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

Countries reporting
23
Highest
0.0106 compared to male paid employees
Sri Lanka
Lowest
-0.2912 compared to male paid employees
Russia
Median
-0.0967 compared to male paid employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
257

What the numbers show

Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Education (compared to male paid employees) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 0.0106 compared to male paid employees in Sri Lanka; the lowest is -0.2912 compared to male paid employees in Russia.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.0967 compared to male paid employees, and the mean is -0.1053 compared to male paid employees.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 89.3%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 1,051.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.0106 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 91.5% volatile
2 El Salvador -0.0156 compared to male paid employees 2014 up 38.6% volatile
3 Moldova -0.0159 compared to male paid employees 2012 up 89.3% volatile
4 Philippines -0.0245 compared to male paid employees 2014 down 1,051.1% volatile
5 Paraguay -0.0503 compared to male paid employees 2009 down 133.7% falling
6 Dominican Republic -0.0567 compared to male paid employees 2019 up 49.3% volatile
7 Colombia -0.0685 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 75.9% volatile
8 Honduras -0.076 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 29.1% volatile
9 Palestine -0.0804 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 32.4% rising
10 Uruguay -0.082 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 42.7% rising
11 Guatemala -0.089 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 12.0% rising
12 Ecuador -0.0967 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 27.2% volatile
13 Pakistan -0.1006 compared to male paid employees 2020 down 87.7% falling
14 Jordan -0.1008 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 40.9% rising
15 Argentina -0.1072 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 65.5% falling
16 Costa Rica -0.1302 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 11.1% rising
17 Armenia -0.1439 compared to male paid employees 2021 up 38.9% rising
18 Chile -0.1611 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 9.5% volatile
19 Peru -0.1621 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 44.2% falling
20 Australia -0.1701 compared to male paid employees 2015 up 51.5% rising
21 Ethiopia -0.1906 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 78.0% falling
22 Brazil -0.2186 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 0.8% rising
23 Russia -0.2912 compared to male paid employees 2011 up 14.7% rising

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Indicator
Gender wage premium in the public 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
23 places, 257 data points, 2000–2021
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