Australia vs Poland: Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings

Australia
14.3%
in 2016
Poland
11.1%
in 2014
Australia rank
16th
Poland rank
19th

Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings over time

  • Australia
  • Poland
5101520197519952016

How they compare

Australia currently reports 14.3% against 11.1% in Poland, a difference of 3.2%.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Poland ahead.

Australia ranks 16th and Poland ranks 19th 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.