Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, female by country

Countries reporting
28
Highest
16.67
Uganda
Lowest
0.9211
Georgia
Median
2.09
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
381

What the numbers show

Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, female is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 16.67 in Uganda; the lowest is 0.9211 in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.09, and the mean is 2.79.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 249.7%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 32.8%).

Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 16.67 2016 up 249.7% volatile
2 Brazil 4.33 2020 up 209.5% volatile
3 Rwanda 4.32 2021 down 27.2% falling
4 Pakistan 3.5 2020 down 19.2% rising
5 Ghana 3.27 2016 up 50.9% rising
6 Costa Rica 2.86 2016 up 35.3% rising
7 Tanzania 2.86 2020 down 32.8% falling
8 Colombia 2.75 2021 up 5.3% rising
9 Mauritius 2.6 2012 down 2.7% rising
10 Bangladesh 2.56 2016 down 25.8% falling
11 Sri Lanka 2.49 2015 down 22.2% falling
12 Philippines 2.4 2019 down 15.0% falling
13 South Africa 2.29 2020 down 29.7% falling
14 Guatemala 2.22 2011 up 4.6% rising
15 Ecuador 1.95 2017 down 15.7% rising
16 Palestine 1.92 2007 up 25.7% rising
17 Dominican Republic 1.87 2013 up 33.8% rising
18 Paraguay 1.85 2017 up 36.2% falling
19 Thailand 1.8 2021 up 8.0% falling
20 Honduras 1.7 2017 down 22.4% falling
21 Mexico 1.67 2020 down 4.0% flat
22 Chile 1.67 2017 down 8.0% falling
23 Puerto Rico 1.64 2005 up 36.3% rising
24 Panama 1.62 2018 down 8.3% falling
25 Jordan 1.54 2016 down 7.7% flat
26 Peru 1.45 2016 down 17.5% flat
27 Egypt 1.38 2019 up 0.7% flat
28 Georgia 0.9211 2013 up 61.2% rising

About this data

Indicator
Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, female
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
28 places, 381 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed