Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male in Cyprus

Cyprus: Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male was 0.3053 compared to all private employees in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.3053 compared to all private employees
Change on year
up 67.8%
World rank
18th
of 60 countries
All-time high
0.4056 compared to all private employees
in 2015
All-time low
0.1073 compared to all private employees
in 2008
Years of data
14
2005–2018

Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male in Cyprus, 2005–2018

0.10.20.30.42005201120182005: 0.305 compared to all private employees2006: 0.227 compared to all private employees2007: 0.174 compared to all private employees2008: 0.107 compared to all private employees2009: 0.139 compared to all private employees2010: 0.155 compared to all private employees2011: 0.211 compared to all private employees2012: 0.25 compared to all private employees2013: 0.278 compared to all private employees2014: 0.404 compared to all private employees2015: 0.406 compared to all private employees2016: 0.259 compared to all private employees2017: 0.182 compared to all private employees2018: 0.305 compared to all private employees

Source: World Bank. Measured in compared to all private employees.

Analysis

In 2018, public sector wage premium, by gender: male in Cyprus stood at 0.3053 compared to all private employees.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 67.8% on the previous year and up 184.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector wage premium, by gender: male in Cyprus peaked at 0.4056 compared to all private employees in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1073 compared to all private employees, in 2008.

Cyprus ranks 18th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male in Cyprus, year by year

Annual values for Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male (compared to all private employees) in Cyprus, 2005 to 2018.
Year compared to all private employees Change
2005 0.3049 compared to all private employees
2006 0.2266 compared to all private employees -25.7%
2007 0.1741 compared to all private employees -23.2%
2008 0.1073 compared to all private employees -38.4%
2009 0.1386 compared to all private employees +29.2%
2010 0.1554 compared to all private employees +12.1%
2011 0.2109 compared to all private employees +35.7%
2012 0.2503 compared to all private employees +18.7%
2013 0.2782 compared to all private employees +11.1%
2014 0.4044 compared to all private employees +45.4%
2015 0.4056 compared to all private employees +0.3%
2016 0.2589 compared to all private employees -36.2%
2017 0.1819 compared to all private employees -29.7%
2018 0.3053 compared to all private employees +67.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1903 compared to all private employees 0.1073 compared to all private employees 0.3049 compared to all private employees 5
2010s 0.2723 compared to all private employees 0.1554 compared to all private employees 0.4056 compared to all private employees 9

Countries ranked near Cyprus

  1. 15 Sri Lanka 0.3272 compared to all private employees compare
  2. 16 Luxembourg 0.3135 compared to all private employees compare
  3. 17 Brazil 0.3119 compared to all private employees compare
  4. 19 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2273 compared to all private employees compare
  5. 20 Philippines 0.1921 compared to all private employees compare
  6. 21 Chile 0.191 compared to all private employees compare

See the full ranking of 60 places →

More reference data data for Cyprus

All data for Cyprus →

Frequently asked questions

What is public sector wage premium, by gender: male in Cyprus?
Public sector wage premium, by gender: male in Cyprus was 0.3053 compared to all private employees in 2018, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector wage premium, by gender: male recorded in Cyprus?
The highest recorded value was 0.4056 compared to all private employees in 2015.
What is the lowest public sector wage premium, by gender: male recorded in Cyprus?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1073 compared to all private employees in 2008.
How does Cyprus rank for public sector wage premium, by gender: male?
Cyprus ranks 18th out of 60 countries with data for 2018.
Is public sector wage premium, by gender: male rising or falling in Cyprus?
Over the last ten years it is up 184.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cyprus data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male (compared to all private employees). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male in Cyprus. Statizoid. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-wage-premium-by-gender-male-compared-to-all-private-employees/cyprus/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-wage-premium-by-gender-male-compared-to-all-private-employees/cyprus/">Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male in Cyprus</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by gender: Male (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, 737 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed