Australia vs Canada: Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap
Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 39.72 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 39.5 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Australia, a difference of 0.22 Percentage of prime-age employees wage.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Canada ahead.
Australia ranks 12th and Canada ranks 11th of 35 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.77 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 43.26 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 6.49 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | Canada |
| 2000s | 38.9 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 42.25 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 3.35 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | Canada |
| 2010s | 39.36 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 40.85 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 1.48 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | Canada |
| 2020s | 39.5 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 41.03 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 1.53 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 39.72 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 39.5 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap between Australia and Canada?
- 0.22 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2020.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap?
- Australia ranks 12th and Canada ranks 11th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age 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 age wage gaps defined as the difference between mean (median) earnings of 25-54 year-olds and that of 15-24 year-olds (respectively 55-64 year-olds) relative to mean (median) earnings of 25-54 year-olds. Earnings refer to gross earnings of full-time dependent employees unless otherwise indicated.