demographic2026
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.
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Key Insights
Global Average
61.2%
Median: 68.1%
Countries Covered
186
with available data
Highest
Qatar
99.2%
Lowest
Chad
8.5%
Top 5 Countries
1Qatar99.2%
2Bahrain97.5%
3Kuwait96.9%
4Norway95.1%
5Oman95.0%
By Region
Europe85.6%(32 countries)
Oceania82.6%(2 countries)
North America77.7%(4 countries)
Asia67.3%(26 countries)
South America63.1%(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (8.5%)High (99.2%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 61.2%)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Other (106)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 99.2% |
| 2 | Bahrain | 97.5% |
| 3 | Kuwait | 96.9% |
| 4 | Norway | 95.1% |
| 5 | Oman | 95.0% |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 94.9% |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 94.4% |
| 8 | United States of America | 93.8% |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 93.6% |
| 10 | Belarus | 93.0% |
| 11 | Macao | 92.9% |
| 12 | Brunei Darussalam | 92.6% |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 92.2% |
| 14 | Denmark | 92.0% |
| 15 | Germany | 91.8% |
| 16 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 90.9% |
| 17 | Japan | 90.8% |
| 18 | Cyprus | 90.1% |
| 19 | Sweden | 89.7% |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 89.7% |
| 21 | Jordan | 88.7% |
| 22 | Israel | 88.6% |
| 23 | Lithuania | 88.3% |
| 24 | Hungary | 88.2% |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 88.1% |
| 26 | Estonia | 87.9% |
| 27 | Austria | 87.8% |
| 28 | Finland | 87.5% |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 87.4% |
| 30 | Singapore | 87.2% |
| 31 | Canada | 87.0% |
| 32 | Croatia | 86.9% |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 86.8% |
| 34 | France | 86.7% |
| 35 | Iceland | 86.7% |
| 36 | Ireland | 86.6% |
| 37 | Latvia | 86.3% |
| 38 | Malta | 85.9% |
| 39 | Slovenia | 85.9% |
| 40 | Portugal | 85.5% |
| 41 | Romania | 85.3% |
| 42 | Belgium | 85.3% |
| 43 | Spain | 85.3% |
| 44 | Slovakia | 85.1% |
| 45 | Guam | 84.3% |
| 46 | Czech Republic | 84.1% |
| 47 | Australia | 83.8% |
| 48 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 83.2% |
| 49 | Netherlands | 83.2% |
| 50 | Switzerland | 83.2% |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 83.0% |
| 52 | Bahamas | 82.9% |
| 53 | South Africa | 82.7% |
| 54 | Montenegro | 82.2% |
| 55 | Mauritius | 81.8% |
| 56 | French Polynesia | 81.6% |
| 57 | New Zealand | 81.4% |
| 58 | Poland | 81.0% |
| 59 | Barbados | 80.2% |
| 60 | Maldives | 79.7% |
| 61 | Ukraine | 79.0% |
| 62 | Italy | 78.8% |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.6% |
| 64 | Suriname | 77.2% |
| 65 | South Korea | 77.1% |
| 66 | State of Palestine | 76.2% |
| 67 | Chile | 76.0% |
| 68 | Cuba | 75.1% |
| 69 | Tunisia | 75.0% |
| 70 | Malaysia | 74.5% |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 74.3% |
| 72 | Argentina | 74.3% |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.1% |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 73.8% |
| 75 | Libya | 73.7% |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 73.2% |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 73.1% |
| 78 | Egypt | 72.9% |
| 79 | Serbia | 72.8% |
| 80 | Equatorial Guinea | 72.7% |
| 81 | Uruguay | 71.9% |
| 82 | Botswana | 71.8% |
| 83 | Lebanon | 71.6% |
| 84 | Türkiye | 71.2% |
| 85 | Algeria | 69.6% |
| 86 | Eswatini | 69.6% |
| 87 | Brazil | 69.5% |
| 88 | Greece | 69.3% |
| 89 | Mexico | 69.2% |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.0% |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 68.5% |
| 92 | Iraq | 68.4% |
| 93 | Guyana | 68.4% |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 67.9% |
| 95 | Gabon | 67.6% |
| 96 | Armenia | 65.7% |
| 97 | Fiji | 65.6% |
| 98 | Belize | 64.7% |
| 99 | Jamaica | 64.2% |
| 100 | El Salvador | 64.0% |
| 101 | Philippines | 63.5% |
| 102 | Namibia | 63.2% |
| 103 | People's Republic of China | 61.9% |
| 104 | Lesotho | 61.4% |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 61.1% |
| 106 | Guatemala | 60.7% |
| 107 | Venezuela | 59.7% |
| 108 | Morocco | 59.6% |
| 109 | Panama | 59.4% |
| 110 | Rwanda | 59.1% |
| 111 | Mongolia | 58.4% |
| 112 | Paraguay | 58.4% |
| 113 | Tonga | 57.9% |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 57.8% |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 57.8% |
| 116 | Syrian Arab Republic | 57.5% |
| 117 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 56.8% |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.9% |
| 119 | Honduras | 55.6% |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 55.5% |
| 121 | Samoa | 55.3% |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 54.3% |
| 123 | Colombia | 54.3% |
| 124 | Sudan | 53.5% |
| 125 | Georgia | 53.4% |
| 126 | Albania | 49.4% |
| 127 | Thailand | 49.2% |
| 128 | Djibouti | 48.7% |
| 129 | Peru | 48.3% |
| 130 | Somalia | 47.7% |
| 131 | Ecuador | 47.6% |
| 132 | Eritrea | 47.4% |
| 133 | Yemen | 47.4% |
| 134 | Indonesia | 46.3% |
| 135 | Vietnam | 46.2% |
| 136 | Cambodia | 44.2% |
| 137 | Pakistan | 42.8% |
| 138 | Mauritania | 42.3% |
| 139 | Comoros | 42.0% |
| 140 | Moldova, Republic of | 41.3% |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 39.4% |
| 142 | Malawi | 38.7% |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 38.6% |
| 144 | North Korea | 37.9% |
| 145 | Senegal | 35.3% |
| 146 | Kenya | 35.1% |
| 147 | Myanmar | 34.5% |
| 148 | Bolivia | 33.5% |
| 149 | Azerbaijan | 32.8% |
| 150 | Ghana | 32.1% |
| 151 | Republic of The Gambia | 31.0% |
| 152 | Cameroon | 30.4% |
| 153 | Bhutan | 30.1% |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 29.9% |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | 29.1% |
| 156 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.7% |
| 157 | Zambia | 27.9% |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 24.9% |
| 159 | India | 24.6% |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 24.3% |
| 161 | Angola | 24.1% |
| 162 | Haiti | 23.2% |
| 163 | Mali | 23.1% |
| 164 | Republic of the Congo | 23.1% |
| 165 | Togo | 23.0% |
| 166 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.6% |
| 167 | Liberia | 21.4% |
| 168 | Nepal | 21.2% |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 21.2% |
| 170 | Benin | 19.8% |
| 171 | Uganda | 19.3% |
| 172 | Guinea | 17.8% |
| 173 | South Sudan | 17.5% |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | 17.2% |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 16.6% |
| 176 | Ethiopia | 15.4% |
| 177 | Burundi | 15.1% |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14.7% |
| 179 | Mozambique | 14.5% |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 14.5% |
| 181 | United Republic of Tanzania | 14.5% |
| 182 | Nigeria | 13.6% |
| 183 | Madagascar | 11.5% |
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 11.0% |
| 185 | Niger | 10.3% |
| 186 | Chad | 8.5% |
Showing 186 of 186 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).
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