Bulgaria vs Lithuania: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)

Bulgaria
88.2%
in 2025
Lithuania
88.5%
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
26th
Lithuania rank
24th

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 88.5% against 88.2% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 26th and Lithuania ranks 24th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Lithuania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Lithuania Difference Ahead
1990s 83.3% 81.2% 2.1% Bulgaria
2000s 85.5% 82.7% 2.8% Bulgaria
2010s 88.0% 88.4% 0.4% Lithuania
2020s 88.5% 88.3% 0.2% Bulgaria

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 Lithuania?
Lithuania, at 88.5% against 88.2% in Bulgaria as of 2025.
What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Bulgaria and Lithuania?
0.3%, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Lithuania?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and Lithuania rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
Bulgaria ranks 26th and Lithuania ranks 24th 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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Indicator
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.