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

Countries reporting

Highest

Rwanda

Lowest

1.04

Egypt

Median

1.72

Years covered

1985–2021

Data points

363

What the numbers show

Public to private wage gap, aged 15-64, urban is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 5 in Rwanda; the lowest is 1.04 in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.72, and the mean is 1.96.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 110.0%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 20.0%).

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Rwanda	5	2021	up 30.4%	rising
2	Brazil	3	2020	up 110.0%	rising
3	Uganda	2.92	2016	up 28.9%	rising
4	Colombia	2.75	2021	up 10.1%	rising
5	Bangladesh	2.5	2016	down 6.2%	falling
6	Costa Rica	2.44	2016	up 34.5%	rising
7	Tanzania	2.33	2020	down 1.8%	rising
8	South Africa	2.33	2020	down 10.1%	falling
9	Pakistan	2.16	2020	up 0.9%	rising
10	Ghana	2.04	2016	up 19.0%	rising
11	Ecuador	1.83	2017	down 14.9%	rising
12	Guatemala	1.8	2011	up 6.9%	rising
13	Philippines	1.78	2019	up 5.3%	flat
14	Honduras	1.67	2017	down 14.3%	flat
15	Sri Lanka	1.65	2015	down 17.9%	falling
16	Thailand	1.62	2021	down 12.6%	falling
17	Panama	1.61	2018	up 12.6%	falling
18	Paraguay	1.57	2017	up 16.1%	falling
19	Chile	1.46	2017	down 11.6%	falling
20	Mexico	1.4	2020	down 1.0%	flat
21	Jordan	1.33	2016	down 20.0%	rising
22	Peru	1.3	2016	down 15.0%	rising
23	Dominican Republic	1.2	2013	down 4.0%	falling
24	Georgia	1.16	2013	up 101.6%	rising
25	Palestine	1.1	2007	up 31.9%	rising
26	Egypt	1.04	2019	down 6.9%	rising