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

Countries reporting
76
Highest
1.14
Honduras
Lowest
0.4341
Cyprus
Median
0.8228
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,021

What the numbers show

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 1.14 in Honduras; the lowest is 0.4341 in Cyprus.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8228, and the mean is 0.8207.

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

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 74.8%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 58.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 1.14 2017 up 1.0% rising
2 Thailand 1.09 2021 up 17.5% rising
3 Nicaragua 1.04 2014 up 6.1% rising
4 Puerto Rico 1.03 2005 up 17.3% rising
5 Jordan 1 2016 unchanged falling
6 Colombia 1 2021 up 12.0% flat
7 Panama 0.9998 2018 down 0.0% rising
8 El Salvador 0.9953 2017 down 0.2% rising
9 Guatemala 0.9783 2011 up 14.7% rising
10 Tanzania 0.9677 2020 up 68.2% rising
11 Belize 0.9667 1999 up 11.9% rising
12 Philippines 0.965 2019 up 13.8% rising
13 Palestine 0.9615 2008 up 44.1% rising
14 Georgia 0.9488 2013 up 74.8% rising
15 Ecuador 0.9425 2017 up 3.6% rising
16 Mongolia 0.9333 2011 up 8.9% rising
17 Bangladesh 0.92 2016 up 19.9% rising
18 Paraguay 0.91 2017 down 4.3% rising
19 Venezuela 0.8948 2006 down 0.1% rising
20 Slovenia 0.8872 2016 down 4.7% flat
21 Bulgaria 0.8803 2016 up 15.4% flat
22 Brazil 0.875 2020 up 11.4% rising
22 Cambodia 0.875 2012 down 12.5% falling
24 Greece 0.8732 2016 up 14.1% rising
25 Malta 0.8726 2016 up 7.0% rising
26 Denmark 0.8706 2016 up 6.6% rising
27 Moldova 0.8696 2012 up 4.9% falling
28 Mexico 0.8667 2020 down 3.7% flat
29 Costa Rica 0.8659 2016 down 0.4% flat
30 Lithuania 0.8612 2016 up 10.7% rising
31 Albania 0.8571 2019 up 7.1% rising
32 Hungary 0.8549 2016 down 3.4% falling
33 Romania 0.8463 2016 up 1.1% flat
34 Egypt 0.8333 2019 down 9.2% rising
35 Sweden 0.8306 2016 up 5.8% rising
36 Türkiye 0.828 2019 down 11.3% flat
37 Poland 0.8263 2016 down 4.9% flat
38 Belgium 0.8231 2016 up 4.5% flat
39 Portugal 0.8226 2016 up 5.4% flat
40 Italy 0.8199 2016 down 1.8% flat
41 Croatia 0.8188 2016 down 6.2% flat
42 Uruguay 0.8077 2019 up 15.3% rising
43 France 0.8037 2016 up 1.0% flat
44 Jamaica 0.8026 2002 up 35.7% rising
45 Rwanda 0.8 2021 up 31.5% rising
45 Chile 0.8 2017 down 4.0% flat
45 Dominican Republic 0.8 2013 up 5.2% flat
48 Finland 0.798 2016 up 0.7% flat
49 Slovak Republic 0.7935 2016 down 1.8% flat
50 Latvia 0.7849 2016 up 20.8% rising
51 Peru 0.7788 2016 down 5.5% falling
52 South Africa 0.7778 2020 up 3.7% rising
53 Spain 0.7766 2016 up 0.7% flat
54 Norway 0.7697 2016 up 7.7% rising
55 Ireland 0.7597 2016 up 12.3% rising
56 Bolivia 0.7526 2017 down 2.2% flat
57 Sri Lanka 0.75 2015 up 3.1% falling
58 Czechia 0.7491 2016 down 1.5% flat
59 Iceland 0.7482 2015 up 21.5% rising
60 Argentina 0.7284 2018 up 7.1% falling
61 Luxembourg 0.7265 2016 up 20.4% rising
62 Estonia 0.7089 2016 down 0.3% flat
63 Austria 0.702 2016 down 1.4% flat
64 Indonesia 0.7 2019 down 3.3% rising
65 Australia 0.6923 2015 up 3.8% flat
66 United Kingdom 0.6746 2016 up 2.7% flat
67 Armenia 0.6667 2020 up 6.7% flat
68 Mauritius 0.655 2012 up 6.4% rising
69 Korea 0.6538 2017 up 18.3% rising
70 Netherlands 0.6349 2016 up 11.4% rising
71 Pakistan 0.6277 2020 up 25.5% falling
72 Ghana 0.6137 2016 down 16.3% falling
73 Germany 0.5846 2011 down 5.2% flat
74 India 0.5714 2019 unchanged rising
75 Uganda 0.5 2016 down 12.5% falling
76 Cyprus 0.4341 2016 down 58.7% rising

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Indicator
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
76 places, 1,021 data points, 1970–2021
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