Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total in Brazil

Brazil: Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total was 0.875 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.875
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
22nd
of 76 countries
All-time high
0.875
in 2020
All-time low
0.5833
in 1985
Years of data
36
1981–2020

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total in Brazil, 1981–2020

00.20.40.60.81981200020201981: 0.6671982: 0.6831983: 0.6361984: 0.6251985: 0.5831986: 0.6841987: 0.641988: 0.6671989: 0.641990: 0.6671992: 0.7161993: 0.6221995: 0.661996: 0.691997: 0.7271998: 0.7671999: 0.7732001: 0.7432002: 0.7852003: 0.82004: 0.7782005: 0.792006: 0.7272007: 0.7672008: 0.7352009: 0.7862011: 0.7782012: 0.82013: 0.7452014: 0.752015: 0.7692016: 0.8162017: 0.82018: 0.82019: 0.8672020: 0.875

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total in Brazil is 0.875, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total in Brazil peaked at 0.875 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.5833, in 1985.

Brazil ranks 22nd of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total in Brazil, 1981 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1981 0.6667
1982 0.6833 +2.5%
1983 0.6364 -6.9%
1984 0.625 -1.8%
1985 0.5833 -6.7%
1986 0.6841 +17.3%
1987 0.64 -6.4%
1988 0.6667 +4.2%
1989 0.64 -4.0%
1990 0.6667 +4.2%
1992 0.7157 +7.3%
1993 0.6222 -13.1%
1995 0.66 +6.1%
1996 0.6897 +4.5%
1997 0.7267 +5.4%
1998 0.7667 +5.5%
1999 0.7733 +0.9%
2001 0.7429 -3.9%
2002 0.7853 +5.7%
2003 0.8 +1.9%
2004 0.7778 -2.8%
2005 0.79 +1.6%
2006 0.7273 -7.9%
2007 0.7667 +5.4%
2008 0.7353 -4.1%
2009 0.7857 +6.9%
2011 0.7778 -1.0%
2012 0.8 +2.9%
2013 0.7455 -6.8%
2014 0.75 +0.6%
2015 0.7692 +2.6%
2016 0.8157 +6.0%
2017 0.8 -1.9%
2018 0.8 +0.0%
2019 0.8667 +8.3%
2020 0.875 +1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.6473 0.5833 0.6841 9
1990s 0.7026 0.6222 0.7733 8
2000s 0.7679 0.7273 0.8 9
2010s 0.7916 0.7455 0.8667 9
2020s 0.875 0.875 0.875 1

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 19 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8948 compare
  2. 20 Slovenia 0.8872 compare
  3. 21 Bulgaria 0.8803 compare
  4. 22 Cambodia 0.875 compare
  5. 24 Greece 0.8732 compare
  6. 25 Malta 0.8726 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total in Brazil?
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total in Brazil was 0.875 in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.875 in 2020.
What is the lowest female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5833 in 1985.
How does Brazil rank for female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total?
Brazil ranks 22nd out of 76 countries with data for 2020.
Is female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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