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Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, rural by country

Countries reporting
65
Highest
1.32
Honduras
Lowest
0.3767
Uganda
Median
0.83
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
852

What the numbers show

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, rural is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 1.32 in Honduras; the lowest is 0.3767 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.83, and the mean is 0.8186.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 100.6%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 30.9%).

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 1.32 2017 down 12.0% rising
2 Nicaragua 1.13 2014 up 5.8% flat
3 Panama 1.11 2018 up 2.5% rising
4 Thailand 1.06 2021 up 13.3% rising
5 El Salvador 1.04 2017 down 4.4% rising
6 Mongolia 1.03 2011 up 12.3% rising
7 Republic of Moldova 1 2012 up 8.8% falling
8 Brazil 1 2020 up 0.0% rising
9 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9504 2002 down 1.2% flat
10 Ecuador 0.9444 2017 up 18.1% rising
11 Cyprus 0.9213 2013 up 100.6% rising
12 Romania 0.9158 2016 up 18.7% rising
13 Jordan 0.9143 2016 down 8.6% flat
14 Georgia 0.9138 2013 up 63.2% rising
15 Bangladesh 0.9 2016 up 44.0% rising
15 Chile 0.9 2017 down 4.7% flat
17 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8929 2020 up 27.6% falling
18 Belize 0.8696 1999 down 1.2% rising
19 Hungary 0.8684 2016 down 5.1% flat
20 Palestine, State of 0.8654 2008 up 57.5% rising
21 Lithuania 0.863 2016 up 10.1% rising
22 Türkiye 0.86 2013 up 14.7% rising
23 Bulgaria 0.8592 2016 up 14.6% rising
24 Portugal 0.8583 2016 up 2.6% rising
25 Denmark 0.8575 2016 up 9.8% rising
26 Philippines 0.8571 2019 up 2.9% rising
27 Croatia 0.8519 2016 down 3.9% flat
28 Greece 0.85 2016 up 20.4% rising
29 Egypt 0.8493 2019 down 6.9% rising
30 Finland 0.8361 2016 up 4.2% rising
31 Cambodia 0.8333 2012 down 20.2% falling
32 Mexico 0.8333 2020 up 4.2% flat
33 Ireland 0.83 2016 up 21.1% rising
34 Norway 0.8187 2016 up 13.6% rising
35 France 0.815 2016 up 6.5% flat
36 Sweden 0.8111 2016 up 4.1% rising
37 Latvia 0.8107 2016 up 6.7% rising
38 Italy 0.8027 2016 down 4.9% falling
39 Poland 0.8 2016 down 5.5% flat
39 South Africa 0.8 2020 up 20.0% falling
39 Rwanda 0.8 2021 up 24.1% rising
42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.799 2017 down 25.7% flat
43 Uruguay 0.7955 2019 up 33.7% rising
44 Guatemala 0.7868 2011 up 28.3% rising
45 Costa Rica 0.7817 2016 down 0.5% flat
46 Slovakia 0.7797 2016 up 1.4% rising
47 Czechia 0.772 2016 up 4.6% flat
48 Jamaica 0.7692 2002 up 28.2% rising
49 Dominican Republic 0.7638 2013 down 3.3% falling
50 Spain 0.7562 2016 up 3.6% rising
51 Sri Lanka 0.75 2015 up 3.6% falling
52 Estonia 0.7243 2016 up 5.0% rising
53 Luxembourg 0.6857 2016 up 26.7% rising
54 Colombia 0.6667 2021 up 33.3% rising
55 Iceland 0.6347 2015 up 17.0% rising
56 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6345 2016 up 6.9% rising
57 Paraguay 0.6283 2017 down 30.9% rising
58 Peru 0.6221 2016 down 15.8% falling
59 Korea 0.62 2017 up 15.1% rising
60 India 0.5833 2019 unchanged rising
61 Pakistan 0.5793 2020 up 42.9% falling
62 Ghana 0.5754 2016 down 6.8% falling
63 Germany 0.561 2011 down 5.7% flat
64 Indonesia 0.5263 2019 down 19.1% rising
65 Uganda 0.3767 2016 down 18.6% falling

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Indicator
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
65 places, 852 data points, 1981–2021
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