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

Countries reporting
23
Highest
0.9144 compared to male paid employees
Moldova
Lowest
0 compared to male paid employees
Brazil
Median
0.0014 compared to male paid employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
257

What the numbers show

P-Value: 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 0.9144 compared to male paid employees in Moldova; the lowest is 0 compared to male paid employees in Brazil.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0014 compared to male paid employees, and the mean is 0.1728 compared to male paid employees.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 27,200,100,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Moldova 0.9144 compared to male paid employees 2012 up 1,520.9% volatile
2 Sri Lanka 0.6921 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 144.6% volatile
3 El Salvador 0.6517 compared to male paid employees 2014 down 6.2% volatile
4 Paraguay 0.4361 compared to male paid employees 2009 down 45.9% falling
5 Dominican Republic 0.3858 compared to male paid employees 2019 up 190.5% volatile
6 Philippines 0.3732 compared to male paid employees 2014 down 59.3% volatile
7 Honduras 0.3458 compared to male paid employees 2016 up 19,072.9% volatile
8 Australia 0.0656 compared to male paid employees 2015 up 22,955,100.0% volatile
9 Guatemala 0.054 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 187.0% volatile
10 Palestine 0.0514 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 27,200,100,000.0% volatile
11 Costa Rica 0.0017 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 90.2% volatile
12 Uruguay 0.0014 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 96,767,900.0% volatile
13 Ecuador 0.001 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 98.8% volatile
14 Argentina 0.0004 compared to male paid employees 2017 up 28,191,900.0% volatile
15 Colombia 0.0003 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 99.1% volatile
16 Russia 0.0001 compared to male paid employees 2011 down 16.1% volatile
17 Peru 0 compared to male paid employees 2017 down 99.8% volatile
18 Armenia 0 compared to male paid employees 2021 up 756.1% volatile
19 Pakistan 0 compared to male paid employees 2020 down 100.0% volatile
20 Chile 0 compared to male paid employees 2015 down 100.0% volatile
21 Ethiopia 0 compared to male paid employees 2016 down 100.0% volatile
22 Jordan 0 compared to male paid employees 2016 volatile
23 Brazil 0 compared to male paid employees 2017 volatile

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Indicator
P-Value: 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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