Comoros vs Mauritania: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Comoros
42.1%
in 2025
Mauritania
42.6%
in 2025
Comoros rank
140th
Mauritania rank
139th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Comoros
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 42.6% against 42.1% in Comoros, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Mauritania ahead.
Comoros ranks 140th and Mauritania ranks 139th of 187 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.8% | 40.4% | 12.6% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 30.6% | 41.2% | 10.6% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 40.3% | 42.1% | 1.8% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 41.8% | 41.9% | 0.1% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Comoros or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 42.6% against 42.1% in Comoros as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Comoros and Mauritania?
- 0.5%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Mauritania?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Comoros and Mauritania rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Comoros ranks 140th and Mauritania ranks 139th 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.