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Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, above primary education by country

Countries reporting
71
Highest
1.17
Belize
Lowest
0.4341
Cyprus
Median
0.8333
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
931

What the numbers show

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, above primary education is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 1.17 in Belize; the lowest is 0.4341 in Cyprus.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8333, and the mean is 0.8456.

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

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 73.2%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 59.8%).

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belize 1.17 1999 up 26.5% rising
2 Bangladesh 1.16 2016 up 33.6% rising
3 South Africa 1.07 2020 up 28.4% rising
4 Guatemala 1.01 2011 up 17.1% rising
5 Puerto Rico 1 2005 up 9.3% rising
5 Thailand 1 2021 up 8.5% rising
7 Philippines 0.9905 2019 down 1.0% flat
8 Honduras 0.9875 2017 down 1.2% rising
9 Panama 0.9842 2018 up 5.8% rising
10 Paraguay 0.9678 2017 up 5.2% rising
11 Palestine 0.9615 2008 up 25.0% rising
12 Turkey 0.9615 2019 down 3.8% falling
13 Tanzania 0.96 2020 up 2.4% rising
14 Ecuador 0.9536 2017 up 12.7% rising
15 Nicaragua 0.9454 2014 up 2.9% rising
16 Georgia 0.9403 2013 up 73.2% rising
17 Mongolia 0.9333 2011 up 11.1% rising
18 Malta 0.9161 2016 up 12.3% rising
19 El Salvador 0.9131 2017 down 1.2% flat
20 Colombia 0.9086 2021 up 5.0% flat
21 Venezuela 0.9078 2006 up 4.1% flat
22 Moldova 0.8965 2012 up 5.5% falling
23 Slovenia 0.8924 2016 down 6.6% flat
24 Mexico 0.8875 2020 down 4.9% flat
25 Jordan 0.875 2016 down 12.5% falling
26 Cambodia 0.8746 2012 down 22.3% volatile
27 Lithuania 0.8737 2016 up 12.3% rising
28 Costa Rica 0.8631 2016 down 5.2% flat
29 Pakistan 0.8571 2020 up 37.1% falling
30 Hungary 0.8508 2016 down 3.9% falling
31 Greece 0.85 2016 up 10.2% rising
32 Denmark 0.8464 2016 up 3.4% rising
33 Bolivia 0.8446 2017 up 3.3% falling
34 Egypt 0.84 2019 down 6.5% rising
35 Bulgaria 0.8396 2016 up 15.2% rising
36 Dominican Republic 0.8333 2013 up 6.5% rising
37 India 0.8333 2019 down 2.8% falling
38 Sweden 0.8274 2016 up 5.2% rising
39 Portugal 0.8265 2016 down 4.6% falling
40 Italy 0.8227 2016 down 0.9% flat
41 Uruguay 0.8214 2019 up 17.1% rising
42 Sri Lanka 0.8182 2015 down 5.6% falling
43 Slovakia 0.8101 2016 up 0.3% rising
44 Latvia 0.8065 2016 up 23.4% rising
45 Romania 0.8057 2016 down 2.8% flat
46 Jamaica 0.8026 2002 up 33.8% rising
47 Indonesia 0.8 2019 down 0.5% flat
47 Uganda 0.8 2016 down 0.6% falling
49 Croatia 0.8 2016 down 8.3% falling
50 Iceland 0.7996 2015 up 29.4% rising
51 Peru 0.7966 2016 down 1.7% falling
52 France 0.7808 2016 down 2.8% flat
53 Chile 0.7778 2017 down 9.3% flat
54 Finland 0.7771 2016 down 1.9% flat
55 Norway 0.7767 2016 up 7.5% rising
56 Poland 0.7761 2016 down 10.3% falling
57 Argentina 0.7746 2018 up 3.3% rising
58 Rwanda 0.7672 2021 down 0.6% flat
59 Spain 0.7667 2016 up 0.6% flat
60 Ireland 0.7553 2016 up 9.8% rising
61 Brazil 0.75 2020 up 7.1% rising
62 Mauritius 0.7414 2012 up 5.9% rising
63 United Kingdom 0.7285 2016 up 10.8% rising
64 Estonia 0.7235 2016 up 1.7% flat
65 Czechia 0.7149 2016 down 5.9% flat
66 Luxembourg 0.7095 2016 up 11.4% rising
67 Ghana 0.6904 2016 down 1.4% falling
68 South Korea 0.6538 2017 up 15.9% rising
69 Netherlands 0.6223 2016 up 8.3% flat
70 Germany 0.5877 2011 down 4.8% flat
71 Cyprus 0.4341 2016 down 59.8% flat

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Indicator
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
71 places, 931 data points, 1970–2021
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