Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-24 by country
Countries reporting
71
Highest
1.67
Spain
Lowest
0.5714
Ghana
Median
0.8929
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
927
What the numbers show
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-24 is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 1.67 in Spain; the lowest is 0.5714 in Ghana.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8929, and the mean is 0.8956.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 148.0%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 47.8%).
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-24: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 1.67 | 2016 | up 148.0% | rising |
| 2 | Cyprus | 1.32 | 2009 | — | rising |
| 3 | Italy | 1.16 | 2016 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 4 | El Salvador | 1.12 | 2017 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 5 | Honduras | 1.11 | 2017 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 1.1 | 2016 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 1.09 | 2014 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 8 | Greece | 1.09 | 2016 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 1.08 | 2011 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 10 | Philippines | 1.07 | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 1.05 | 2016 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 12 | Ecuador | 1.04 | 2017 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 13 | Jamaica | 1.04 | 2002 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 14 | Panama | 1.01 | 2018 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 15 | Guatemala | 1.01 | 2011 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 16 | Thailand | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Colombia | 1 | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 16 | Belize | 1 | 1999 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 20 | Venezuela | 0.983 | 2006 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 0.9672 | 2016 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 0.9541 | 2017 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 0.95 | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 0.95 | 2016 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 25 | South Korea | 0.9467 | 2017 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 26 | Moldova | 0.9392 | 2012 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 27 | Uruguay | 0.9375 | 2019 | up 17.0% | flat |
| 28 | Cambodia | 0.9316 | 2012 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 29 | Mauritius | 0.9195 | 2012 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 30 | Mexico | 0.9167 | 2020 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 0.915 | 2015 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 32 | Indonesia | 0.9124 | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 33 | Croatia | 0.9 | 2016 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 0.8976 | 2016 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 35 | Estonia | 0.8942 | 2016 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 36 | Mongolia | 0.8929 | 2011 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 0.8842 | 2016 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 38 | Georgia | 0.8839 | 2013 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 39 | Finland | 0.877 | 2016 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 0.875 | 2013 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 41 | South Africa | 0.8666 | 2020 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 0.8647 | 2016 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 43 | Latvia | 0.8533 | 2016 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 44 | Uganda | 0.8429 | 2016 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 45 | Puerto Rico | 0.8334 | 2005 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 46 | Slovakia | 0.8333 | 2016 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 47 | Jordan | 0.8333 | 2016 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.8263 | 2016 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 49 | Romania | 0.8158 | 2016 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 50 | Tanzania | 0.8125 | 2020 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 51 | Hungary | 0.8108 | 2016 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 52 | France | 0.8047 | 2016 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 53 | Iceland | 0.8017 | 2015 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 54 | Paraguay | 0.8 | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 55 | India | 0.7891 | 2019 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 56 | Egypt | 0.75 | 2019 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 57 | Netherlands | 0.7496 | 2016 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.7459 | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 59 | Czechia | 0.7333 | 2016 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 60 | Ireland | 0.7247 | 2016 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 61 | Bolivia | 0.714 | 2017 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 62 | Rwanda | 0.7 | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 63 | Norway | 0.6956 | 2016 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 64 | Lithuania | 0.6944 | 2016 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 65 | Palestine | 0.6688 | 2008 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 0.6663 | 2016 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 67 | Pakistan | 0.6576 | 2020 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 68 | Denmark | 0.6288 | 2016 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 69 | Poland | 0.6154 | 2016 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 70 | Slovenia | 0.5929 | 2016 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 71 | Ghana | 0.5714 | 2016 | down 34.2% | falling |