Australia vs Mexico: Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings

Australia
14.3%
in 2016
Mexico
16.5%
in 2016
Australia rank
16th
Mexico rank
13th

Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings over time

  • Australia
  • Mexico
05101520197519952016

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 16.5% against 14.3% in Australia, a difference of 2.2%.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Mexico ahead.

Australia ranks 16th and Mexico ranks 13th of 29 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings
Unit
%
Source
OECD (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
29 places, 601 data points, 1970–2016
Last refreshed

The gender wage gap is unadjusted and is defined as the difference between median earnings of men and women relative to median earnings of men. Estimates refer to full-time employees and to self-employed workers.