Romania vs Sweden: Gender wage gap
Gender wage gap over time
- Romania
- Sweden
How they compare
Romania currently reports 5.21 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 4.86 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Sweden, a difference of 0.35 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Sweden ahead.
Romania ranks 27th and Sweden ranks 29th of 38 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8715 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 5.97 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 5.09 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Sweden |
| 2010s | -0.652 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 4.58 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 5.23 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Sweden |
| 2020s | 3.05 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 4.19 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 1.14 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender wage gap, Romania or Sweden?
- Romania, at 5.21 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile against 4.86 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gender wage gap between Romania and Sweden?
- 0.35 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Sweden?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Romania and Sweden rank globally for gender wage gap?
- Romania ranks 27th 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.