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

Countries reporting
22
Highest
1.02 compared to paid wage employees
Pakistan
Lowest
-0.2267 compared to paid wage employees
Armenia
Median
0.1473 compared to paid wage employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
256

What the numbers show

Public sector wage premium for males, by industry: Education (compared to paid wage employees) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 1.02 compared to paid wage employees in Pakistan; the lowest is -0.2267 compared to paid wage employees in Armenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1473 compared to paid wage employees, and the mean is 0.1817 compared to paid wage employees.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 2,490.4%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 5,055.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 1.02 compared to paid wage employees 2020 up 11.8% rising
2 Guatemala 0.5768 compared to paid wage employees 2017 down 11.5% volatile
3 Peru 0.4574 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 2,490.4% volatile
4 El Salvador 0.4195 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 83.8% volatile
5 Philippines 0.3994 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 51.0% volatile
6 Costa Rica 0.3014 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 154.2% volatile
7 Honduras 0.2225 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 107.1% volatile
8 Uruguay 0.2134 compared to paid wage employees 2017 down 13.9% volatile
9 Ethiopia 0.2088 compared to paid wage employees 2016 down 44.9% volatile
10 Colombia 0.1864 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 200.0% volatile
11 Palestine, State of 0.1667 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 355.2% volatile
12 Ecuador 0.1279 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 164.9% volatile
13 Jordan 0.1178 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 293.0% volatile
14 Dominican Republic 0.0906 compared to paid wage employees 2019 up 2.9% volatile
15 Russian Federation 0.0598 compared to paid wage employees 2011 up 121.3% volatile
16 Brazil 0.0263 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 123.1% volatile
17 Argentina -0.0012 compared to paid wage employees 2017 down 102.7% volatile
18 Sri Lanka -0.031 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 78.6% volatile
19 Paraguay -0.0692 compared to paid wage employees 2010 up 77.2% volatile
20 Chile -0.0793 compared to paid wage employees 2015 down 5,055.2% volatile
21 Australia -0.1868 compared to paid wage employees 2015 down 359.6% volatile
22 Armenia -0.2267 compared to paid wage employees 2021 down 479.0% falling

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Indicator
Public sector wage premium for males, 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
22 places, 256 data points, 2000–2021
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