Public sector wage premium, by industry: Education (compared to formal wage employees) by country

Countries reporting
20
Highest
0.8224 compared to formal wage employees
Dominican Republic
Lowest
-0.6641 compared to formal wage employees
Republic of Moldova
Median
0.2347 compared to formal wage employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
210

What the numbers show

Public sector wage premium, by industry: Education (compared to formal wage employees) is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 0.8224 compared to formal wage employees in Dominican Republic; the lowest is -0.6641 compared to formal wage employees in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2347 compared to formal wage employees, and the mean is 0.2103 compared to formal wage employees.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 6,482.1%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 2,893.1%).

Public sector wage premium, by industry: Education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Dominican Republic 0.8224 compared to formal wage employees 2019 up 370.1% volatile
2 Pakistan 0.7198 compared to formal wage employees 2020 down 35.8% falling
3 El Salvador 0.5363 compared to formal wage employees 2014 up 10.8% rising
4 Guatemala 0.5052 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 60.3% rising
5 Colombia 0.402 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 120.3% rising
6 Peru 0.3744 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 456.0% volatile
7 Sri Lanka 0.3543 compared to formal wage employees 2015 up 415.1% volatile
8 Costa Rica 0.3339 compared to formal wage employees 2015 up 6,482.1% volatile
9 Ecuador 0.2777 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 19.5% volatile
10 Ethiopia 0.2352 compared to formal wage employees 2016 down 45.9% falling
11 Paraguay 0.2342 compared to formal wage employees 2010 up 1,090.1% volatile
12 Uruguay 0.2263 compared to formal wage employees 2017 down 21.1% volatile
13 Honduras 0.096 compared to formal wage employees 2016 down 13.5% flat
14 Brazil 0.0637 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 173.0% volatile
15 Russia 0.0222 compared to formal wage employees 2011 up 108.1% volatile
16 Australia 0.0041 compared to formal wage employees 2015 down 98.5% volatile
17 Argentina -0.0269 compared to formal wage employees 2017 up 52.2% volatile
18 Chile -0.0659 compared to formal wage employees 2015 down 61.1% rising
19 Armenia -0.2454 compared to formal wage employees 2021 down 238.4% volatile
20 Republic of Moldova -0.6641 compared to formal wage employees 2012 down 2,893.1% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by industry: Education (compared to formal wage employees)
Unit
compared to formal wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
20 places, 210 data points, 2000–2021
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