Belgium vs Denmark: Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings

Belgium
3.3%
in 2014
Denmark
5.8%
in 2015
Belgium rank
29th
Denmark rank
26th

Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings over time

  • Belgium
  • Denmark
2.557.51012.515199920072015

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 5.8% against 3.3% in Belgium, a difference of 2.5%.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.8 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 29th and Denmark ranks 26th 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
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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.