Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Madagascar
11.7%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
11.2%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
184th
Sierra Leone rank
185th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Madagascar
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 11.7% against 11.2% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 184th and Sierra Leone ranks 185th of 187 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.3% | 7.4% | 9.9% | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 7.9% | 7.2% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 10.5% | 0.4% | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 10.6% | 0.6% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Madagascar or Sierra Leone?
- Madagascar, at 11.7% against 11.2% in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
- 0.5%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Madagascar and Sierra Leone rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Madagascar ranks 184th and Sierra Leone ranks 185th 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.
Individual pages
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.