Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) in Bolivia
Bolivia: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) was 33.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia stood at 33.7%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia peaked at 33.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 21.4%, in 1991.
That places Bolivia 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 21.4% | — |
| 1992 | 21.7% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 21.9% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 22.2% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 22.5% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 22.8% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 23.2% | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 23.4% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 23.7% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 25.0% | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 25.2% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 23.2% | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 25.9% | +11.5% |
| 2004 | 26.1% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 26.3% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 26.3% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 28.9% | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 28.6% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 31.2% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 30.1% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 29.1% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 30.3% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 29.2% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 26.7% | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 28.3% | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 28.6% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 29.3% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 29.6% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 31.9% | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 30.2% | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 30.7% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 32.2% | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 33.4% | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 33.5% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 33.7% | +0.7% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 33.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.4%, 95% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 33.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 68.9%, 49% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.5% | 21.4% | 23.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 26.7% | 23.2% | 31.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 26.7% | 31.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.3% | 30.2% | 33.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More work & labour data for Bolivia
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,928 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 79.04 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,271 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.58 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.823 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 17,718 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,806 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 77 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9059 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia was 33.7% 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 Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.4% in 1991.
- How does Bolivia rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Bolivia ranks 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia 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.