Kuwait vs Qatar: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Kuwait
96.8%
in 2025
Qatar
99.2%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
3rd
Qatar rank
1st
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 99.2% against 96.8% in Kuwait, a difference of 2.4%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Qatar has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 1st of 187 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.5% | 98.3% | 2.8% | Qatar |
| 2000s | 97.4% | 98.9% | 1.5% | Qatar |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 99.4% | 0.9% | Qatar |
| 2020s | 97.1% | 99.2% | 2.1% | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Kuwait or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 99.2% against 96.8% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 2.4%, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Kuwait ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 1st 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.