Singapore
SG desk: Singapore first; United States, Australia, United Kingdom, euro area, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of total employment
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 87.31% |
| 2024 | 87.18% |
| 2023 | 87.78% |
| 2022 | 86.75% |
| 2021 | 86.36% |
| 2020 | 86.16% |
| 2019 | 86.27% |
| 2018 | 86.25% |
| 2017 | 86.13% |
| 2016 | 86.05% |
| 2015 | 86.01% |
| 2014 | 85.38% |
| 2013 | 85.08% |
| 2012 | 84.68% |
| 2011 | 85.00% |
| 2010 | 85.50% |
| 2009 | 85.25% |
| 2008 | 84.92% |
| 2007 | 84.62% |
| 2006 | 84.90% |
| 2005 | 84.66% |
| 2004 | 84.44% |
| 2003 | 85.06% |
| 2002 | 84.85% |
Wage and salaried workers (SL.EMP.WORK.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) are employees as a share of total employment — people who work for a wage or salary. Latest: 87.31% in 2025.
The complement is mostly self-employment and contributing family work. It says nothing about the size of the pay packet. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 87.31% (2025), previous year 87.18% (2024); low 84.40% (1999), high 88.45% (1995).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).