“Labor” or “Labour”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “labor” and 9 prefer “labour”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	labor	labour	Preference
United States	98	2	“labor”
United Kingdom	14	86	“labour”
India	10	90	“labour”
Philippines	94	6	“labor”
Canada	28	72	“labour”
Australia	30	70	“labour”
Liberia	63	37	“labor”
Ireland	19	81	“labour”
New Zealand	12	88	“labour”
Jamaica	19	81	“labour”
Trinidad & Tobago	25	75	“labour”
Guyana	30	70	“labour”

Usage

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

…anodes, which save capital and labor to bake the anodes but…
…was convicted of bribing a labor official.
Diane suddenly goes in to labor and she is rushed to…
…forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor services, slavery or practices similar…
…Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party from 1996 to 2010…
…captives were pressed into hard labor in the service of the…
…founding member of the Communist Labor Party of America, bringing the…
…you get down to the labor issues, if we sell a…
For example, labor force requirements in cities and…
…Series for the episode "Love's Labor Lost".

…congress of the Party of Labour of Albania.
…cooperatives, cooperation between capital and labour, etc.
Field, Labour MP for Paddington North from
…in 1850 to provide a labour force for public works, there…
…of his leadership of the Labour Party, Miliband has expressed regret…
…was defeated by the Unity Labour Party
…UAE in protest at the Labour government, although it was also…
She was formally appointed Labour Party General Secretary on the…
Val Shawcross, Labour representative on the London Assembly…
Following the passage of the Labour Party's validating retrospective legislation on…

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