The global labour income distribution is lopsided: a worker in the top 10% earns US$7,445 (PPP) per month, a worker in the bottom 10% earns just US$22.
The global labour income share and distribution: Key findings Read More »
See the country groupings by ILO region and World Bank income group for data in ILOSTAT. Regional groups vary across UN organizations despite similar names.
Country, territory and area groupings Read More »
Discover the methods behind the ILO’s modelled estimates on labour force statistics (including the working poor), labour productivity, wage growth and labour migration.
ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST database) Read More »
This paper introduces a model for generating national estimates and projections of the distribution of the employed across five economic classes for 142 developing countries over the period 1991 to 2017. The national estimates are used to produce aggregate estimates for eight developing regions and for the developing world as a whole.
Employment and economic class in the developing world Read More »
