Japan vs Switzerland: Gender wage gap
Gender wage gap over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 13.68 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 11.48 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Switzerland, a difference of 2.2 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 8th and Switzerland ranks 11th of 38 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.11 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 24.28 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 3.83 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Japan |
| 2000s | 25.86 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 20.77 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 5.09 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Japan |
| 2010s | 19.63 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 19.61 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 0.0213 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Japan |
| 2020s | 14.96 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 12.2 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2.76 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 Switzerland?
- Japan, at 13.68 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 11.48 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender wage gap between Japan and Switzerland?
- 2.2 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for gender wage gap?
- Japan ranks 8th and Switzerland ranks 11th 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.