Belgium vs Finland: Gender wage gap
Gender wage gap over time
- Belgium
- Finland
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 7.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 6.78 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Finland, a difference of 0.46 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 21st and Finland ranks 23rd of 38 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Finland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Finland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.01 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 10.46 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 6.55 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Belgium |
| 2000s | 12.75 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 10.48 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2.27 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Belgium |
| 2010s | 6.46 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 9.71 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.25 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Finland |
| 2020s | 5.9 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 9.98 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 4.07 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender wage gap, Belgium or Finland?
- Belgium, at 7.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 6.78 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Finland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gender wage gap between Belgium and Finland?
- 0.46 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Finland?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Finland rank globally for gender wage gap?
- Belgium ranks 21st and Finland ranks 23rd of 38 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Gender wage gap. 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 gender wage gaps defined as: 1) the unadjusted difference between median wages of men and women relative to the median wages of men, 2) the unadjusted difference between mean wages of men and women relative to the mean wages of men, 3) at the 1st decile and 4) at the 9th decile.