Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 in Uruguay

Uruguay: Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 was 0.7667 in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.7667
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
47th
of 71 countries
All-time high
0.7667
in 2019
All-time low
0.6497
in 1998
Years of data
20
1998–2019

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 in Uruguay, 1998–2019

00.20.40.60.81998200820191998: 0.652000: 0.6592001: 0.7272002: 0.7282003: 0.752004: 0.7192005: 0.7552006: 0.7142007: 0.7072008: 0.6772009: 0.6932010: 0.6852011: 0.7032012: 0.7032014: 0.7232015: 0.7332016: 0.7532017: 0.7432018: 0.7592019: 0.767

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 in Uruguay stood at 0.7667. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 in Uruguay peaked at 0.7667 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6497, in 1998.

That places Uruguay 47th out of 71 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6497 0.6497 0.6497 1
2000s 0.713 0.6594 0.7555 10
2010s 0.7298 0.6845 0.7667 9

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 44 Ireland 0.7813 compare
  2. 45 Bolivia 0.7794 compare
  3. 46 Latvia 0.7793 compare
  4. 48 Norway 0.7651 compare
  5. 49 Spain 0.7594 compare
  6. 50 Peru 0.7581 compare

See the full ranking of 71 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 in Uruguay?
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 in Uruguay was 0.7667 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.7667 in 2019.
What is the lowest female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6497 in 1998.
How does Uruguay rank for female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64?
Uruguay ranks 47th out of 71 countries with data for 2019.
Is female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64 rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Female to male gender wage gap, aged 25-64. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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