Maldives vs Puerto Rico: Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)
Maldives
83.5%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
83.3%
in 2025
Maldives rank
34th
Puerto Rico rank
37th
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) over time
- Maldives
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 83.5% against 83.3% in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Maldives ranks 34th and Puerto Rico ranks 37th of 187 countries.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.9% | 80.7% | 14.8% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 68.8% | 80.3% | 11.5% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 78.0% | 80.2% | 2.2% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 82.7% | 83.2% | 0.5% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment), Maldives or Puerto Rico?
- Maldives, at 83.5% against 83.3% in Puerto Rico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) between Maldives and Puerto Rico?
- 0.2%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Puerto Rico?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Puerto Rico rank globally for wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Maldives ranks 34th and Puerto Rico ranks 37th of 187 countries.
- 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.