El Salvador vs Panama: Public sector wage premium, by education level: Secondary education

El Salvador
0.3426 compared to formal wage employees
in 2021
Panama
0.269 compared to formal wage employees
in 2021
El Salvador rank
9th
Panama rank
12th

Public sector wage premium, by education level: Secondary education over time

  • El Salvador
  • Panama
-0.200.20.4200020102021

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.3426 compared to formal wage employees against 0.269 compared to formal wage employees in Panama, a difference of 0.0736 compared to formal wage employees.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.3 times Panama's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 9th and Panama ranks 12th of 54 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Panama Difference Ahead
2000s 0.2754 compared to formal wage employees 0.0044 compared to formal wage employees 0.271 compared to formal wage employees El Salvador
2010s 0.3624 compared to formal wage employees -0.019 compared to formal wage employees 0.3814 compared to formal wage employees El Salvador
2020s 0.3426 compared to formal wage employees 0.269 compared to formal wage employees 0.0735 compared to formal wage employees El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public sector wage premium, by education level: secondary education, El Salvador or Panama?
El Salvador, at 0.3426 compared to formal wage employees against 0.269 compared to formal wage employees in Panama as of 2021.
What is the difference in public sector wage premium, by education level: secondary education between El Salvador and Panama?
0.0736 compared to formal wage employees, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
14 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2021.
How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for public sector wage premium, by education level: secondary education?
El Salvador ranks 9th and Panama ranks 12th of 54 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public sector wage premium, by education level: Secondary education (compared to formal wage employees). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by education level: Secondary education (compared to formal wage employees)
Unit
compared to formal wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
54 places, 657 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed