Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Slovenia
Slovenia: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 86.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Slovenia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Slovenia stood at 86.0%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Slovenia peaked at 86.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 78.3%, in 1997.
Slovenia ranks 40th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Slovenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 82.8% | — |
| 1992 | 82.4% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 81.9% | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 79.7% | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 80.4% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 80.5% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 78.3% | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 78.4% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 79.3% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 80.6% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 80.1% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 80.9% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 81.6% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 80.4% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 81.0% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 81.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 81.4% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 82.3% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 80.9% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 81.2% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 81.8% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 82.1% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 81.3% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 80.2% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 82.1% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 83.9% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 83.6% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 83.7% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 85.1% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 85.2% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 85.5% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 85.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 85.7% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 85.9% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 86.0% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.4% | 78.3% | 82.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 81.0% | 80.1% | 82.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.5% | 80.2% | 85.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.6% | 85.2% | 86.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Slovenia?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Slovenia was 86.0% 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 Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.3% in 1997.
- How does Slovenia rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Slovenia ranks 40th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovenia 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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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.