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

Countries reporting
67
Highest
1.04
Thailand
Lowest
0.4603
Rwanda
Median
0.825
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
879

What the numbers show

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 1.04 in Thailand; the lowest is 0.4603 in Rwanda.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.825, and the mean is 0.8208.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania, United Republic of (up 113.3%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 18.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 1.04 2021 up 4.8% rising
2 Jordan 1 2016 unchanged flat
3 Palestine, State of 0.9615 2008 up 12.2% rising
4 Mongolia 0.96 2011 up 12.7% rising
5 El Salvador 0.9586 2017 up 4.0% rising
6 Belize 0.9556 1999 up 11.5% rising
7 Panama 0.9526 2018 up 6.7% rising
8 Guatemala 0.9524 2011 up 14.5% rising
9 Nicaragua 0.9509 2014 up 8.4% rising
10 Philippines 0.9414 2019 up 3.5% rising
11 Paraguay 0.9378 2017 up 0.4% rising
12 Georgia 0.9356 2013 up 72.7% rising
13 Ecuador 0.9263 2017 up 11.2% rising
14 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9214 2002 up 7.5% rising
15 Honduras 0.9189 2017 down 7.2% rising
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9143 2020 up 113.3% rising
17 Türkiye 0.9091 2013 down 0.3% flat
18 Colombia 0.9085 2021 up 8.5% flat
19 Sri Lanka 0.88 2015 down 2.8% flat
20 Denmark 0.8793 2016 up 4.1% rising
21 Malta 0.8726 2016 up 7.0% rising
22 Mexico 0.8719 2020 down 1.9% flat
23 Cambodia 0.8696 2012 down 13.0% falling
24 Jamaica 0.8667 2002 up 44.4% rising
25 Bulgaria 0.8658 2016 up 11.3% rising
26 Costa Rica 0.8611 2016 down 4.2% flat
27 Greece 0.8571 2016 up 9.1% rising
28 Hungary 0.8548 2016 down 2.7% falling
29 Lithuania 0.8475 2016 up 15.3% rising
30 Egypt 0.84 2019 down 9.3% rising
31 Portugal 0.8367 2016 up 9.6% rising
32 Bangladesh 0.8333 2016 up 33.3% rising
33 Sweden 0.8316 2016 up 4.2% rising
34 Chile 0.825 2017 up 2.1% flat
35 Brazil 0.8235 2020 up 13.6% rising
36 Slovakia 0.8229 2016 up 1.2% rising
37 Italy 0.8218 2016 down 0.9% flat
38 Croatia 0.8116 2016 down 4.7% flat
39 France 0.804 2016 up 1.2% flat
40 Republic of Moldova 0.8 2012 down 4.1% falling
41 Romania 0.7901 2016 up 3.3% flat
42 Finland 0.7877 2016 up 1.2% flat
43 Poland 0.7833 2016 down 7.5% flat
44 Iceland 0.7824 2015 up 18.0% rising
45 Dominican Republic 0.7814 2013 up 2.8% flat
46 Uruguay 0.7778 2019 up 8.9% rising
47 Luxembourg 0.7744 2016 up 21.7% rising
48 Peru 0.7719 2016 down 1.0% falling
49 South Africa 0.7692 2020 down 7.2% rising
49 Indonesia 0.7692 2019 up 6.4% rising
51 Spain 0.7678 2016 down 1.3% flat
52 Norway 0.7529 2016 up 5.7% flat
53 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.752 2017 up 4.8% flat
54 Czechia 0.7357 2016 down 3.5% flat
55 Ireland 0.7337 2016 up 7.9% rising
56 Latvia 0.7294 2016 up 4.8% flat
57 Argentina 0.7284 2018 down 1.8% flat
58 Estonia 0.7078 2016 up 0.9% rising
59 Pakistan 0.6904 2020 up 10.5% falling
60 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6837 2016 up 3.8% flat
61 Cyprus 0.6702 2016 down 18.0% rising
62 India 0.6667 2019 up 7.1% rising
63 Republic of Korea 0.6538 2017 up 15.3% rising
64 Uganda 0.64 2016 up 26.4% rising
65 Ghana 0.6207 2016 down 13.1% falling
66 Germany 0.5915 2011 down 5.7% flat
67 Rwanda 0.4603 2021 up 15.1% flat

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Indicator
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 879 data points, 1981–2021
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