Japan vs Poland: Gender wage gap
Gender wage gap over time
- Japan
- Poland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 13.68 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against -2.63 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Poland, a difference of 16.31 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
That makes Japan's figure about 5.2 times Poland's.
Across all 20 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 8th and Poland ranks 9th of 38 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.88 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 9.82 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 19.06 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Japan |
| 2000s | 25.85 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.49 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 22.35 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Japan |
| 2010s | 19.63 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | -2.07 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 21.7 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Japan |
| 2020s | 15.81 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | -2.63 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 18.43 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender wage gap, Japan or Poland?
- Japan, at 13.68 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against -2.63 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender wage gap between Japan and Poland?
- 16.31 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Poland?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2020.
- How do Japan and Poland rank globally for gender wage gap?
- Japan ranks 8th and Poland ranks 9th 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.