East Timor vs Zambia: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO)
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) over time
- East Timor
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 28.3% against 25.1% in East Timor, a difference of 3.2%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was East Timor ahead.
East Timor ranks 159th and Zambia ranks 158th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 16.7% | 3.0% | East Timor |
| 2000s | 21.9% | 15.5% | 6.4% | East Timor |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 22.6% | 1.7% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 25.0% | 26.9% | 1.8% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), East Timor or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 28.3% against 25.1% in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between East Timor and Zambia?
- 3.2%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Zambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do East Timor and Zambia rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- East Timor ranks 159th and Zambia ranks 158th 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.