DEFINITION
Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water).
Labor Statistics > Employees, industry, male > % of male employment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
San Marino :
52.4 %
2004
# 2
Slovakia :
49.6 %
2005
# 3
Czech Republic :
49.4 %
2005
# 4
Qatar :
47.6 %
2004
# 5
Slovenia :
47.3 %
2005
# 6
Estonia :
44 %
2005
# 7
Portugal :
42 %
2003
= 8
Luxembourg :
41.8 %
1990
= 8
Hungary :
41.8 %
2005
# 10
Spain :
41.2 %
2005
# 11
Germany :
40.9 %
2005
= 12
Sri Lanka :
39.6 %
2003
= 12
Austria :
39.6 %
2005
= 14
Bolivia :
39.3 %
2000
= 14
Ireland :
39.3 %
2005
# 16
Italy :
39.1 %
2005
# 17
Poland :
39 %
2005
# 18
Bulgaria :
38.9 %
2005
# 19
Ukraine :
38.3 %
2003
# 20
Russia :
38.1 %
2005
# 21
Finland :
37.7 %
2005
# 22
Croatia :
37.2 %
2005
= 23
Lithuania :
37 %
2005
= 23
Trinidad and Tobago :
37 %
2002
# 25
United Arab Emirates :
36.2 %
2000
# 26
Singapore :
36 %
2005
= 27
Belgium :
35.3 %
2004
= 27
Japan :
35.3 %
2005
= 29
Romania :
34.9 %
2005
= 29
Latvia :
34.9 %
2005
= 29
Malaysia :
34.9 %
2003
# 32
France :
34.8 %
2004
# 33
Malta :
34.4 %
2004
= 34
Cyprus :
34.2 %
2004
= 34
Mauritius :
34.2 %
2005
# 36
Korea, South :
34.1 %
2005
# 37
Macedonia, Republic of :
33.8 %
2005
= 38
Denmark :
33.7 %
2005
= 38
Sweden :
33.7 %
2005
# 40
Iceland :
33.6 %
2002
# 41
South Africa :
33.3 %
2003
# 42
United Kingdom :
33 %
2005
# 43
New Caledonia :
32.8 %
1996
# 44
Argentina :
32.7 %
2005
= 45
Norway :
32.1 %
2005
= 45
Canada :
32.1 %
2005
# 47
New Zealand :
31.9 %
2005
# 48
Grenada :
31.8 %
1998
# 49
Switzerland :
31.7 %
2004
# 50
Israel :
31.6 %
2004
# 51
Syria :
31.4 %
2002
# 52
Peru :
31.3 %
2005
# 53
Iran :
30.9 %
2005
# 54
Australia :
30.6 %
2005
= 55
Greece :
30.2 %
2005
= 55
United States :
30.2 %
2005
# 57
Nigeria :
29.9 %
1995
= 58
Bahamas, The :
29.6 %
2005
= 58
Mexico :
29.6 %
2005
= 58
Netherlands :
29.6 %
2005
# 61
Botswana :
29.2 %
2004
= 62
Chile :
29.1 %
2005
= 62
Uruguay :
29.1 %
2005
# 64
Antigua and Barbuda :
29 %
1991
= 65
Netherlands Antilles :
28.6 %
2000
= 65
Brunei :
28.6 %
2001
# 67
Turkey :
28.1 %
2005
# 68
Ecuador :
27.4 %
2005
= 69
Macau :
27.1 %
2005
= 69
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
27.1 %
2001
# 71
Jamaica :
27 %
2005
# 72
Brazil :
26.8 %
2004
# 73
Costa Rica :
26.4 %
2005
# 74
Barbados :
26.2 %
2004
= 75
Aruba :
25.6 %
1997
= 75
Algeria :
25.6 %
2004
# 77
Puerto Rico :
25.4 %
2005
# 78
El Salvador :
25.1 %
2004
= 79
Man, Isle of :
25 %
2001
= 79
Venezuela :
25 %
2003
# 81
Dominica :
24.3 %
1997
# 82
Dominican Republic :
24.1 %
2002
# 83
Saudi Arabia :
24 %
2002
# 84
Kazakhstan :
23.9 %
2004
# 85
Guyana :
23.7 %
1997
# 86
Kenya :
23.3 %
1999
# 87
Saint Lucia :
23.2 %
2003
# 88
Jordan :
23.1 %
2003
# 89
Morocco :
23 %
2005
# 90
Egypt :
22.9 %
2003
# 91
Cuba :
22.5 %
2004
# 92
Hong Kong :
22.3 %
2005
= 93
Suriname :
21.8 %
1999
= 93
Panama :
21.8 %
2005
= 95
Pakistan :
21.6 %
2002
= 95
Thailand :
21.6 %
2005
# 97
Moldova :
20.9 %
2005
# 98
Vietnam :
20.8 %
2004
# 99
Colombia :
20.6 %
2005
# 100
Indonesia :
19.8 %
2005
# 101
Honduras :
19.7 %
2005
# 102
Belize :
19.3 %
1999
# 103
Paraguay :
19.2 %
2003
# 104
Eritrea :
18.8 %
1984
= 105
Mongolia :
18.6 %
2004
= 105
Nicaragua :
18.6 %
2003
# 107
Guatemala :
18.2 %
2002
# 108
Namibia :
17.2 %
2000
# 109
Philippines :
16.9 %
2005
# 110
Lesotho :
16.6 %
1997
# 111
Maldives :
16.4 %
2000
# 112
Bermuda :
16 %
1996
# 113
Azerbaijan :
15.2 %
2005
# 114
Haiti :
14.9 %
1999
# 115
Cameroon :
14.1 %
1990
# 116
Yemen :
13.8 %
1999
# 117
Georgia :
13.7 %
2005
# 118
Ghana :
13.5 %
2000
# 119
Kyrgyzstan :
12.9 %
2001
# 120
Bangladesh :
12.3 %
2003
# 121
Cambodia :
11.7 %
2004
# 122
Djibouti :
11.1 %
1991
= 123
Oman :
10.7 %
2000
= 123
Uganda :
10.7 %
2003
# 125
Zambia :
10 %
1998
# 126
Madagascar :
7.4 %
2002
# 127
Rwanda :
5.4 %
1989
# 128
Ethiopia :
4.8 %
1999
# 129
Laos :
4.4 %
1995
# 130
Tanzania :
4 %
2001
Weighted average:
27.5 %
DEFINITION: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Industry corresponds to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3) and includes mining and quarrying (including oil production), manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water).
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