Wage and salary workers, male (% of males employed) - Gender Statistics

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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Wage and salary workers, male (% of males employed) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)
1	Qatar (2004)	98.7
2	American Samoa (1990)	97
3	United Arab Emirates (2005)	96.6
4	Tuvalu (2002)	95.5
5	Brunei Darussalam (1991)	94.4
6	Luxembourg (2008)	93.4
7	Russia (2007)	92
8	United States (2007)	91.6
9	North America (2007)	90.5
10	Estonia (2008)	89.5
11	Cayman Islands (2007)	89.3
12	Norway (2008)	89.2
13	San Marino (2007)	88.7
14	Macau (2007)	88.5
15	Oman (2000)	87.8
16	Denmark (2008)	87.6
17	Aruba (1994)	87.5
18	Latvia (2008)	87.2
19	France (2008)	86.7
20	Japan (2007)	86
21	Germany (2008)	86
22	Lithuania (2008)	85.8
23	Sweden (2008)	85.6
24	Australia (2007)	85.5
25	Bulgaria (2008)	85.3
26	Hungary (2008)	84.7
27	Austria (2008)	84.3
28	Netherlands (2008)	84.2
29	Hong Kong (2007)	84.2
30	High income: OECD (2007)	84.08
31	High income (2007)	84.02
32	Netherlands Antilles (2000)	84
33	Slovenia (2008)	83.5
34	South Africa (2007)	83.5
35	Israel (2007)	83.5
36	Finland (2008)	83.3
37	Malta (2008)	83.2
38	Belgium (2008)	83
39	Swaziland (1997)	82.7
40	Namibia (2008)	82.2
41	Switzerland (2007)	82
42	United Kingdom (2008)	82
43	St. Kitts and Nevis (2001)	81.8
44	Ukraine (2007)	81.8
45	Bahamas (2004)	81.6
46	Slovakia (2008)	81.5
47	Iceland (2007)	81.1
48	OECD members (2007)	81.01
49	Canada (2007)	80.8
50	Singapore (2007)	80.8
51	Euro area (2008)	80.61
52	New Caledonia (1996)	80.5
53	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2007)	80.29
54	European Union (2008)	80.21
55	Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2007)	79.99
56	Czech Republic (2008)	79.8
57	Isle of Man (2001)	79.7
58	Puerto Rico (2007)	79.5
59	Barbados (2004)	79.5
60	Spain (2008)	79.2
61	New Zealand (2007)	78.7
62	French Polynesia (2002)	78.7
63	Seychelles (1987)	78.5
64	Antigua and Barbuda (1991)	77.9
65	Suriname (1998)	77.8
66	Croatia (2007)	77.3
67	Mauritius (2007)	77.2
68	Montenegro (2005)	77.1
69	Cuba (2007)	76.7
70	Trinidad and Tobago (2005)	76.4
71	Djibouti (1991)	75.4
72	Poland (2008)	75
73	Ireland (2008)	74.9
74	Portugal (2008)	74.6
75	Cyprus (2008)	74.4
76	Botswana (2003)	74.4
77	Marshall Islands (1999)	72.9
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)	72.7
79	Argentina (2006)	72.5
80	Malaysia (2007)	72.5
81	Sao Tome and Principe (1991)	72.3
82	Costa Rica (2007)	71.3
83	St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)	71.2
84	Chile (2007)	70.8
85	Italy (2008)	70.5
86	Tunisia (1994)	70.5
87	Serbia (2007)	70.4
88	Upper middle income (2007)	69.57
89	Macedonia (2007)	69.3
90	Grenada (1998)	68.6
91	North Korea (2007)	67.7
92	South Korea (2007)	67.7
93	Uruguay (2007)	67.7
94	Romania (2008)	67.2
95	Belize (2005)	66.9
96	Panama (2007)	65.9
97	Mexico (2007)	65.7
98	Kazakhstan (2004)	64.1
99	El Salvador (2006)	63.7
100	Egypt (2006)	63.7
101	Moldova (2007)	63.7
102	Dominica (2001)	63.6
103	Ecuador (2006)	63.1
104	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2006)	62.68
105	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2006)	62.59
106	Turkey (2008)	62.3
107	Algeria (2004)	61.9
108	Brazil (2006)	61.9
109	Greece (2008)	61.8
110	West Bank and Gaza (2006)	60.2
111	Fiji (2005)	59.4
112	St. Lucia (2000)	58.8
113	Gabon (1993)	58.6
114	Venezuela (2007)	58.5
115	Peru (2007)	58.2
116	Jamaica (2006)	57.6
117	Sri Lanka (2007)	57.2
118	Iran (2007)	53.4
119	Colombia (2007)	53
120	Guyana (1992)	52.2
121	Bhutan (2005)	51.9
122	Philippines (2007)	51.1
123	Zimbabwe (2002)	51
124	Azerbaijan (2007)	50.7
125	Yemen (1999)	50.7
126	Kyrgyzstan (2006)	50.2
127	Syria (2001)	49.8
128	Nicaragua (2006)	49.7
129	Ethiopia (2006)	49.3
130	Paraguay (2007)	49
131	Morocco (2007)	48.8
132	Honduras (2005)	48.7
133	Dominican Republic (2007)	46.5
134	Thailand (2007)	44.6
135	Western Samoa (2001)	44.2
136	Cape Verde (2000)	43.8
137	Tonga (1996)	43.5
138	Pakistan (2007)	40.6
139	Bolivia (2002)	38.5
140	Mongolia (2003)	37.1
141	Indonesia (2007)	35.9
142	Georgia (2005)	34.3
143	Nepal (2001)	33.7
144	Guatemala (2002)	30.7
145	Equatorial Guinea (1983)	30.7
146	Vietnam (2004)	29.8
147	Cameroon (2001)	29.3
148	Malawi (1987)	29
149	Zambia (2000)	25.7
150	Lesotho (1999)	22.5
151	Uganda (2003)	22.2
152	Maldives (2000)	21.3
153	Cambodia (2001)	19.1
154	Haiti (1990)	17.4
155	Madagascar (2005)	16
156	Tanzania (2006)	15.3
157	Mali (2004)	15.2
158	Bangladesh (2005)	14.5
159	Senegal (1991)	14.4
160	Laos (1995)	14.3
161	Sierra Leone (2004)	11.3
162	Rwanda (1996)	9.4
163	Chad (1993)	8.8
164	Burkina Faso (1994)	5.8

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Wage and salary workers, male (% of males employed) - Gender Statistics

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