Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 72.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea is 72.5%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 77.6% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 49.2%, in 1991.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 81st 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 Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 49.2% | — |
| 1992 | 50.1% | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 51.1% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 52.3% | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 53.9% | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 55.9% | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 58.8% | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 61.8% | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 64.7% | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 67.2% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 69.7% | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 71.8% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 73.4% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 74.8% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 75.9% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 76.6% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 77.2% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 77.5% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 77.6% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 77.3% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 77.0% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 76.7% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 76.2% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 75.6% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 74.9% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 74.2% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 73.4% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 72.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 72.1% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 72.8% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 73.5% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 73.2% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 73.0% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 72.7% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 72.5% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.3% | 49.2% | 64.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 74.2% | 67.2% | 77.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.0% | 72.1% | 77.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.0% | 72.5% | 73.5% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Equatorial Guinea
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4453 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4489 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4415 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3895 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 2,356 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 489.2 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,448 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,556 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,003 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Equatorial Guinea?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Equatorial Guinea was 72.5% 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 77.6% in 2009.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.2% in 1991.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 81st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.