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

Countries reporting
23
Highest
0.8431 compared to paid wage employees
Paraguay
Lowest
-0.3943 compared to paid wage employees
Australia
Median
0.1068 compared to paid wage employees
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
260

What the numbers show

Public sector wage premium for males, by industry: Health (compared to paid wage employees) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 0.8431 compared to paid wage employees in Paraguay; the lowest is -0.3943 compared to paid wage employees in Australia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1068 compared to paid wage employees, and the mean is 0.1735 compared to paid wage employees.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 2,317.9%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 628.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 0.8431 compared to paid wage employees 2010 up 2,317.9% volatile
2 South Africa 0.7789 compared to paid wage employees 2019 up 565.7% volatile
3 Costa Rica 0.7171 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 125.7% volatile
4 Ethiopia 0.6614 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 1,366.4% volatile
5 Peru 0.5578 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 721.5% volatile
6 Pakistan 0.4059 compared to paid wage employees 2020 up 93.6% rising
7 Honduras 0.334 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 21.0% volatile
8 Ecuador 0.2748 compared to paid wage employees 2017 down 13.6% volatile
9 Colombia 0.2602 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 40.4% rising
10 El Salvador 0.2377 compared to paid wage employees 2014 down 41.4% volatile
11 Guatemala 0.1261 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 268.6% volatile
12 Sri Lanka 0.1068 compared to paid wage employees 2016 down 87.4% volatile
13 Jordan 0.0728 compared to paid wage employees 2016 up 315.2% volatile
14 Philippines 0.032 compared to paid wage employees 2014 up 790.0% volatile
15 Chile -0.0002 compared to paid wage employees 2015 up 99.8% volatile
16 Palestine -0.0141 compared to paid wage employees 2007 up 95.8% volatile
17 Brazil -0.0234 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 91.3% rising
18 Uruguay -0.1201 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 38.9% rising
19 Dominican Republic -0.1224 compared to paid wage employees 2019 down 271.7% volatile
20 Argentina -0.1322 compared to paid wage employees 2017 up 30.0% volatile
21 Russia -0.2255 compared to paid wage employees 2011 up 43.2% rising
22 Armenia -0.3853 compared to paid wage employees 2021 down 4.7% rising
23 Australia -0.3943 compared to paid wage employees 2015 down 628.5% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector wage premium for males, 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
23 places, 260 data points, 2000–2021
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