Egypt vs Uruguay: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Egypt
73.0%
in 2025
Uruguay
72.0%
in 2025
Egypt rank
79th
Uruguay rank
82nd
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Egypt
- Uruguay
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 73.0% against 72.0% in Uruguay, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Uruguay ahead.
Egypt ranks 79th and Uruguay ranks 82nd of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.1% | 72.8% | 6.6% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 67.8% | 71.1% | 3.3% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 69.2% | 72.6% | 3.4% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 72.9% | 71.8% | 1.2% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Egypt or Uruguay?
- Egypt, at 73.0% against 72.0% in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Egypt and Uruguay?
- 1.0%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Uruguay?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Uruguay rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Egypt ranks 79th and Uruguay ranks 82nd 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.