Arab Region | Wage and salaried workers, total, percent of total employment, modeled ILO estimate (Arab countries,1991–2021)
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.
Arab Region | Wage and salaried workers, total, percent of total employment, modeled ILO estimate (Arab countries,1991–2021)
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 1991 | 61.99 |
| Palestine | 1992 | 62.24 |
| Palestine | 1993 | 62.33 |
| Palestine | 1994 | 62.87 |
| Palestine | 1995 | 63.2 |
| Palestine | 1996 | 63.11 |
| Palestine | 1997 | 63.6 |
| Palestine | 1998 | 64.65 |
| Palestine | 1999 | 65.61 |
| Palestine | 2000 | 65.53 |
| Palestine | 2001 | 61.07 |
| Palestine | 2002 | 58.51 |
| Palestine | 2003 | 56.41 |
| Palestine | 2004 | 57.6 |
| Palestine | 2005 | 58.83 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 58.49 |
| Palestine | 2007 | 59.25 |
| Palestine | 2008 | 64.57 |
| Palestine | 2009 | 66.5 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 67.58 |
| Palestine | 2011 | 66.54 |
| Palestine | 2012 | 66.81 |
| Palestine | 2013 | 68.05 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 67.63 |
| Palestine | 2015 | 68.64 |
| Palestine | 2016 | 69.46 |
| Palestine | 2017 | 70.42 |
| Palestine | 2018 | 69.74 |
| Palestine | 2019 | 71.43 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 72.32 |
| Palestine | 2021 | 72.9 |
| Yemen | 1991 | 48.72 |
| Yemen | 1992 | 48.91 |
| Yemen | 1993 | 48.97 |
| Yemen | 1994 | 49.1 |
| Yemen | 1995 | 49.24 |
| Yemen | 1996 | 49.33 |
| Yemen | 1997 | 49.44 |
| Yemen | 1998 | 49.64 |
| Yemen | 1999 | 49.79 |
| Yemen | 2000 | 50.11 |
| Yemen | 2001 | 50.26 |
| Yemen | 2002 | 50.39 |
| Yemen | 2003 | 50.48 |
| Yemen | 2004 | 50.57 |
| Yemen | 2005 | 50.76 |
| Yemen | 2006 | 50.75 |
| Yemen | 2007 | 50.71 |
| Yemen | 2008 | 50.77 |
| Yemen | 2009 | 50.79 |
| Yemen | 2010 | 51.4 |
| Yemen | 2011 | 50.4 |
| Yemen | 2012 | 50.12 |
| Yemen | 2013 | 50.38 |
| Yemen | 2014 | 50.6 |
| Yemen | 2015 | 48.54 |
| Yemen | 2016 | 46.83 |
| Yemen | 2017 | 45.38 |
| Yemen | 2018 | 44.52 |
| Yemen | 2019 | 44.09 |
| Yemen | 2020 | 42.76 |
| Yemen | 2021 | 43.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1991 | 91.66 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1992 | 91.93 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1993 | 92.07 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1994 | 92.18 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1995 | 92.25 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1996 | 92.33 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1997 | 92.32 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1998 | 92.25 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1999 | 92.33 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2000 | 92.45 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2001 | 92.37 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2002 | 92.32 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2003 | 92.45 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2004 | 92.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2005 | 92.78 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2006 | 92.83 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2007 | 92.91 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2008 | 93.08 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2009 | 93.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2010 | 93.54 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2011 | 94.01 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2012 | 94.35 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2013 | 94.69 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2014 | 94.98 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2015 | 95.19 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 96.31 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2017 | 97.15 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2018 | 97.8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2019 | 96.23 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2020 | 93.18 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2021 | 93.22 |
| Somalia | 1991 | 11.1 |
| Somalia | 1992 | 10.89 |
| Somalia | 1993 | 10.89 |
| Somalia | 1994 | 10.46 |
| Somalia | 1995 | 10.35 |
| Somalia | 1996 | 10.35 |
| Somalia | 1997 | 10.14 |
Arab Region | Wage and salaried workers, total, percent of total employment, modeled ILO estimate (Arab countries,1991–2021)
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.