.7 49.8 52.3 52.3 55.0 61.2 65.0 57.2 61.1 58.7 60.0
Romania 41.7 40.2 43.6 40.1 40.3 39.6 39.9 40.3 44.1 43.4 44.3 44.6 47.2
Russian Federation 50.7 56.5 53.4 47.3 47.7 50.0 51.1 50.8 52.0 52.1 51.9 52.0 54.3
Serbia 55.1 53.1 48.9 45.6 46.9 47.9 49.7 50.3 49.0 48.4 48.1 52.4 56.3
Slovakia 45.2 47.3 45.8 46.5 45.2 48.2 48.2 48.4 50.0 51.0 51.5 52.4 54.2
Slovenia 55.9 59.5 60.5 57.9 59.2 59.4 58.4 57.3 58.1 56.9 56.8 58.6 61.0
Spain 64.7 64.7 64.0 62.5 61.4 59.0 58.3 59.4 58.2 56.7 56.9 59.2 60.9
Sweden 56.0 54.6 53.7 53.5 57.3 57.9 56.7 55.3 55.2 54.4 54.7 53.6 55.8
Switzerland 65.6 67.5 65.3 65.7 67.1 68.0 67.8 68.2 67.8 68.4 67.4 67.3 68.4
Tajikistan 16.2 18.8 19.2 18.7 19.3 21.1 22.1 22.6 21.8 20.4 20.8 20.0 19.3
Türkiye 33.4 35.2 35.3 34.7 35.6 35.1 36.4 36.7 40.4 38.2 37.9 39.3 35.7
Turkmenistan 44.9 46.8 46.2 45.1 45.9 46.2 46.2 47.0 47.1 47.1 47.2 47.2 46.9
Ukraine 59.1 59.1 60.0 59.0 60.6 60.4 54.1 45.7 42.7 45.7 48.1 50.9 51.3
United Kingdom 59.3 59.4 59.3 57.7 57.2 57.2 56.9 55.9 55.9 55.9 55.7 56.5 60.4
United States 60.5 59.5 58.4 58.4 58.2 57.7 58.0 58.6 58.4 58.6 58.5 58.4 60.4
Uzbekistan 45.1 45.6 45.8 45.8 49.5 50.4 47.6 46.6 46.6 41.3 41.3 45.6 45.6
Country 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Albania 43.9 45.6 45.6 45.5 45.3 45.4 45.0 44.9 44.5 44.3 44.2 44.8 46.6
Armenia 55.8 57.0 55.4 54.7 53.4 52.6 52.3 52.8 53.6 52.6 51.4 51.7 54.2
Austria 59.4 60.5 59.5 58.3 58.6 58.6 61.4 59.6 61.7 60.7 58.9 58.4 59.6
Azerbaijan 32.9 40.9 38.2 35.2 36.9 39.4 41.2 49.1 48.3 44.7 45.4 44.9 46.0
Belarus 45.6 48.1 49.8 42.5 45.2 52.7 51.4 49.8 49.3 49.0 49.6 51.0 51.1
Belgium 65.2 66.1 65.2 65.7 66.2 67.2 64.7 63.8 62.5 61.6 61.6 62.1 63.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.1 57.0 56.2 56.2 58.0 56.7 55.6 55.7 54.2 53.0 52.2 53.5 53.5
Bulgaria 39.7 42.1 43.6 42.5 45.6 50.0 50.4 50.6 51.4 52.8 53.2 52.3 53.5
Canada 60.3 63.2 61.2 60.1 61.0 61.1 60.2 62.3 61.0 60.1 60.5 60.7 61.9
Croatia 59.2 61.4 60.4 59.2 58.7 57.7 55.9 57.6 55.2 54.5 56.6 56.4 62.3
Cyprus 55.8 58.4 57.1 57.5 56.1 54.0 52.0 49.6 48.1 48.3 48.8 50.0 51.6
Czechia 52.9 53.3 54.2 53.4 54.9 53.9 53.3 51.7 52.6 54.7 56.3 56.9 57.7
Denmark 61.3 63.6 59.9 60.8 59.7 59.2 58.6 58.5 57.9 56.9 56.2 57.5 58.0
Estonia 55.0 54.9 51.5 50.2 51.0 52.2 54.3 56.7 57.0 56.0 56.5 57.7 61.6
Finland 56.3 60.2 58.9 58.7 58.5 58.1 57.1 57.6 55.8 54.1 54.3 54.3 53.8
France 60.9 62.6 63.4 63.0 62.3 61.5 63.4 62.1 61.8 59.9 60.0 59.6 61.3
Georgia 43.9 51.6 43.7 45.9 47.7 51.4 50.2 51.2 55.0 53.4 53.7 55.3 53.9
Germany 59.5 62.7 61.4 61.0 61.8 62.0 61.7 61.9 61.4 61.5 62.0 62.5 63.4
Greece 55.0 57.5 58.0 59.7 58.8 56.0 55.9 52.9 54.3 54.3 56.4 55.9 59.6
Hungary 53.6 53.1 50.9 50.5 51.4 50.2 49.4 48.1 49.2 49.3 49.2 49.1 48.2
Iceland 63.2 54.8 57.0 60.3 62.3 63.2 63.4 61.3 60.5 61.5 62.0 62.4 66.3
Ireland 55.0 55.6 52.4 50.1 49.3 49.0 46.7 36.6 37.8 36.5 35.0 34.0 32.7
Israel 52.8 50.9 50.7 50.8 50.7 50.0 50.0 50.6 51.3 52.3 53.0 52.6 52.5
Italy 57.5 58.8 58.5 57.7 57.8 57.8 57.3 57.9 60.0 61.4 61.4 59.1 56.5
Kazakhstan 47.8 49.8 50.2 47.5 47.0 43.6 43.5 43.6 40.7 40.6 40.2 39.8 40.4
Kyrgyzstan 37.8 39.8 41.0 40.1 41.9 42.6 40.1 39.6 40.8 37.4 35.6 32.9 33.3
Latvia 54.2 53.3 48.9 46.3 45.6 48.6 49.3 51.7 53.0 53.8 55.0 56.2 60.9
Lithuania 49.4 50.3 45.8 43.9 43.0 44.6 44.2 47.6 47.8 50.2 51.2 53.3 55.1
Luxembourg 52.1 55.1 51.6 52.7 52.7 52.1 51.3 52.6 52.0 53.4 55.1 56.0 56.2
Malta 50.6 50.7 48.6 51.5 51.5 51.9 50.2 48.2 50.2 48.7 49.4 50.4 54.7
Montenegro 45.9 48.1 46.7 46.6 47.6 46.6 46.9 46.7 46.8 46.5 46.5 46.7 49.4
Netherlands 63.0 66.1 64.4 64.3 64.0 64.4 64.8 62.3 63.2 61.9 60.9 60.9 63.6
North Macedonia 44.1 47.0 47.2 46.1 45.6 42.0 43.1 42.9 43.4 44.6 44.0 43.5 45.7
Norway 46.4 51.9 49.1 46.9 46.7 48.7 50.3 52.0 53.8 51.8 50.2 53.3 54.8
Poland 49.6 47.9 47.9 46.5 47.1 46.8 47.3 46.6 48.8 47.6 49.1 48.9 48.5
Portugal 62.9 63.8 62.2 59.8 59.6 59.2 56.7 54.4 53.9 55.2 54.7 55.4 59.5
Republic of Moldova 52.5 56.5 52.7 49.8 52.3 52.3 55.0 61.2 65.0 57.2 61.1 58.7 60.0
Romania 41.7 40.2 43.6 40.1 40.3 39.6 39.9 40.3 44.1 43.4 44.3 44.6 47.2
Russian Federation 50.7 56.5 53.4 47.3 47.7 50.0 51.1 50.8 52.0 52.1 51.9 52.0 54.3
Serbia 55.1 53.1 48.9 45.6 46.9 47.9 49.7 50.3 49.0 48.4 48.1 52.4 56.3
Slovakia 45.2 47.3 45.8 46.5 45.2 48.2 48.2 48.4 50.0 51.0 51.5 52.4 54.2
Slovenia 55.9 59.5 60.5 57.9 59.2 59.4 58.4 57.3 58.1 56.9 56.8 58.6 61.0
Spain 64.7 64.7 64.0 62.5 61.4 59.0 58.3 59.4 58.2 56.7 56.9 59.2 60.9
Sweden 56.0 54.6 53.7 53.5 57.3 57.9 56.7 55.3 55.2 54.4 54.7 53.6 55.8
Switzerland 65.6 67.5 65.3 65.7 67.1 68.0 67.8 68.2 67.8 68.4 67.4 67.3 68.4
Tajikistan 16.2 18.8 19.2 18.7 19.3 21.1 22.1 22.6 21.8 20.4 20.8 20.0 19.3
Türkiye 33.4 35.2 35.3 34.7 35.6 35.1 36.4 36.7 40.4 38.2 37.9 39.3 35.7
Turkmenistan 44.9 46.8 46.2 45.1 45.9 46.2 46.2 47.0 47.1 47.1 47.2 47.2 46.9
Ukraine 59.1 59.1 60.0 59.0 60.6 60.4 54.1 45.7 42.7 45.7 48.1 50.9 51.3
United Kingdom 59.3 59.4 59.3 57.7 57.2 57.2 56.9 55.9 55.9 55.9 55.7 56.5 60.4
United States 60.5 59.5 58.4 58.4 58.2 57.7 58.0 58.6 58.4 58.6 58.5 58.4 60.4
Uzbekistan 45.1 45.6 45.8 45.8 49.5 50.4 47.6 46.6 46.6 41.3 41.3 45.6 45.6
INDICATOR 10.4.1
Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers. Labour share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total compensation of employees given as a percent of GDP, which is a measure of total output. It provides information about the relative share of output which is paid as compensation to employees as compared with the share paid to capital in the production process for a given reference period.
TARGET 10.4
Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.
GOAL 10
Reduce inequality within and among countries
See United Nations Global SDG Database

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