Puerto Rico vs Singapore: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Puerto Rico
87.4%
in 2025
Singapore
87.3%
in 2025
Puerto Rico rank
30th
Singapore rank
31st
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Puerto Rico
- Singapore
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 87.4% against 87.3% in Singapore, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Singapore ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 30th and Singapore ranks 31st of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 2 and Singapore in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.2% | 86.2% | 1.0% | Singapore |
| 2000s | 85.3% | 84.8% | 0.5% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 85.5% | 85.6% | 0.2% | Singapore |
| 2020s | 87.3% | 86.9% | 0.4% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Puerto Rico or Singapore?
- Puerto Rico, at 87.4% against 87.3% in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Puerto Rico and Singapore?
- 0.1%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Singapore?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Puerto Rico and Singapore rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Puerto Rico ranks 30th and Singapore ranks 31st 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.