United Kingdom
UK desk: United Kingdom first; euro area, United States, Canada, Australia, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of total employment
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.85% |
| 2024 | 86.78% |
| 2023 | 86.58% |
| 2022 | 86.69% |
| 2021 | 86.42% |
| 2020 | 85.48% |
| 2019 | 84.99% |
| 2018 | 84.91% |
| 2017 | 84.65% |
| 2016 | 84.75% |
| 2015 | 85.02% |
| 2014 | 84.75% |
| 2013 | 85.58% |
| 2012 | 85.34% |
| 2011 | 85.81% |
| 2010 | 86.00% |
| 2009 | 86.40% |
| 2008 | 86.66% |
| 2007 | 86.63% |
| 2006 | 86.79% |
| 2005 | 87.02% |
| 2004 | 86.90% |
| 2003 | 87.03% |
| 2002 | 87.68% |
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: 86.85% 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 86.85% (2025), previous year 86.78% (2024); low 84.65% (2017), high 87.76% (2001).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).