Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Barbados
Barbados: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 80.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Barbados, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Barbados stood at 80.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Barbados peaked at 87.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 79.4%, in 2019.
That places Barbados 60th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 87.3% | — |
| 1992 | 87.0% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 85.8% | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 87.0% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 87.0% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 87.2% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 87.7% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 87.3% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 85.9% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 87.2% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 85.9% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 85.9% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 85.5% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 84.7% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 84.6% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 84.5% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 84.3% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 84.1% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 83.8% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 83.5% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 83.3% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 82.9% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 82.7% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 82.8% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 83.0% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 81.8% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 80.4% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 79.7% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 79.4% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 79.8% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 80.5% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 80.3% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 80.0% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 80.2% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 80.5% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.9% | 85.8% | 87.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 85.0% | 83.8% | 87.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.0% | 79.4% | 83.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.2% | 79.8% | 80.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Barbados?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Barbados was 80.5% 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 87.7% in 1997.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.4% in 2019.
- How does Barbados rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Barbados ranks 60th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados 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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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.