Hong Kong vs Late-demographic dividend: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)

Hong Kong
92.3%
in 2025
Late-demographic dividend
64.5%
in 2025
Hong Kong rank
13th
Late-demographic dividend rank
15th

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

  • Hong Kong
  • Late-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 92.3% against 64.5% in Late-demographic dividend, a difference of 27.8%.

That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.4 times Late-demographic dividend's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Hong Kong has been ahead every year.

Hong Kong ranks 13th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 15th of 187 countries.

Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Late-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1990s 90.1% 50.6% 39.5% Hong Kong
2000s 89.2% 55.2% 34.0% Hong Kong
2010s 90.7% 60.8% 29.9% Hong Kong
2020s 91.8% 63.6% 28.2% Hong Kong

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Hong Kong or Late-demographic dividend?
Hong Kong, at 92.3% against 64.5% in Late-demographic dividend as of 2025.
What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Hong Kong and Late-demographic dividend?
27.8%, with Hong Kong ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Late-demographic dividend?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Hong Kong and Late-demographic dividend rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
Hong Kong ranks 13th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 15th 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.