Egypt vs South Africa: Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below

Egypt
0.9091
in 2019
South Africa
0.5714
in 2020
Egypt rank
24th
South Africa rank
27th

Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below over time

  • Egypt
  • South Africa
0123198820042020

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0.9091 against 0.5714 in South Africa, a difference of 0.3377.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.6 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2007 it was South Africa ahead.

Egypt ranks 24th and South Africa ranks 27th of 28 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt South Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 0.8271 2.48 1.65 South Africa
2010s 0.966 0.7683 0.1976 Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below, Egypt or South Africa?
Egypt, at 0.9091 against 0.5714 in South Africa as of 2019.
What is the difference in public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below between Egypt and South Africa?
0.3377, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South Africa?
10 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2019.
How do Egypt and South Africa rank globally for public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
Egypt ranks 24th and South Africa ranks 27th of 28 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below. 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

Egypt vs South Africa: Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below. Statizoid. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-to-private-wage-gap-aged-15-64-primary-education-and-below/egypt-arab-rep/south-africa/

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-to-private-wage-gap-aged-15-64-primary-education-and-below/egypt-arab-rep/south-africa/">Egypt vs South Africa: Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
28 places, 376 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed