Costa Rica vs Korea: Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational over time
- Costa Rica
- Korea
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 92.47 Percentage of earnings of men workers against 88.67 Percentage of earnings of men workers in Korea, a difference of 3.8 Percentage of earnings of men workers.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 3rd and Korea ranks 1st of 27 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.84 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 84.17 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 11.68 Percentage of earnings of men workers | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 93.46 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 87.18 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 6.28 Percentage of earnings of men workers | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational, Costa Rica or Korea?
- Costa Rica, at 92.47 Percentage of earnings of men workers against 88.67 Percentage of earnings of men workers in Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational between Costa Rica and Korea?
- 3.8 Percentage of earnings of men workers, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Korea?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Korea rank globally for earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational?
- Costa Rica ranks 3rd and Korea ranks 1st 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.