GDP per person employed (World Bank SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD) is labour productivity: real output divided by the number of people in employment, in constant 2021 international dollars. It is not a wage. Latest: $48,694 in 2025.
A higher reading can reflect more capital, more hours, a different industry mix, or a smaller employed population as well as higher pay. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest $48,694 (2025), previous year $48,752 (2024); low $35,799 (1993), high $54,304 (2021).
This series measures labour productivity: gross domestic product divided by the number of people in employment. The unit is constant 2021 international dollars, so values are adjusted for price levels and for inflation and can be compared across economies. The figure is not a wage and not take-home pay. It is real output per person employed, before any of that output is distributed as pay, profit, rent or tax. The source is World Bank Open Data indicator SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD, an ILO-modelled series.
The chart plots annual observations for the economies you select; the range buttons shorten the window and the legend or table adds and removes lines. The ranked table shows each economy’s latest published year, and those years differ. Read the change within one economy before comparing levels across economies, because working hours, industry mix and capital intensity all move the ratio. Modelled estimates are revised when national accounts or labour-force data change, so a rebuild can print a different past value.
About this desk
South Africa appears first, with comparison economies where the producer publishes them. This desk filters the same official series as the all-countries view; it does not recalculate values.
Output per worker and employment-share indicators come from World Bank Open Data. The employment shares are ILO-modelled estimates published by the Bank. Each page gives its indicator and source link.
Chart and Table show the same observations. Range buttons change only the displayed years; use Country to switch desks. Each page names its source and licence.