Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) fell 3.72% to 58.7% in Rwanda in 2023

Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) (%), 2023
Labour | Rwanda | September 1, 2025
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Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) fell 3.72% to 58.7% in Rwanda in 2023, according to .

Historically, Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) in Rwanda reached an all time high of 62.1% in 2021 and an all time low of 48.3% in 1999. When compared to Rwanda's main peers, Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) in Burundi amounted to 15.2%, 14.5% in Tanzania, 18.6% in Uganda and 13.7% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2023.

Rwanda has been ranked 99th within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed), 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Angola % 35.7% 35.4% 34.9% 34.5% 34.7%
Burundi % 13.8% 14.1% 14.3% 14.5% 14.9%
Central African Republic % 5.29% 5.30% 5.36% 5.25% 5.38%
Congo (DRC) % 15.1% 14.7% 14.1% 13.4% 13.6%
Congo (ROC) % 23.8% 24.3% 24.4% 23.9% 24.1%
Kenya % 37.2% 37.6% 38.0% 35.7% 34.1%
Mozambique % 14.3% 14.4% 14.5% 14.4% 14.7%
Rwanda % 56.8% 56.8% 57.1% 56.6% 62.1%
South Sudan % 23.1% 24.9% 26.6% 26.3% 26.7%
Tanzania % 13.9% 14.1% 14.2% 14.0% 14.3%
Uganda % 22.1% 21.3% 20.5% 19.5% 18.7%
Zambia % 23.2% 25.8% 25.6% 24.7% 26.7%