Colombia vs Korea: Gender wage gap
Gender wage gap over time
- Colombia
- Korea
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 16 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 8.87 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Korea, a difference of 7.13 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.8 times Korea's.
Across all 19 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 5th and Korea ranks 4th of 38 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.36 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 19.34 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 25.02 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Colombia |
| 2010s | 41.13 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 15.23 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 25.91 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Colombia |
| 2020s | 18.73 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 7.68 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 11.06 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender wage gap, Colombia or Korea?
- Colombia, at 16 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 8.87 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender wage gap between Colombia and Korea?
- 7.13 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Korea?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Korea rank globally for gender wage gap?
- Colombia ranks 5th and Korea ranks 4th 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.