Argentina vs Uruguay: Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health

Argentina
-0.0482 compared to formal wage employees
in 2017
Uruguay
-0.0408 compared to formal wage employees
in 2017
Argentina rank
16th
Uruguay rank
15th

Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health over time

  • Argentina
  • Uruguay
-0.3-0.2-0.1-00.1200020082017

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports -0.0408 compared to formal wage employees against -0.0482 compared to formal wage employees in Argentina, a difference of 0.0074 compared to formal wage employees.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 16th and Uruguay ranks 15th of 21 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s -0.0048 compared to formal wage employees -0.155 compared to formal wage employees 0.1502 compared to formal wage employees Argentina
2010s -0.0235 compared to formal wage employees -0.0239 compared to formal wage employees 0.0004 compared to formal wage employees Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public sector wage premium, by industry: health, Argentina or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at -0.0408 compared to formal wage employees against -0.0482 compared to formal wage employees in Argentina as of 2017.
What is the difference in public sector wage premium, by industry: health between Argentina and Uruguay?
0.0074 compared to formal wage employees, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Uruguay?
14 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2017.
How do Argentina and Uruguay rank globally for public sector wage premium, by industry: health?
Argentina ranks 16th and Uruguay ranks 15th of 21 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health (compared to formal wage 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 industry: Health. Statizoid. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-wage-premium-by-industry-health-compared-to-formal-wage-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-industry-health-compared-to-formal-wage-employees/argentina/uruguay/">Argentina vs Uruguay: Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health (compared to formal wage employees)
Unit
compared to formal wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
21 places, 216 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed