Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Algeria
Algeria: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 69.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Algeria, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Algeria is 69.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Algeria peaked at 69.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 60.0%, in 1994.
Algeria ranks 86th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Algeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 60.0% | — |
| 1992 | 60.0% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 60.0% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 60.0% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 60.0% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 60.1% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 60.3% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 60.6% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 61.0% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 61.3% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 61.7% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 63.3% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 64.9% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 65.3% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 65.7% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 66.0% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 66.3% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 66.5% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 66.7% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 66.8% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 67.0% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 68.0% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 69.0% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 68.8% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 68.6% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 68.4% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 68.3% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 68.4% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 68.5% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 68.8% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 69.2% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 69.3% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 69.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 69.6% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 69.8% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.2% | 60.0% | 61.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 64.8% | 61.3% | 66.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.2% | 66.8% | 69.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.4% | 68.8% | 69.8% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Algeria?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Algeria was 69.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 69.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.0% in 1994.
- How does Algeria rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Algeria ranks 86th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.