Public sector wage premium for females, by industry: Education (compared to paid wage employees) by country

Countries reporting
23
Highest
1.63 compared to paid wage employees
Pakistan
Lowest
-0.2954 compared to paid wage employees
Republic of Moldova
Median
0.4318 compared to paid wage employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
259

What the numbers show

Public sector wage premium for females, by industry: Education (compared to paid wage employees) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 1.63 compared to paid wage employees in Pakistan; the lowest is -0.2954 compared to paid wage employees in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4318 compared to paid wage employees, and the mean is 0.4442 compared to paid wage employees.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 6,176.2%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 563.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 1.63 compared to paid wage employees 2020 up 3.2% rising
2 Dominican Republic 1.29 compared to paid wage employees 2019 up 237.6% volatile
3 Sri Lanka 1.04 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 12.8% flat
4 Palestine, State of 0.9234 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 24.6% volatile
5 Guatemala 0.775 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 45.6% rising
6 El Salvador 0.7024 compared to paid wage employees 2014 down 16.4% flat
7 Colombia 0.6925 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 75.2% rising
8 Costa Rica 0.5979 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 479.9% volatile
9 Philippines 0.5654 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 1,526.3% volatile
10 Paraguay 0.4907 compared to paid wage employees 2010 up 171.8% volatile
11 Peru 0.4397 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 630.5% volatile
12 Ecuador 0.4318 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 8.0% rising
13 Jordan 0.3614 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 11.1% falling
14 Ethiopia 0.2864 compared to paid wage employees 2016 down 60.4% falling
15 Uruguay 0.263 compared to paid wage employees 2017 down 30.3% volatile
16 Honduras 0.2273 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 1.8% rising
17 Australia 0.1294 compared to paid wage employees 2015 down 69.4% volatile
18 Brazil 0.0983 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 6,176.2% volatile
19 Argentina 0.0137 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 182.2% volatile
20 Chile -0.0544 compared to paid wage employees 2015 down 15.4% volatile
21 Russian Federation -0.1533 compared to paid wage employees 2011 down 563.1% volatile
22 Armenia -0.2457 compared to paid wage employees 2021 down 232.2% volatile
23 Republic of Moldova -0.2954 compared to paid wage employees 2012 down 60.5% falling

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Indicator
Public sector wage premium for females, by industry: Education (compared to paid wage employees)
Unit
compared to paid wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
23 places, 259 data points, 2000–2021
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