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

Countries reporting
23
Highest
0.0974 compared to male paid employees
Honduras
Lowest
-0.4463 compared to male paid employees
Palestine, State of
Median
-0.2392 compared to male paid employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
261

What the numbers show

Gender wage premium in the private sector, by industry: Health (compared to male paid employees) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 0.0974 compared to male paid employees in Honduras; the lowest is -0.4463 compared to male paid employees in Palestine, State of.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.2392 compared to male paid employees, and the mean is -0.2231 compared to male paid employees.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 210.4%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 672.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 0.0974 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 210.4% volatile
2 South Africa -0.0043 compared to male paid employees 2019 up 98.8% volatile
3 Pakistan -0.0721 compared to male paid employees 2020 up 70.0% volatile
4 Paraguay -0.0944 compared to male paid employees 2010 up 65.3% flat
5 Philippines -0.1286 compared to male paid employees 2014 down 277.0% volatile
6 Jordan -0.1371 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 53.8% rising
7 Guatemala -0.1382 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 60.1% volatile
8 Ethiopia -0.1426 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 33.1% rising
9 Ecuador -0.1865 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 15.2% rising
10 Colombia -0.1995 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 26.2% falling
11 Uruguay -0.2289 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 13.2% rising
12 Peru -0.2392 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 19.6% volatile
13 Brazil -0.2578 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 4.1% rising
14 Dominican Republic -0.2613 compared to male paid employees 2019 down 672.6% rising
15 Costa Rica -0.2694 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 18.5% volatile
16 Argentina -0.286 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 26.0% rising
17 El Salvador -0.2997 compared to male paid employees 2014 down 38.4% volatile
18 Chile -0.3063 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 5.0% falling
19 Sri Lanka -0.3461 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 188.1% volatile
20 Russian Federation -0.3662 compared to male paid employees 2011 up 15.9% rising
21 Australia -0.3943 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 41.1% volatile
22 Armenia -0.423 compared to male paid employees 2021 down 98.7% falling
23 Palestine, State of -0.4463 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 28.2% falling

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Indicator
Gender wage premium in the private sector, by industry: Health (compared to male paid employees)
Unit
compared to male paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
23 places, 261 data points, 2000–2021
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