Belgium vs Portugal: Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational over time
- Belgium
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 91.91 Percentage of earnings of men workers against 90.77 Percentage of earnings of men workers in Belgium, a difference of 1.14 Percentage of earnings of men workers.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Portugal ahead.
Belgium ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 4th of 27 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.37 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 85.13 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 0.7597 Percentage of earnings of men workers | Portugal |
| 2010s | 83.78 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 88.12 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 4.34 Percentage of earnings of men workers | Portugal |
| 2020s | 89.29 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 89.7 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 0.4109 Percentage of earnings of men workers | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational, Belgium or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 91.91 Percentage of earnings of men workers against 90.77 Percentage of earnings of men workers in Belgium as of 2024.
- What is the difference in earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational between Belgium and Portugal?
- 1.14 Percentage of earnings of men workers, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Portugal?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Portugal rank globally for earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational?
- Belgium ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 4th of 27 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational attainment level — Relative earnings. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on the gender differrences in earnings from employment, by age group, educational attainment level and work time arrangement. The baseline is men's earnings. The default table displays 2024 data (or the latest available year) on the earnings of 25-64 year-old full-time female workers as a percentage of the earnings of their male counterparts, by the three aggregated levels of educational attainment. The selection can be changed to display data by educational attainment, by age group and by work time arrangement (e.g. full- or part-time employment). Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on September 29, 2026. For more information, please consult the Education at a Glance web page and the OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics: Concepts, Standards, Definitions and Classifications.