P-Value: Public sector wage premium, by gender (compared to all private employees) by country

Countries reporting
60
Highest
0.9064 compared to all private employees
Austria
Lowest
0 compared to all private employees
Peru
Median
0 compared to all private employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
741

What the numbers show

P-Value: Public sector wage premium, by gender (compared to all private employees) is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 0.9064 compared to all private employees in Austria; the lowest is 0 compared to all private employees in Peru.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 compared to all private employees, and the mean is 0.124 compared to all private employees.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 351,644,000,000,000,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 100.0%).

P-Value: Public sector wage premium, by gender: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Austria 0.9064 compared to all private employees 2018 up 3,876.4% volatile
2 Palestine 0.8968 compared to all private employees 2017 up 5,517,610.0% volatile
3 Czechia 0.8961 compared to all private employees 2018 up 266.0% volatile
4 Ireland 0.8121 compared to all private employees 2017 up 181.4% volatile
5 Malta 0.7831 compared to all private employees 2018 up 48.5% volatile
6 Serbia 0.736 compared to all private employees 2018 up 351,644,000,000,000,000,000.0% volatile
7 Latvia 0.4531 compared to all private employees 2018 up 899,863.0% volatile
8 Croatia 0.4229 compared to all private employees 2018 up 225.0% volatile
9 Poland 0.3738 compared to all private employees 2017 up 135,710.0% volatile
10 Portugal 0.327 compared to all private employees 2018 up 1,256.6% volatile
11 Lithuania 0.1933 compared to all private employees 2018 down 44.4% volatile
12 Vietnam 0.1761 compared to all private employees 2019 β€” volatile
13 Switzerland 0.1641 compared to all private employees 2018 up 36,568.7% volatile
14 Estonia 0.1205 compared to all private employees 2018 down 87.4% volatile
15 Slovakia 0.0858 compared to all private employees 2017 up 97.9% volatile
16 Argentina 0.0691 compared to all private employees 2021 down 91.0% volatile
17 Romania 0.0119 compared to all private employees 2018 down 52.0% volatile
18 Iceland 0.0078 compared to all private employees 2013 down 98.2% volatile
19 Bulgaria 0.0012 compared to all private employees 2018 down 94.9% volatile
20 United Kingdom 0.0009 compared to all private employees 2016 down 99.6% volatile
21 Russia 0.0004 compared to all private employees 2016 up 1,477,190.0% volatile
22 Belgium 0.0002 compared to all private employees 2018 up 146.1% volatile
23 Australia 0.0002 compared to all private employees 2015 down 99.0% volatile
24 France 0.0002 compared to all private employees 2018 down 58.7% volatile
25 Italy 0.0001 compared to all private employees 2018 up 285,526.0% volatile
26 Georgia 0 compared to all private employees 2013 down 100.0% volatile
27 Moldova 0 compared to all private employees 2012 down 99.8% volatile
28 Spain 0 compared to all private employees 2018 down 93.6% volatile
29 Paraguay 0 compared to all private employees 2021 down 100.0% volatile
30 Mongolia 0 compared to all private employees 2021 β€” volatile
31 Finland 0 compared to all private employees 2018 down 100.0% volatile
32 Hungary 0 compared to all private employees 2018 down 100.0% volatile
33 Greece 0 compared to all private employees 2018 down 100.0% volatile
34 Luxembourg 0 compared to all private employees 2018 down 100.0% volatile
35 South Africa 0 compared to all private employees 2019 β€” volatile
36 Namibia 0 compared to all private employees 2015 down 99.2% volatile
37 Ethiopia 0 compared to all private employees 2016 β€” volatile
38 Dominican Republic 0 compared to all private employees 2019 down 100.0% volatile
39 Cyprus 0 compared to all private employees 2018 down 100.0% volatile
40 Uruguay 0 compared to all private employees 2017 β€” volatile
41 Tanzania 0 compared to all private employees 2020 down 100.0% volatile
42 Armenia 0 compared to all private employees 2021 down 100.0% volatile
43 Honduras 0 compared to all private employees 2019 β€” volatile
44 El Salvador 0 compared to all private employees 2021 β€” volatile
44 Zambia 0 compared to all private employees 2014 down 100.0% volatile
44 Bolivia 0 compared to all private employees 2021 down 100.0% volatile
44 Brazil 0 compared to all private employees 2021 β€” volatile
44 Chile 0 compared to all private employees 2015 down 100.0% volatile
44 Colombia 0 compared to all private employees 2020 β€” volatile
44 Turkey 0 compared to all private employees 2010 β€” flat
44 Costa Rica 0 compared to all private employees 2021 β€” volatile
44 Ecuador 0 compared to all private employees 2017 β€” volatile
44 Panama 0 compared to all private employees 2021 down 100.0% volatile
44 Guatemala 0 compared to all private employees 2017 down 100.0% volatile
44 Jordan 0 compared to all private employees 2016 β€” flat
44 Sri Lanka 0 compared to all private employees 2016 β€” volatile
44 Mexico 0 compared to all private employees 2019 β€” volatile
44 Pakistan 0 compared to all private employees 2020 β€” flat
44 Philippines 0 compared to all private employees 2014 β€” volatile
44 Peru 0 compared to all private employees 2021 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
P-Value: Public sector wage premium, by gender (compared to all private employees)
Unit
compared to all private employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
60 places, 741 data points, 2000–2021
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