Canada vs France: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Canada
87.1%
in 2025
France
86.7%
in 2025
Canada rank
33rd
France rank
35th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Canada
- France
How they compare
Canada currently reports 87.1% against 86.7% in France, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 33rd and France ranks 35th of 187 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.0% | 86.4% | 2.4% | France |
| 2000s | 84.5% | 89.0% | 4.5% | France |
| 2010s | 84.9% | 88.4% | 3.5% | France |
| 2020s | 86.4% | 87.1% | 0.7% | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Canada or France?
- Canada, at 87.1% against 86.7% in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Canada and France?
- 0.4%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and France?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Canada and France rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Canada ranks 33rd and France ranks 35th 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.