Gender wage premium in the private sector, by industry: Education (compared to male paid employees) by country

Countries reporting
21
Highest
-0.0323 compared to male paid employees
Philippines
Lowest
-0.5298 compared to male paid employees
Palestine, State of
Median
-0.265 compared to male paid employees
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
248

What the numbers show

Gender wage premium in the private sector, by industry: Education (compared to male paid employees) is currently reported for 21 countries. The highest value is -0.0323 compared to male paid employees in Philippines; the lowest is -0.5298 compared to male paid employees in Palestine, State of.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.265 compared to male paid employees, and the mean is -0.2686 compared to male paid employees.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 80.9%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 206.0%).

Gender wage premium in the private sector, by industry: Education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Philippines -0.0323 compared to male paid employees 2014 down 117.5% volatile
2 Honduras -0.0421 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 80.9% rising
3 Argentina -0.1318 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 47.7% rising
4 Peru -0.1343 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 7.0% rising
5 Uruguay -0.1693 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 30.8% rising
6 Chile -0.1867 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 156.4% falling
7 Paraguay -0.2096 compared to male paid employees 2010 up 42.0% volatile
8 El Salvador -0.2194 compared to male paid employees 2014 up 27.4% volatile
9 Guatemala -0.2216 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 71.1% volatile
10 Brazil -0.2377 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 11.5% rising
11 Ecuador -0.265 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 8.8% rising
12 Jordan -0.2689 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 39.7% rising
13 Costa Rica -0.3203 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 156.9% volatile
14 Colombia -0.3221 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 11.7% falling
15 Pakistan -0.3232 compared to male paid employees 2020 up 6.9% flat
16 Ethiopia -0.3424 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 0.2% flat
17 South Africa -0.361 compared to male paid employees 2019 down 206.0% volatile
18 Australia -0.3943 compared to male paid employees 2015 up 26.9% volatile
19 Sri Lanka -0.4485 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 0.9% falling
20 Dominican Republic -0.4812 compared to male paid employees 2019 down 27.9% falling
21 Palestine, State of -0.5298 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 3.9% falling

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Indicator
Gender wage premium in the private sector, by industry: Education (compared to male paid employees)
Unit
compared to male paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
21 places, 248 data points, 2000–2020
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