Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Suriname
Suriname: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 77.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Suriname, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Suriname stood at 77.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Suriname peaked at 83.4% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 76.3%, in 2019.
Suriname ranks 65th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 80.5% | — |
| 1992 | 80.6% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 80.8% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 81.5% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 83.4% | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 80.8% | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 79.3% | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 82.2% | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 81.8% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 81.4% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 81.1% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 80.5% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 80.2% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 80.0% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 79.8% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 79.7% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 79.6% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 79.4% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 79.2% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 79.0% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 78.8% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 78.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 78.2% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 77.8% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 77.2% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 76.8% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 76.6% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 76.4% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 76.3% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 76.6% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 77.2% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 77.0% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 77.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 77.2% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 77.5% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.2% | 79.3% | 83.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 80.1% | 79.2% | 81.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.6% | 76.3% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.1% | 76.6% | 77.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Suriname?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Suriname was 77.5% 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 83.4% in 1995.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.3% in 2019.
- How does Suriname rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Suriname ranks 65th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.