Costa Rica vs Peru: Public sector wage premium, by industry: Education

Costa Rica
0.3339 compared to formal wage employees
in 2015
Peru
0.3744 compared to formal wage employees
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
8th
Peru rank
6th

Public sector wage premium, by industry: Education over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Peru
-0.200.20.4200020082017

How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.3744 compared to formal wage employees against 0.3339 compared to formal wage employees in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0405 compared to formal wage employees.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 8th and Peru ranks 6th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Peru Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0301 compared to formal wage employees -0.1204 compared to formal wage employees 0.1506 compared to formal wage employees Costa Rica
2010s 0.3357 compared to formal wage employees -0.1408 compared to formal wage employees 0.4765 compared to formal wage employees Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public sector wage premium, by industry: education, Costa Rica or Peru?
Peru, at 0.3744 compared to formal wage employees against 0.3339 compared to formal wage employees in Costa Rica as of 2017.
What is the difference in public sector wage premium, by industry: education between Costa Rica and Peru?
0.0405 compared to formal wage employees, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
11 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2015.
How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for public sector wage premium, by industry: education?
Costa Rica ranks 8th and Peru ranks 6th of 20 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public sector wage premium, by industry: 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 industry: 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
20 places, 210 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed