Relative wage of Technicians (using clerk as reference) in public sector by country

Countries reporting
58
Highest
1.97
Moldova
Lowest
0.8403
Namibia
Median
1.18
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
663

What the numbers show

Relative wage of Technicians (using clerk as reference) in public sector is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 1.97 in Moldova; the lowest is 0.8403 in Namibia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.18, and the mean is 1.19.

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

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 142.3%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 60.7%).

Relative wage of Technicians (using clerk as reference) in public sect: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Moldova 1.97 2012 up 142.3% rising
2 Russia 1.71 2016 up 39.3% rising
3 Panama 1.43 2021 up 0.6% rising
4 Estonia 1.42 2018 down 4.9% rising
5 Cyprus 1.41 2018 up 1.8% rising
6 Malta 1.4 2018 up 3.7% flat
7 United Kingdom 1.39 2016 down 9.8% falling
8 South Africa 1.36 2019 up 8.8% flat
9 Costa Rica 1.35 2021 down 5.8% flat
10 Philippines 1.35 2014 up 3.8% flat
11 Croatia 1.34 2018 up 15.1% rising
12 Portugal 1.32 2018 down 23.3% falling
13 Paraguay 1.32 2021 up 8.2% rising
14 Zambia 1.31 2014 down 13.9% falling
15 Austria 1.31 2018 up 14.1% rising
16 Ireland 1.28 2017 up 5.4% flat
17 Brazil 1.26 2021 up 12.7% rising
18 Dominican Republic 1.26 2019 down 10.6% falling
19 France 1.26 2018 up 0.5% flat
20 Chile 1.26 2015 down 1.1% flat
21 Poland 1.25 2017 down 12.5% flat
22 Serbia 1.21 2018 up 1.3% falling
23 Mongolia 1.2 2014 up 0.5% rising
24 Czechia 1.2 2018 up 18.2% rising
25 Bolivia 1.19 2021 down 2.3% rising
26 Uruguay 1.19 2017 up 22.8% rising
27 Hungary 1.19 2018 up 11.8% flat
28 El Salvador 1.19 2021 down 8.9% flat
29 Iceland 1.18 2013 up 5.2% rising
30 Vietnam 1.17 2019 down 7.7% flat
31 Finland 1.17 2018 down 2.2% flat
32 Ecuador 1.17 2017 up 30.1% rising
33 Latvia 1.16 2018 down 11.0% flat
34 Turkey 1.15 2010 up 29.5% rising
35 Mexico 1.15 2017 up 20.4% volatile
36 Tanzania 1.14 2020 down 60.7% volatile
37 Slovakia 1.14 2017 up 6.4% rising
38 Australia 1.13 2015 up 4.0% flat
39 Switzerland 1.12 2018 down 4.4% rising
40 Luxembourg 1.12 2018 down 17.8% falling
41 Bulgaria 1.12 2018 down 1.5% rising
42 Italy 1.11 2018 up 10.2% rising
43 Colombia 1.09 2020 up 18.4% rising
44 Palestine 1.06 2017 down 18.6% flat
45 Jordan 1.05 2016 down 2.6% flat
46 Romania 1.04 2018 down 4.2% falling
47 Belgium 1.03 2018 up 0.4% rising
48 Ethiopia 1.03 2016 down 15.6% falling
49 Sri Lanka 1.02 2016 down 11.8% flat
50 Guatemala 1.01 2017 down 3.3% flat
51 Georgia 1 2013 down 4.3% flat
52 Lithuania 0.9903 2018 down 15.6% rising
53 Pakistan 0.9815 2020 down 9.1% rising
54 Greece 0.9803 2018 up 11.7% rising
55 Peru 0.9771 2021 down 13.7% rising
56 Spain 0.9037 2018 down 16.4% falling
57 Honduras 0.868 2019 down 9.1% falling
58 Namibia 0.8403 2015 down 41.6% falling

About this data

Indicator
Relative wage of Technicians (using clerk as reference) in public sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 663 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed