Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Education in Peru

Peru: Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Education was -0.1621 compared to male paid employees in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
-0.1621 compared to male paid employees
Change on year
down 96.1%
World rank
19th
of 23 countries
All-time high
-0.0025 compared to male paid employees
in 2000
All-time low
-0.1621 compared to male paid employees
in 2017
Years of data
16
2000–2017

Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Education in Peru, 2000–2017

-0.15-0.1-0.05-02000200820172000: -0.003 compared to male paid employees2001: -0.071 compared to male paid employees2002: -0.089 compared to male paid employees2004: -0.058 compared to male paid employees2005: -0.13 compared to male paid employees2006: -0.114 compared to male paid employees2007: -0.112 compared to male paid employees2008: -0.129 compared to male paid employees2009: -0.149 compared to male paid employees2010: -0.11 compared to male paid employees2011: -0.12 compared to male paid employees2012: -0.07 compared to male paid employees2013: -0.071 compared to male paid employees2014: -0.068 compared to male paid employees2015: -0.083 compared to male paid employees2017: -0.162 compared to male paid employees

Source: World Bank. Measured in compared to male paid employees.

Analysis

Peru recorded -0.1621 compared to male paid employees for gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: education in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 96.1% on the previous year and down 44.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: education in Peru peaked at -0.0025 compared to male paid employees in 2000 and was at its lowest, -0.1621 compared to male paid employees, in 2017.

Peru ranks 19th of 23 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Education in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Education (compared to male paid employees) in Peru, 2000 to 2017.
Year compared to male paid employees Change
2000 -0.0025 compared to male paid employees
2001 -0.0709 compared to male paid employees +2684.3%
2002 -0.0892 compared to male paid employees +25.8%
2004 -0.0575 compared to male paid employees -35.5%
2005 -0.1298 compared to male paid employees +125.8%
2006 -0.1137 compared to male paid employees -12.4%
2007 -0.1124 compared to male paid employees -1.1%
2008 -0.1289 compared to male paid employees +14.7%
2009 -0.1491 compared to male paid employees +15.6%
2010 -0.11 compared to male paid employees -26.2%
2011 -0.1204 compared to male paid employees +9.4%
2012 -0.07 compared to male paid employees -41.9%
2013 -0.0714 compared to male paid employees +2.0%
2014 -0.068 compared to male paid employees -4.7%
2015 -0.0827 compared to male paid employees +21.5%
2017 -0.1621 compared to male paid employees +96.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s -0.0949 compared to male paid employees -0.1491 compared to male paid employees -0.0025 compared to male paid employees 9
2010s -0.0978 compared to male paid employees -0.1621 compared to male paid employees -0.068 compared to male paid employees 7

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 16 Costa Rica -0.1302 compared to male paid employees compare
  2. 17 Armenia -0.1439 compared to male paid employees compare
  3. 18 Chile -0.1611 compared to male paid employees compare
  4. 20 Australia -0.1701 compared to male paid employees compare
  5. 21 Ethiopia -0.1906 compared to male paid employees compare
  6. 22 Brazil -0.2186 compared to male paid employees compare

See the full ranking of 23 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: education in Peru?
Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: education in Peru was -0.1621 compared to male paid employees in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: education recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was -0.0025 compared to male paid employees in 2000.
What is the lowest gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: education recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was -0.1621 compared to male paid employees in 2017.
How does Peru rank for gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: education?
Peru ranks 19th out of 23 countries with data for 2017.
Is gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: education rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Education (compared to male paid employees). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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