Barbados vs South Africa: Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)
Barbados
86.8%
in 2025
South Africa
85.3%
in 2025
Barbados rank
54th
South Africa rank
57th
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Barbados
- South Africa
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 86.8% against 85.3% in South Africa, a difference of 1.5%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 54th and South Africa ranks 57th of 187 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.7% | 80.6% | 10.1% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 90.0% | 82.8% | 7.2% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 87.6% | 87.0% | 0.6% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 86.3% | 86.2% | 0.1% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment), Barbados or South Africa?
- Barbados, at 86.8% against 85.3% in South Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) between Barbados and South Africa?
- 1.5%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and South Africa?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and South Africa rank globally for wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Barbados ranks 54th and South Africa ranks 57th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.