Lower middle income vs Singapore: Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) over time
- Lower middle income
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 83.8% against 32.7% in Lower middle income, a difference of 51.1%.
That makes Singapore's figure about 2.6 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 34th and Singapore ranks 32nd of 47 groups.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.7% | 82.5% | 58.8% | Singapore |
| 2000s | 26.1% | 81.1% | 55.0% | Singapore |
| 2010s | 29.4% | 82.1% | 52.7% | Singapore |
| 2020s | 31.6% | 83.3% | 51.8% | Singapore |
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 Singapore?
- Singapore, at 83.8% 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 Singapore?
- 51.1%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Singapore?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Singapore rank globally for wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Lower middle income ranks 34th and Singapore ranks 32nd 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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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.