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

Countries reporting
24
Highest
1.26 compared to paid wage employees
South Africa
Lowest
-0.3943 compared to paid wage employees
Australia
Median
0.1906 compared to paid wage employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
265

What the numbers show

Public sector wage premium for females, by industry: Health (compared to paid wage employees) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 1.26 compared to paid wage employees in South Africa; the lowest is -0.3943 compared to paid wage employees in Australia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1906 compared to paid wage employees, and the mean is 0.2671 compared to paid wage employees.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 790.3%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 414.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 1.26 compared to paid wage employees 2019 down 13.3% volatile
2 Sri Lanka 0.8426 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 27.3% rising
3 Costa Rica 0.7274 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 92.6% rising
4 El Salvador 0.6692 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 130.6% rising
5 Ecuador 0.5008 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 28.5% rising
6 Peru 0.4897 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 78.8% volatile
7 Pakistan 0.4869 compared to paid wage employees 2020 up 96.2% rising
8 Colombia 0.3421 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 145.8% flat
9 Ethiopia 0.3169 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 4.4% volatile
10 Dominican Republic 0.2841 compared to paid wage employees 2019 up 790.3% volatile
11 Guatemala 0.2762 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 86.2% volatile
12 Philippines 0.2171 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 248.7% volatile
13 Honduras 0.1641 compared to paid wage employees 2016 down 29.3% rising
14 Palestine, State of 0.1512 compared to paid wage employees 2007 up 81.1% volatile
15 Jordan 0.1401 compared to paid wage employees 2016 down 22.7% falling
16 Republic of Moldova 0.0996 compared to paid wage employees 2012 up 116.7% volatile
17 Argentina 0.0909 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 25.8% volatile
18 Chile 0.0857 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 155.7% volatile
19 Brazil 0.0688 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 125.6% rising
20 Uruguay -0.007 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 57.7% volatile
21 Paraguay -0.0975 compared to paid wage employees 2010 down 414.2% volatile
22 Russian Federation -0.1282 compared to paid wage employees 2011 up 46.7% rising
23 Armenia -0.1795 compared to paid wage employees 2021 up 20.8% rising
24 Australia -0.3943 compared to paid wage employees 2015 down 259.2% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector wage premium for females, by industry: Health (compared to paid wage employees)
Unit
compared to paid wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 265 data points, 2000–2021
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