Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal
Senegal: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 35.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Senegal recorded 35.7% for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal peaked at 35.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 27.7%, in 2016.
Senegal ranks 146th of 187 countries on this measure, 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) in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 31.3% | — |
| 1992 | 31.3% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 31.3% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 31.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 31.3% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 31.3% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 31.3% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 31.4% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 31.5% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 31.6% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 31.8% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 31.8% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 31.9% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 32.1% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 32.2% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 32.3% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 32.4% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 32.5% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 32.5% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 32.7% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 32.8% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 32.4% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 32.5% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 33.0% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 33.4% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 27.7% | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 29.6% | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 32.0% | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 34.3% | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 33.5% | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 34.3% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 34.9% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 35.1% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 35.3% | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 35.7% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.3% | 31.3% | 31.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 32.1% | 31.6% | 32.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.0% | 27.7% | 34.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.8% | 33.5% | 35.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 143 Bangladesh 39.0% compare
- 144 Malawi 38.7% compare
- 145 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 37.9% compare
- 147 Kenya 35.2% compare
- 148 Myanmar 34.5% compare
- 149 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 33.7% compare
More work & labour data for Senegal
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3558 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.335 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3759 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3778 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 21,943 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 12,088 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 23,953 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 23,061 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 47,014 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal was 35.7% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 35.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.7% in 2016.
- How does Senegal rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Senegal ranks 146th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.