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

Countries reporting
67
Highest
5.22
Georgia
Lowest
0.3196
Iceland
Median
0.6915
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
870

What the numbers show

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 5.22 in Georgia; the lowest is 0.3196 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6915, and the mean is 0.7759.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 812.8%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 72.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 5.22 2013 up 812.8% volatile
2 Bulgaria 1.34 2016 up 67.4% rising
3 Sweden 1.22 2016 up 57.8% rising
4 Romania 0.9988 2016 up 47.3% rising
5 Turkey 0.9901 2019 up 22.1% rising
6 Nicaragua 0.9723 2014 up 6.3% rising
7 Honduras 0.9722 2017 down 8.4% rising
8 Thailand 0.9591 2021 up 15.1% rising
9 Slovenia 0.953 2013 up 9.7% rising
10 El Salvador 0.913 2017 down 5.0% rising
11 Chile 0.9 2017 up 4.2% rising
12 Denmark 0.8895 2016 up 45.2% rising
13 Bangladesh 0.8889 2016 up 24.4% rising
14 Puerto Rico 0.8847 2005 down 4.0% rising
15 Brazil 0.8708 2020 up 12.4% rising
16 Cambodia 0.8333 2012 down 16.7% falling
17 Jamaica 0.8333 2002 up 47.2% rising
18 Portugal 0.8323 2016 up 15.5% rising
19 Moldova 0.828 2012 up 9.3% volatile
20 Venezuela 0.8147 2006 down 5.0% falling
21 Ecuador 0.8094 2017 up 12.1% rising
22 Rwanda 0.8 2021 up 22.7% rising
22 Tanzania 0.8 2020 up 71.8% rising
24 Greece 0.7937 2016 up 12.8% rising
25 Ireland 0.7894 2016 up 99.5% rising
26 Poland 0.7755 2016 down 11.6% flat
27 Mongolia 0.7692 2011 down 27.8% falling
28 Panama 0.7273 2018 up 33.8% rising
29 Belize 0.7246 1999 down 7.6% flat
30 Croatia 0.7217 2016 down 6.4% falling
31 South Africa 0.7179 2020 up 19.6% rising
32 Mexico 0.7167 2020 down 7.9% flat
33 Dominican Republic 0.7143 2013 up 8.4% flat
34 Peru 0.6915 2016 down 11.8% falling
35 Egypt 0.6818 2019 down 8.7% rising
36 Luxembourg 0.6722 2016 up 4.3% flat
37 Guatemala 0.6691 2011 down 0.5% falling
38 South Korea 0.6667 2017 up 3.9% flat
39 Jordan 0.6667 2016 down 33.3% falling
39 Sri Lanka 0.6667 2015 down 3.1% falling
39 Philippines 0.6667 2019 up 15.3% flat
42 Colombia 0.6608 2021 up 4.1% flat
43 France 0.6582 2016 down 4.5% falling
44 Costa Rica 0.6417 2016 up 4.2% falling
45 Malta 0.639 2016 down 3.7% flat
46 Uruguay 0.6273 2019 up 22.1% flat
47 Palestine 0.625 2008 up 26.5% rising
48 Spain 0.6069 2016 down 6.7% flat
49 Bolivia 0.6 2017 down 10.9% flat
50 Paraguay 0.5853 2017 down 52.7% rising
51 Lithuania 0.5846 2016 down 62.1% volatile
52 India 0.5833 2019 unchanged rising
53 Italy 0.5787 2016 down 25.8% falling
54 Hungary 0.5567 2016 down 42.8% falling
55 Indonesia 0.5456 2019 down 13.8% rising
56 Cyprus 0.5319 2011 down 5.4% rising
57 Pakistan 0.5069 2020 up 16.7% falling
58 Norway 0.4999 2016 down 38.8% volatile
59 Netherlands 0.4938 2016 up 7.4% rising
60 Mauritius 0.4857 2012 down 11.0% falling
61 Ghana 0.4345 2016 down 47.9% falling
62 Argentina 0.4286 2018 up 5.1% rising
63 Estonia 0.4162 2016 down 72.3% falling
64 Germany 0.369 2011 down 54.8% volatile
65 Uganda 0.3312 2016 down 33.8% falling
66 Latvia 0.3197 2016 down 64.5% volatile
67 Iceland 0.3196 2015 down 43.5% falling

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Indicator
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 870 data points, 1970–2021
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