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

Countries reporting
26
Highest
3.83
Brazil
Lowest
0.4
Uganda
Median
1.96
Years covered
37
1985–2021
Data points
361

What the numbers show

Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, rural is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 3.83 in Brazil; the lowest is 0.4 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.96, and the mean is 1.95.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 340.2%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 89.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 3.83 2020 up 340.2% volatile
2 Rwanda 3.8 2021 up 15.5% rising
3 Ghana 2.71 2016 up 80.4% rising
4 Costa Rica 2.63 2016 up 50.5% rising
5 Honduras 2.5 2017 down 10.0% rising
6 Philippines 2.49 2019 down 14.1% falling
7 Colombia 2.47 2021 down 3.2% flat
8 Tanzania 2.39 2020 down 8.3% falling
9 Guatemala 2.37 2011 up 0.2% flat
10 Ecuador 2.23 2017 down 3.2% flat
11 Bangladesh 2.21 2016 down 4.0% falling
12 Pakistan 2.12 2020 up 6.3% rising
13 Sri Lanka 2 2015 down 17.7% falling
14 Panama 1.92 2018 down 11.3% flat
15 Paraguay 1.73 2017 down 3.1% falling
16 Thailand 1.67 2021 up 9.9% falling
17 Peru 1.52 2016 down 34.1% falling
18 Mexico 1.4 2020 down 4.0% falling
19 Chile 1.32 2017 down 4.6% falling
20 Georgia 1.22 2013 up 129.2% rising
21 South Africa 1.22 2020 down 62.2% volatile
22 Jordan 1.2 2016 down 28.0% falling
23 Dominican Republic 1.14 2013 down 0.4% falling
24 Palestine 1.04 2007 up 55.1% rising
25 Egypt 1.04 2019 up 1.1% rising
26 Uganda 0.4 2016 down 89.2% falling

About this data

Indicator
Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 361 data points, 1985–2021
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