Peru vs Somalia: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Peru
48.7%
in 2025
Somalia
47.8%
in 2025
Peru rank
130th
Somalia rank
131st
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Peru
- Somalia
How they compare
Peru currently reports 48.7% against 47.8% in Somalia, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Somalia ahead.
Peru ranks 130th and Somalia ranks 131st of 187 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.5% | 42.1% | 5.6% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 39.2% | 43.3% | 4.1% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 46.8% | 2.8% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 47.1% | 47.6% | 0.6% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Peru or Somalia?
- Peru, at 48.7% against 47.8% in Somalia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Peru and Somalia?
- 0.9%, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Somalia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Peru and Somalia rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Peru ranks 130th and Somalia ranks 131st 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.