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

Countries reporting
21
Highest
0.7105 compared to male paid employees
Honduras
Lowest
0 compared to male paid employees
Colombia
Median
0.0004 compared to male paid employees
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
248

What the numbers show

P-Value: 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 0.7105 compared to male paid employees in Honduras; the lowest is 0 compared to male paid employees in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0004 compared to male paid employees, and the mean is 0.0695 compared to male paid employees.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 220,531,000,000,000,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 100.0%).

P-Value: Gender wage premium in the private sector, by industry: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 0.7105 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 202,136.0% volatile
2 Philippines 0.4914 compared to male paid employees 2014 up 153.0% volatile
3 South Africa 0.2024 compared to male paid employees 2019 down 62.9% volatile
4 Peru 0.0257 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 84.7% volatile
5 El Salvador 0.0096 compared to male paid employees 2014 up 4,376.2% volatile
6 Paraguay 0.008 compared to male paid employees 2010 down 2.4% volatile
7 Argentina 0.0063 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 100.4% volatile
8 Guatemala 0.0022 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 98.6% volatile
9 Costa Rica 0.0014 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 99.5% volatile
10 Palestine 0.0004 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 220,531,000,000,000,000,000.0% volatile
11 Uruguay 0.0004 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 212.5% volatile
12 Ecuador 0.0002 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 163.4% volatile
13 Dominican Republic 0 compared to male paid employees 2019 down 99.3% volatile
14 Ethiopia 0 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 59.7% volatile
15 Australia 0 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 97.3% volatile
16 Sri Lanka 0 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 100.0% volatile
17 Chile 0 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 100.0% volatile
18 Jordan 0 compared to male paid employees 2016 volatile
19 Pakistan 0 compared to male paid employees 2020 down 100.0% volatile
20 Brazil 0 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 100.0% volatile
20 Colombia 0 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
P-Value: 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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