Italy vs Maldives: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Italy
78.9%
in 2025
Maldives
80.0%
in 2025
Italy rank
63rd
Maldives rank
61st
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Italy
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 80.0% against 78.9% in Italy, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 63rd and Maldives ranks 61st of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Maldives in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.3% | 62.1% | 9.2% | Italy |
| 2000s | 73.2% | 64.4% | 8.7% | Italy |
| 2010s | 75.8% | 74.1% | 1.7% | Italy |
| 2020s | 78.4% | 79.3% | 0.9% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Italy or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 80.0% against 78.9% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Italy and Maldives?
- 1.1%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Maldives?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Maldives rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Italy ranks 63rd 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.