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Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-24 by country

Countries reporting
70
Highest
1.67
Spain
Lowest
0.5714
Ghana
Median
0.8935
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 70 countries. The highest value is 1.67 in Spain; the lowest is 0.5714 in Ghana.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8935, and the mean is 0.896.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 30 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
71 places, 927 data points, 1970–2021
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