P-Value: Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health (compared to formal wage employees) by country

Countries reporting
21
Highest
0.2473 compared to formal wage employees
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0 compared to formal wage employees
Colombia
Median
0.0152 compared to formal wage employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
216

What the numbers show

P-Value: Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health (compared to formal wage employees) is currently reported for 21 countries. The highest value is 0.2473 compared to formal wage employees in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0 compared to formal wage employees in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0152 compared to formal wage employees, and the mean is 0.0477 compared to formal wage employees.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 98,069,700,000,000,007,104,102,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Moldova 0.2473 compared to formal wage employees 2012 down 2.1% volatile
2 Paraguay 0.2417 compared to formal wage employees 2010 up 53.6% volatile
3 Dominican Republic 0.1092 compared to formal wage employees 2019 down 86.0% volatile
4 Guatemala 0.0909 compared to formal wage employees 2017 down 80.2% volatile
5 South Africa 0.0801 compared to formal wage employees 2019 up 151.5% volatile
6 Argentina 0.0736 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 71.8% volatile
7 Honduras 0.0439 compared to formal wage employees 2016 up 141.1% volatile
8 Sri Lanka 0.0373 compared to formal wage employees 2015 up 25,483.8% volatile
9 Uruguay 0.031 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 473,188.0% volatile
10 Chile 0.0199 compared to formal wage employees 2015 down 96.4% volatile
11 Russian Federation 0.0152 compared to formal wage employees 2011 up 34,371.5% volatile
12 Ethiopia 0.0041 compared to formal wage employees 2016 down 98.8% volatile
13 Brazil 0.0036 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 98,069,700,000,000,007,104,102,400.0% volatile
14 Peru 0.0012 compared to formal wage employees 2017 down 99.9% volatile
15 Pakistan 0.0012 compared to formal wage employees 2020 down 99.8% volatile
16 El Salvador 0.0005 compared to formal wage employees 2014 up 39.4% volatile
17 Australia 0 compared to formal wage employees 2015 down 100.0% volatile
18 Ecuador 0 compared to formal wage employees 2017 down 99.6% volatile
19 Costa Rica 0 compared to formal wage employees 2015 down 100.0% volatile
20 Armenia 0 compared to formal wage employees 2021 down 100.0% volatile
21 Colombia 0 compared to formal wage employees 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
P-Value: Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health (compared to formal wage employees)
Unit
compared to formal wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
21 places, 216 data points, 2000–2021
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