Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 61.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Cape Verde, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Cape Verde stood at 61.5%. 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 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Cape Verde peaked at 61.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 47.3%, in 1991.
Cape Verde ranks 105th 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 Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 47.3% | — |
| 1992 | 47.7% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 48.1% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 48.8% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 49.5% | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 50.4% | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 51.2% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 52.0% | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 52.9% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 53.8% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 54.4% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 55.0% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 55.5% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 55.9% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 56.3% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 56.8% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 57.4% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 58.0% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 58.5% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 58.8% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 59.1% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 59.3% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 59.5% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 59.6% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 59.8% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 59.3% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 58.9% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 59.2% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 59.9% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 59.5% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 59.8% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 60.3% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 60.7% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 61.1% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 61.5% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.8% | 47.3% | 52.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 56.2% | 53.8% | 58.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.3% | 58.8% | 59.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.5% | 59.5% | 61.5% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Cape Verde
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 176.12 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 57.01 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 233.52 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 12.15 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.59 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 29,137 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 13,162 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 50.08 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.57 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Cape Verde?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Cape Verde was 61.5% 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 61.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.3% in 1991.
- How does Cape Verde rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Cape Verde ranks 105th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.