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Labor Productivity Growth As A Factor Of Reducing The Working Poverty Rate

Table 2: Characteristics of country groups, 2017

Indicator name Low income Lower-middleincome Upper-middleincome Highincome
Number of countries in the group 31 45 52 60
Labor productivity per employee measured in US$ in 2010 prices (maximum) 7,400.60 19,391.40 79,280.50 228,955.40
Labor productivity per employee measured in US$ in 2010 prices (minimum) 403.20 1,246.40 42,320.60 24,968.80
Labour income share as a percent of GDP (maximum) 58.1 67.4 63.6 70.7
Labour income share as a percent of GDP (minimum) 28.5 26.6 27.0 18.6
Working poverty rate, % (maximum) 71.5 69.9 11.4 2.5
Working poverty rate, % (minimum) 4.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Percentage of employed workers in agriculture, % (maximum) 92.0 66.8 43.1 14.5
Percentage of employed workers in agriculture, % (minimum) 11.0 9.0 3.2 0.2
Percentage of employed workers in industry, % (maximum) 33.0 42.4 41.9 54.5
Percentage of employed workers in industry, % (minimum) 1.5 6.2 10.7 10.6
Percentage of employed workers in industry, % (maximum) 64.0 64.5 75.0 89.0
Percentage of employed workers in industry, % (minimum) 6.0 24.1 37.3 44.2
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