Barbados vs Maldives: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Barbados
80.5%
in 2025
Maldives
80.0%
in 2025
Barbados rank
60th
Maldives rank
61st
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Barbados
- Maldives
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 80.5% against 80.0% in Maldives, a difference of 0.5%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 60th and Maldives ranks 61st of 187 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.9% | 62.1% | 24.8% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 85.0% | 64.4% | 20.6% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 82.0% | 74.1% | 7.8% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 80.2% | 79.3% | 0.9% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Barbados or Maldives?
- Barbados, at 80.5% against 80.0% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Barbados and Maldives?
- 0.5%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Maldives?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Maldives rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Barbados ranks 60th and Maldives ranks 61st of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total 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.