Cuba vs Malaysia: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Cuba
75.1%
in 2025
Malaysia
74.6%
in 2025
Cuba rank
69th
Malaysia rank
71st
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Cuba
- Malaysia
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 75.1% against 74.6% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 69th and Malaysia ranks 71st of 187 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.7% | 69.2% | 22.5% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 87.2% | 71.6% | 15.7% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 77.4% | 73.3% | 4.0% | Cuba |
| 2020s | 74.5% | 74.3% | 0.2% | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Cuba or Malaysia?
- Cuba, at 75.1% against 74.6% in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Cuba and Malaysia?
- 0.5%, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Malaysia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Cuba and Malaysia rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Cuba ranks 69th and Malaysia ranks 71st 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.