Lesotho vs Maldives: Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)
Lesotho
66.4%
in 2025
Maldives
68.5%
in 2025
Lesotho rank
99th
Maldives rank
97th
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Lesotho
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 68.5% against 66.4% in Lesotho, a difference of 2.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 99th and Maldives ranks 97th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Maldives in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.8% | 51.1% | 6.6% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 61.0% | 55.2% | 5.9% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 64.1% | 63.6% | 0.5% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 65.9% | 67.8% | 1.9% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment), Lesotho or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 68.5% against 66.4% in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) between Lesotho and Maldives?
- 2.1%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Maldives?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Maldives rank globally for wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Lesotho ranks 99th and Maldives ranks 97th 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.