Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
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.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
99.3%
Qatar
Lowest
11.9%
Chad
Median
67.4%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 99.3% in Qatar; the lowest is 11.9% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.4%, and the mean is 62.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 25.5%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 15.5%).
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 99.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Bahrain | 97.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Kuwait | 96.3% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 4 | Oman | 95.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 95.0% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 94.7% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 7 | Norway | 93.8% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Brunei Darussalam | 93.7% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 9 | Belarus | 93.0% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 93.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 11 | United States of America | 92.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 12 | Macau, China | 90.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 90.1% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 14 | Germany | 89.9% | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 15 | Japan | 89.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 89.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Hong Kong, China | 89.1% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 88.2% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 19 | United States Virgin Islands | 88.2% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Channel Islands | 88.2% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 21 | Jordan | 87.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 86.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 23 | Hungary | 85.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Israel | 85.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 85.7% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | Lithuania | 85.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 85.5% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 28 | Canada | 84.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 29 | France | 84.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 30 | Latvia | 84.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 31 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 83.8% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 32 | Singapore | 83.8% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 33 | Estonia | 83.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 34 | Maldives | 83.5% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 35 | Croatia | 83.4% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 83.4% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 83.3% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 38 | Malta | 83.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 39 | Romania | 83.0% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 40 | Iceland | 82.8% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 41 | Slovenia | 82.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 42 | Guam | 82.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 43 | Portugal | 82.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 44 | Spain | 82.5% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 45 | Belgium | 82.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 46 | Ireland | 81.7% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 47 | Switzerland | 81.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 48 | Czechia | 80.7% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 49 | South Africa | 80.6% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 50 | Australia | 80.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80.4% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 79.6% | 2025 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 53 | Netherlands | 79.6% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 54 | French Polynesia | 79.4% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 55 | Slovakia | 79.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 56 | New Zealand | 78.5% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 57 | New Caledonia | 78.3% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 58 | Montenegro | 77.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 59 | Mauritius | 77.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 60 | Ukraine | 77.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 61 | Bahamas | 76.8% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 62 | Poland | 76.6% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 63 | Suriname | 76.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 64 | Palestine, State of | 76.0% | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 65 | Chile | 75.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 66 | Equatorial Guinea | 75.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 67 | Italy | 75.0% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 68 | Korea | 74.7% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 69 | Barbados | 74.3% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 70 | Eswatini | 74.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 71 | Egypt | 73.8% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 73.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 73 | Libya | 72.9% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 75 | Argentina | 72.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 76 | Botswana | 71.9% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 77 | Cuba | 71.3% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 78 | Tunisia | 71.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 71.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 80 | Gabon | 71.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 81 | Türkiye | 70.8% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 70.7% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 83 | Malaysia | 70.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 70.3% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 85 | Uruguay | 70.0% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 86 | Mexico | 69.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 69.2% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 88 | Iraq | 69.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 89 | Algeria | 68.6% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 90 | Namibia | 68.4% | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 91 | Cape Verde | 68.4% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.0% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 93 | Guatemala | 67.9% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 94 | Guyana | 67.4% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 95 | Philippines | 67.4% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 96 | Armenia | 67.0% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 97 | Lebanon | 67.0% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 98 | Saint Lucia | 66.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 66.3% | 2025 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 100 | Belize | 65.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 65.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 102 | Brazil | 65.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 103 | Greece | 65.1% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 104 | Fiji | 65.1% | 2025 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 105 | Rwanda | 62.6% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Honduras | 61.2% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 107 | China | 60.4% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 108 | Jamaica | 59.9% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 109 | Tonga | 59.1% | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 58.9% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 111 | Paraguay | 58.6% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 112 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 58.1% | 2025 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 113 | Lesotho | 57.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 114 | Panama | 57.1% | 2025 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 57.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | Mongolia | 57.1% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 56.4% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 118 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 56.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 119 | Morocco | 56.0% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 120 | Sudan | 55.8% | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 121 | Syrian Arab Republic | 54.2% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 122 | Eritrea | 53.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 123 | Somalia | 53.5% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 124 | Ecuador | 53.4% | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 125 | Djibouti | 53.2% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 126 | Colombia | 52.3% | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 127 | Samoa | 51.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 128 | Peru | 51.4% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 129 | Indonesia | 51.3% | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 130 | Viet Nam | 51.3% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 131 | Georgia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 132 | Comoros | 50.7% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 50.5% | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 134 | Cambodia | 49.5% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 135 | Mauritania | 49.3% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 136 | Thailand | 48.5% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 137 | Albania | 48.2% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 138 | Yemen | 48.1% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 139 | Pakistan | 47.7% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 140 | Uzbekistan | 46.4% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 141 | Gambia | 44.4% | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 142 | Malawi | 44.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 143 | Kenya | 43.3% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 144 | Senegal | 42.5% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 145 | Republic of Moldova | 42.2% | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 41.9% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 41.2% | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 148 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 39.6% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 149 | Bhutan | 39.1% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 39.0% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 151 | Ghana | 38.2% | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 152 | Azerbaijan | 37.6% | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 153 | Cameroon | 37.5% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 155 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 36.7% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 156 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36.6% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 157 | Congo | 35.5% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 158 | Zambia | 35.5% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 159 | Myanmar | 34.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.8% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 161 | Angola | 33.5% | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 162 | Liberia | 33.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 163 | Togo | 31.4% | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 164 | Haiti | 29.8% | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 165 | Timor-Leste | 29.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 166 | Nepal | 28.6% | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 27.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 168 | Mali | 27.0% | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 169 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 26.9% | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 170 | India | 26.7% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 171 | Uganda | 26.3% | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 172 | Benin | 24.4% | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 173 | Guinea | 23.7% | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | 22.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 175 | Burundi | 21.3% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 176 | Mozambique | 21.1% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 177 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20.2% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 178 | South Sudan | 19.7% | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 179 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 19.6% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 180 | Ethiopia | 17.4% | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 17.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 17.2% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | 17.0% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 184 | Nigeria | 17.0% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 185 | Niger | 15.4% | 2025 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 186 | Madagascar | 13.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 187 | Chad | 11.9% | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 91.2%
- Chagai 88.2%
- High income 86.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 86.4%
- Euro area 83.0%
- European Union 82.7%
- OECD members 82.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 80.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 80.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 77.1%
- Arab World 74.1%
- Caribbean Small States 70.2%
- Other small states 69.7%
- Small states 67.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 65.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 63.2%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 63.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 63.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 62.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 61.9%
- Upper middle income 60.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 60.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 57.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 57.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 56.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 56.0%
- World 53.0%
- Pacific island small states 51.5%
- IBRD only 51.3%
- Middle income 47.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 46.9%
- Low & middle income 45.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 42.2%
- IDA blend 34.9%
- Lower middle income 32.7%
- IDA total 32.6%
- IDA only 31.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 30.0%
- Least developed countries 29.0%
- South Asia 28.5%
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.