Greece vs Sweden: Gender wage gap
Gender wage gap over time
- Greece
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 4.86 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 4.59 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Greece, a difference of 0.27 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 29th of 38 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.14 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 5.97 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2.18 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Greece |
| 2010s | 4.39 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 4.58 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 0.1895 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Sweden |
| 2020s | 4.59 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.91 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 0.6831 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender wage gap, Greece or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 4.86 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 4.59 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender wage gap between Greece and Sweden?
- 0.27 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sweden?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2022.
- How do Greece and Sweden rank globally for gender wage gap?
- Greece ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 29th 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.