Botswana vs Equatorial Guinea: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Botswana
71.9%
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
72.5%
in 2025
Botswana rank
83rd
Equatorial Guinea rank
81st
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Botswana
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 72.5% against 71.9% in Botswana, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 83rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 81st of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Equatorial Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.6% | 55.3% | 24.4% | Botswana |
| 2000s | 74.0% | 74.2% | 0.2% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 69.7% | 75.0% | 5.3% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 71.6% | 73.0% | 1.4% | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Botswana or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 72.5% against 71.9% in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Botswana and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.6%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Equatorial Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Botswana ranks 83rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 81st of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.