Early-demographic dividend vs Singapore: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Early-demographic dividend
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 87.3% against 40.6% in Early-demographic dividend, a difference of 46.7%.
That makes Singapore's figure about 2.1 times Early-demographic dividend's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 32nd and Singapore ranks 31st of 47 groups.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Early-demographic dividend | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.5% | 86.2% | 55.6% | Singapore |
| 2000s | 33.0% | 84.8% | 51.8% | Singapore |
| 2010s | 38.0% | 85.6% | 47.6% | Singapore |
| 2020s | 39.9% | 86.9% | 47.0% | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Early-demographic dividend or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 87.3% against 40.6% in Early-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Early-demographic dividend and Singapore?
- 46.7%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Early-demographic dividend and Singapore?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Early-demographic dividend and Singapore rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 32nd and Singapore ranks 31st of 47 groups.
- 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.