Barbados vs Netherlands: Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)
Barbados
86.8%
in 2025
Netherlands
87.3%
in 2025
Barbados rank
54th
Netherlands rank
53rd
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Barbados
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 87.3% against 86.8% in Barbados, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 54th and Netherlands ranks 53rd of 187 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.7% | 91.4% | 0.7% | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 90.0% | 91.5% | 1.5% | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 87.6% | 89.7% | 2.1% | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 86.3% | 87.7% | 1.4% | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment), Barbados or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 87.3% against 86.8% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) between Barbados and Netherlands?
- 0.5%, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Netherlands?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Netherlands rank globally for wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Barbados ranks 54th and Netherlands ranks 53rd of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.