Somalia vs Syria: Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)
Somalia
53.5%
in 2025
Syria
54.2%
in 2025
Somalia rank
123rd
Syria rank
121st
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) over time
- Somalia
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 54.2% against 53.5% in Somalia, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 123rd and Syria ranks 121st of 187 countries.
Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.3% | 47.9% | 0.5% | Syria |
| 2000s | 48.3% | 52.7% | 4.4% | Syria |
| 2010s | 52.4% | 56.1% | 3.7% | Syria |
| 2020s | 53.4% | 54.0% | 0.6% | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment), Somalia or Syria?
- Syria, at 54.2% against 53.5% in Somalia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) between Somalia and Syria?
- 0.7%, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Syria?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Syria rank globally for wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Somalia ranks 123rd and Syria ranks 121st 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.