Unadjusted gender gap in average hourly wages, 2016
Gender wage gap, unadjusted for worker characteristics. Estimates correspond to the difference between average earnings of men and women, expressed as apercentage of average earnings of men.
Gender wage gap (%) percent
Country or region | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Argentina | -3.62% |
| Austria | 22.22% |
| Belgium | 6.54% |
| Belize | -20.03% |
| Bolivia | 6.18% |
| Brazil | 15.97% |
| Brunei | 2.74% |
| Bulgaria | 12.66% |
| Chile | 20.55% |
| Colombia | 0.34% |
| Costa Rica | |
| Cyprus | 14.15% |
| Czechia | 20.61% |
| Denmark | 15.96% |
| Dominican Republic | 7.38% |
| Ecuador | -2.80% |
| El Salvador | -5.26% |
| Estonia | 28.16% |
| Finland | 16.34% |
| France | 15.50% |
| Germany | 22.29% |
| Greece | |
| Guatemala | 0.68% |
| Haiti | |
| Honduras | -15.05% |
| Hungary | 15.12% |
| Iceland | 16.55% |
| Ireland | 13.93% |
| Israel | 15.10% |
| Italy | 6.12% |
| Jamaica | |
| Latvia | 17.38% |
| Lithuania | 13.29% |
| Luxembourg | 5.38% |
| Malaysia | -2.25% |
| Malta | 10.19% |
| Mexico | 6.65% |
| Montenegro | 7.78% |
| Netherlands | 16.07% |
| Nicaragua | 2.62% |
| North Macedonia | 9.15% |
| Norway | 14.45% |
| Pakistan | 10.81% |
| Panama | 4.44% |
| Paraguay | -1.77% |
| Peru | 20.51% |
| Poland | 7.73% |
| Portugal | 8.54% |
| Romania | 6.61% |
| Russia | 24.42% |
| Serbia | 8.72% |
| Slovakia | 19.10% |
| Slovenia | 7.00% |
| South Korea | 33.59% |
| Spain | 12.50% |
| Suriname | |
| Sweden | 13.85% |
| Switzerland | 17.38% |
| Thailand | -21.57% |
| Turkey | -1.26% |
| United Kingdom | 20.59% |
| Uruguay | 8.62% |
| Venezuela | |
| Vietnam | 10.71% |
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