Argentina vs Uruguay: Public sector wage premium, by gender: Female

Argentina
0.3495 compared to all private employees
in 2021
Uruguay
0.3954 compared to all private employees
in 2017
Argentina rank
23rd
Uruguay rank
20th

Public sector wage premium, by gender: Female over time

  • Argentina
  • Uruguay
00.20.40.6200020102021

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.3954 compared to all private employees against 0.3495 compared to all private employees in Argentina, a difference of 0.0459 compared to all private employees.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uruguay ahead.

Argentina ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 20th of 60 countries.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s 0.2509 compared to all private employees 0.4048 compared to all private employees 0.1539 compared to all private employees Uruguay
2010s 0.4049 compared to all private employees 0.4503 compared to all private employees 0.0455 compared to all private employees Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public sector wage premium, by gender: female, Argentina or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.3954 compared to all private employees against 0.3495 compared to all private employees in Argentina as of 2017.
What is the difference in public sector wage premium, by gender: female between Argentina and Uruguay?
0.0459 compared to all private employees, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Uruguay?
17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2017.
How do Argentina and Uruguay rank globally for public sector wage premium, by gender: female?
Argentina ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 20th of 60 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public sector wage premium, by gender: Female (compared to all private employees). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Argentina vs Uruguay: Public sector wage premium, by gender: Female. Statizoid. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-wage-premium-by-gender-female-compared-to-all-private-employees/argentina/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-wage-premium-by-gender-female-compared-to-all-private-employees/argentina/uruguay/">Argentina vs Uruguay: Public sector wage premium, by gender: Female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by gender: Female (compared to all private employees)
Unit
compared to all private employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
60 places, 741 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed