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Wage and salaried workers, % of total employment: ranking of countries
187 countries ranked by their latest value (2021–2025). Qatar is highest at 99.2%; Chad is lowest at 8.4%.
World 53.6% (2025)Median country 68.3%187 countries
Wage workers: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Wage workers | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 99.2% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 97.6% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 96.8% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 95.1% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 95.0% | 2025 | |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 94.9% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 94.5% | 2025 | |
| 8 | United States | North America | 93.9% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 93.7% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 93.2% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 93.2% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 92.7% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Hong Kong | East Asia & Pacific | 92.3% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 92.1% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 91.9% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Channel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 91.4% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 90.9% | 2025 | |
| 18 | US Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 90.9% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 89.8% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 89.8% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 89.7% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 88.8% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 88.7% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 88.5% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 88.4% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 88.2% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 87.9% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 87.8% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 87.5% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | Latin America & Caribbean | 87.4% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 87.3% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 87.3% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Canada | North America | 87.1% | 2025 | |
| 34 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 86.9% | 2025 | |
| 35 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 86.7% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 86.7% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 86.6% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 86.3% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 86.1% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 86.0% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 85.6% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 85.5% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 85.5% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 85.4% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 85.1% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Guam | East Asia & Pacific | 84.5% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 84.3% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 83.9% | 2025 | |
| 49 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 83.4% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 83.2% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 83.1% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 82.9% | 2025 | |
| 53 | New Caledonia | East Asia & Pacific | 82.9% | 2025 | |
| 54 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 82.7% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 82.6% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 82.2% | 2025 | |
| 57 | French Polynesia | East Asia & Pacific | 81.8% | 2025 | |
| 58 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 81.6% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 81.1% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 80.5% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Maldives | South Asia | 80.0% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 79.0% | 2021 | |
| 63 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 78.9% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 77.9% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 77.5% | 2025 | |
| 66 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 77.3% | 2025 | |
| 67 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 76.2% | 2022 | |
| 68 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 76.1% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 75.1% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 75.1% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 74.6% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 74.4% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 74.3% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 74.3% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 74.1% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 73.9% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 73.4% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 73.3% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 73.0% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 72.5% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 72.0% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 71.9% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 71.6% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 71.5% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 69.8% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 69.8% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 69.5% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 69.5% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 69.2% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 68.9% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 68.7% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 68.3% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 68.0% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.6% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 66.3% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 65.9% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 64.8% | 2025 | |
| 100 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 64.3% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 64.3% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 63.9% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.5% | 2025 | |
| 104 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 62.3% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 60.9% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 59.9% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 59.6% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.6% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 58.8% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 58.7% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 58.2% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 57.9% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 57.9% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 57.6% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 57.1% | 2025 | |
| 119 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.0% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 55.9% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 55.7% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 55.5% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 54.6% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 54.4% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 53.9% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 53.5% | 2022 | |
| 127 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 49.7% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 49.3% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 48.9% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 48.7% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.8% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 47.7% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.6% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 47.4% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 46.7% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 46.7% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 44.5% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 43.0% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.6% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.1% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 39.4% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 39.0% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.7% | 2025 | |
| 145 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 37.9% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.7% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.2% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 34.5% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 33.7% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.5% | 2025 | |
| 152 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.4% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.7% | 2025 | |
| 154 | Bhutan | South Asia | 30.5% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 30.1% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.2% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.0% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.3% | 2025 | |
| 159 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 25.1% | 2025 | |
| 160 | India | South Asia | 25.1% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.5% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.4% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.2% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.2% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 22.9% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.7% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Nepal | South Asia | 21.4% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 21.3% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.2% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.1% | 2025 | |
| 174 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.5% | 2023 | |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.4% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.7% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.7% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.4% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)