How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and United Arab Emirates?

35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.

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.

Oman vs United Arab Emirates: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)

Oman

95.0%

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

94.9%

in 2025

Oman rank

5th

United Arab Emirates rank

6th

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time

Oman
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Oman currently reports 95.0% against 94.9% in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Oman ranks 5th and United Arab Emirates ranks 6th of 187 countries.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Oman	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1990s	86.1%	96.6%	10.5%	United Arab Emirates
2000s	91.1%	96.0%	4.9%	United Arab Emirates
2010s	95.4%	95.9%	0.5%	United Arab Emirates
2020s	95.0%	95.1%	0.1%	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Oman or United Arab Emirates?: Oman, at 95.0% against 94.9% in United Arab Emirates as of 2025.
What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Oman and United Arab Emirates?: 0.1%, with Oman ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and United Arab Emirates?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Oman and United Arab Emirates rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?: Oman ranks 5th and United Arab Emirates ranks 6th 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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Indicator: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.