Honduras vs Nicaragua: Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)

Honduras
45.7%
in 2025
Nicaragua
50.9%
in 2025
Honduras rank
127th
Nicaragua rank
124th

Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) over time

  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 50.9% against 45.7% in Honduras, a difference of 5.2%.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Honduras's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.

Honduras ranks 127th and Nicaragua ranks 124th of 187 countries.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1990s 41.4% 47.0% 5.6% Nicaragua
2000s 43.6% 47.5% 3.9% Nicaragua
2010s 42.4% 49.5% 7.1% Nicaragua
2020s 45.3% 50.4% 5.1% Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment), Honduras or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 50.9% against 45.7% in Honduras as of 2025.
What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) between Honduras and Nicaragua?
5.2%, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Nicaragua?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Honduras and Nicaragua rank globally for wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)?
Honduras ranks 127th and Nicaragua ranks 124th 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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Indicator
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.