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

Countries reporting
23
Highest
0.0681 compared to male paid employees
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
-0.4596 compared to male paid employees
Paraguay
Median
-0.1349 compared to male paid employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
259

What the numbers show

Gender wage premium in the public sector, by industry: Health (compared to male paid employees) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 0.0681 compared to male paid employees in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is -0.4596 compared to male paid employees in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.1349 compared to male paid employees, and the mean is -0.1389 compared to male paid employees.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 309.6%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 6,080.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Moldova 0.0681 compared to male paid employees 2012 up 113.7% volatile
2 Sri Lanka 0.0462 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 309.6% volatile
3 Philippines -0.0091 compared to male paid employees 2014 up 83.6% volatile
4 Guatemala -0.0277 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 79.9% volatile
5 Honduras -0.0345 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 73.8% volatile
6 Pakistan -0.0458 compared to male paid employees 2020 up 85.6% rising
7 El Salvador -0.0485 compared to male paid employees 2014 up 40.4% volatile
8 Ecuador -0.0509 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 47.2% rising
9 Dominican Republic -0.074 compared to male paid employees 2019 up 70.4% volatile
10 Jordan -0.1062 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 35.1% flat
11 Argentina -0.1237 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 40.3% rising
12 Uruguay -0.1349 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 75.5% rising
13 Russian Federation -0.1681 compared to male paid employees 2011 up 52.2% rising
14 Australia -0.1701 compared to male paid employees 2015 up 19.9% falling
15 Armenia -0.1715 compared to male paid employees 2021 up 32.5% flat
16 Brazil -0.2235 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 1.4% rising
17 Colombia -0.2284 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 30.6% falling
18 Palestine, State of -0.2333 compared to male paid employees 2007 down 192.8% falling
19 Costa Rica -0.2346 compared to male paid employees 2015 up 14.8% rising
20 Peru -0.2406 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 134.1% rising
21 Ethiopia -0.255 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 47.8% falling
22 Chile -0.268 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 23.0% falling
23 Paraguay -0.4596 compared to male paid employees 2010 down 6,080.6% volatile

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Indicator
Gender wage premium in the public 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, 259 data points, 2000–2021
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