Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) in Maldives
Maldives: Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) was 83.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) in Maldives, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Maldives recorded 83.5% for wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) in Maldives peaked at 83.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 64.3%, in 1991.
Maldives ranks 34th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 64.3% | — |
| 1992 | 64.7% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 65.1% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 65.4% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 65.8% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 66.3% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 66.7% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 67.1% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 67.5% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 67.9% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 67.9% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 68.1% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 68.4% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 68.7% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 68.7% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 69.1% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 69.3% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 69.7% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 69.8% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 71.6% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 73.6% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 75.5% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 77.4% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 79.5% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 79.6% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 79.9% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 80.5% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 81.1% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 81.7% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 82.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 82.3% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 82.6% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 82.8% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 83.1% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 83.5% | +0.4% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 83.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 67.9%, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 83.5% is above the median for South Asia, which is 40.1%, 2.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.9% | 64.3% | 67.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 68.8% | 67.9% | 69.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.0% | 71.6% | 81.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.7% | 82.0% | 83.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More work & labour data for Maldives
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.3002 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4913 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1384 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.545 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 310.55 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 265.89 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 257.6 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 217.32 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 474.92 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) in Maldives?
- Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) in Maldives was 83.5% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 83.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.3% in 1991.
- How does Maldives rank for wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Maldives ranks 34th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.