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

Countries reporting
20
Highest
2.06 compared to paid wage employees
Pakistan
Lowest
-0.334 compared to paid wage employees
Armenia
Median
0.3288 compared to paid wage employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
209

What the numbers show

Public sector wage premium for females, by occupation: Teachers (compared to paid wage employees) is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 2.06 compared to paid wage employees in Pakistan; the lowest is -0.334 compared to paid wage employees in Armenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3288 compared to paid wage employees, and the mean is 0.4684 compared to paid wage employees.

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

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 1,135.3%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 235.7%).

Public sector wage premium for females, by occupation: Teachers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 2.06 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 52.8% rising
2 Dominican Republic 1.65 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 529.4% volatile
3 Palestine, State of 1.26 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 89.7% volatile
4 Sri Lanka 1.01 compared to paid wage employees 2016 down 18.6% rising
5 El Salvador 0.7343 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 134.8% volatile
6 Costa Rica 0.7153 compared to paid wage employees 2012 up 191.2% volatile
7 Ethiopia 0.5812 compared to paid wage employees 2016 down 19.5% volatile
8 Philippines 0.5721 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 271.8% volatile
9 Ecuador 0.4533 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 31.0% volatile
10 Jordan 0.3603 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 163.3% volatile
11 Honduras 0.2974 compared to paid wage employees 2016 down 32.7% rising
12 Uruguay 0.2846 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 49.8% volatile
13 Peru 0.1008 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 1,135.3% volatile
14 Brazil 0.0754 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 145.2% volatile
15 South Africa 0.0724 compared to paid wage employees 2019 down 77.9% volatile
16 Paraguay 0.0236 compared to paid wage employees 2009 down 92.5% volatile
17 Chile -0.0543 compared to paid wage employees 2015 down 235.7% volatile
18 Australia -0.1638 compared to paid wage employees 2015 down 125.3% volatile
19 Russian Federation -0.3231 compared to paid wage employees 2009 down 61.4% volatile
20 Armenia -0.334 compared to paid wage employees 2021 down 0.7% rising

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Indicator
Public sector wage premium for females, by occupation: Teachers (compared to paid wage employees)
Unit
compared to paid wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
20 places, 209 data points, 2000–2021
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