Lower middle income vs Maldives: Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)

Lower middle income
32.7%
in 2025
Maldives
83.5%
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
34th
Maldives rank
34th

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

  • Lower middle income
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 83.5% against 32.7% in Lower middle income, a difference of 50.8%.

That makes Maldives's figure about 2.6 times Lower middle income's.

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

Lower middle income ranks 34th and Maldives ranks 34th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Maldives Difference Ahead
1990s 23.7% 65.9% 42.1% Maldives
2000s 26.1% 68.8% 42.6% Maldives
2010s 29.4% 78.0% 48.6% Maldives
2020s 31.6% 82.7% 51.1% Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment), Lower middle income or Maldives?
Maldives, at 83.5% against 32.7% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) between Lower middle income and Maldives?
50.8%, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Maldives?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Lower middle income and Maldives rank globally for wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)?
Lower middle income ranks 34th and Maldives ranks 34th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male 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, male (% of male 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.