Bulgaria vs Israel: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Bulgaria
88.2%
in 2025
Israel
88.7%
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
26th
Israel rank
23rd
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Bulgaria
- Israel
How they compare
Israel currently reports 88.7% against 88.2% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Israel ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 26th and Israel ranks 23rd of 187 countries.
Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Israel | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.3% | 86.8% | 3.5% | Israel |
| 2000s | 85.5% | 87.5% | 2.0% | Israel |
| 2010s | 88.0% | 88.2% | 0.2% | Israel |
| 2020s | 88.5% | 88.6% | 0.1% | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Bulgaria or Israel?
- Israel, at 88.7% against 88.2% in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Bulgaria and Israel?
- 0.5%, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Israel?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Israel rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Bulgaria ranks 26th and Israel ranks 23rd 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.