Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 by country

Countries reporting

Highest

1.08

Honduras

Lowest

0.4167

Uganda

Median

0.8241

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

933

What the numbers show

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 1.08 in Honduras; the lowest is 0.4167 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8241, and the mean is 0.8118.

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

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 75.4%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 48.5%).

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Honduras	1.08	2017	up 7.7%	rising
2	Tanzania	1.06	2020	up 63.5%	falling
3	Nicaragua	1	2014	up 8.9%	rising
4	Thailand	1	2021	up 7.1%	rising
5	Puerto Rico	0.9941	2005	up 10.5%	rising
6	Panama	0.9802	2018	up 6.4%	flat
7	Philippines	0.965	2019	down 0.4%	flat
8	Georgia	0.9512	2013	up 75.2%	rising
9	Guatemala	0.948	2011	up 21.1%	rising
10	El Salvador	0.9467	2017	down 1.6%	rising
11	Colombia	0.9464	2021	up 5.9%	flat
12	Belize	0.9375	1999	down 6.2%	flat
13	Mongolia	0.9333	2011	up 12.0%	rising
14	Venezuela	0.9291	2006	up 5.3%	flat
15	Ecuador	0.9238	2017	up 8.9%	rising
16	Jordan	0.9211	2016	up 53.5%	rising
17	Paraguay	0.9026	2017	down 7.9%	rising
18	Bangladesh	0.9	2016	up 26.8%	rising
19	Malta	0.8894	2016	up 8.4%	rising
20	Turkey	0.8864	2019	down 11.4%	falling
21	Slovenia	0.8833	2016	down 5.3%	flat
22	Palestine	0.8796	2008	up 33.4%	rising
23	Lithuania	0.8754	2016	up 14.4%	rising
24	Bulgaria	0.8753	2016	up 22.1%	rising
25	Greece	0.8734	2016	up 11.0%	rising
26	Moldova	0.8696	2012	up 8.7%	falling
27	Denmark	0.8635	2016	up 5.8%	rising
28	Chile	0.85	2017	up 7.7%	flat
29	Hungary	0.846	2016	down 5.3%	falling
30	Mexico	0.843	2020	down 0.3%	flat
31	Egypt	0.84	2019	down 11.1%	rising
32	Romania	0.8375	2016	up 0.0%	flat
33	Costa Rica	0.8341	2016	down 2.5%	flat
34	Brazil	0.8333	2020	up 11.1%	rising
35	Portugal	0.8315	2016	up 8.6%	rising
36	Sweden	0.8241	2016	up 5.2%	rising
37	Italy	0.8201	2016	down 1.6%	flat
38	Croatia	0.8108	2016	down 4.3%	falling
39	Poland	0.8102	2016	down 4.6%	flat
40	France	0.8059	2016	up 2.8%	flat
41	Cambodia	0.8055	2012	down 0.1%	falling
42	Finland	0.7962	2016	up 1.3%	flat
43	Slovakia	0.7884	2016	down 0.6%	rising
44	Ireland	0.7813	2016	up 17.7%	rising
45	Bolivia	0.7794	2017	up 5.4%	flat
46	Latvia	0.7793	2016	up 15.5%	rising
47	Uruguay	0.7667	2019	up 10.6%	rising
48	Norway	0.7651	2016	up 6.5%	flat
49	Spain	0.7594	2016	down 1.7%	flat
50	Peru	0.7581	2016	down 3.4%	falling
51	Jamaica	0.75	2002	up 40.6%	rising
52	South Africa	0.75	2020	up 6.2%	rising
53	Iceland	0.7464	2015	up 18.3%	rising
54	Sri Lanka	0.7388	2015	up 10.8%	flat
55	Czechia	0.7333	2016	down 2.2%	flat
56	Dominican Republic	0.7304	2013	down 2.1%	flat
57	Luxembourg	0.7292	2016	up 21.1%	rising
58	Argentina	0.7202	2018	up 1.8%	flat
59	Ghana	0.7143	2016	down 2.0%	falling
60	Estonia	0.7076	2016	down 0.9%	flat
61	United Kingdom	0.6756	2016	up 3.2%	flat
62	Rwanda	0.6667	2021	up 75.4%	rising
62	Indonesia	0.6667	2019	down 8.9%	rising
64	Netherlands	0.6356	2016	up 11.5%	rising
65	South Korea	0.6296	2017	up 14.5%	rising
66	Pakistan	0.6207	2020	up 30.1%	falling
67	Mauritius	0.6191	2012	up 8.3%	rising
68	Germany	0.5966	2011	down 4.5%	flat
69	India	0.5714	2019	unchanged	rising
70	Cyprus	0.4341	2016	down 48.5%	rising
71	Uganda	0.4167	2016	down 30.6%	falling

About this data

Indicator: Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 71 places, 933 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026