Chile vs Japan: Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings

Chile
21.1%
in 2015
Japan
25.7%
in 2015
Chile rank
4th
Japan rank
2nd

Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings over time

  • Chile
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 25.7% against 21.1% in Chile, a difference of 4.6%.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.

Across all 7 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 4th and Japan ranks 2nd 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.