Brazil vs Korea: Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap

Brazil
47.98 Percentage of prime-age employees wage
in 2024
Korea
40.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage
in 2025
Brazil rank
1st
Korea rank
1st

Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap over time

  • Brazil
  • Korea
0204060200620152025

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 47.98 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 40.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Korea, a difference of 7.77 Percentage of prime-age employees wage.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Korea's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 1st and Korea ranks 1st of 35 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Korea Difference Ahead
2010s 47.62 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 41.55 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 6.07 Percentage of prime-age employees wage Brazil
2020s 48.12 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 39.57 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 8.55 Percentage of prime-age employees wage Brazil

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, Brazil or Korea?
Brazil, at 47.98 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 40.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap between Brazil and Korea?
7.77 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Korea?
13 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Korea rank globally for wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap?
Brazil ranks 1st and Korea ranks 1st 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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Indicator
Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap
Unit
Percentage of prime-age employees wage
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
43 places, 726 data points, 1973–2025
Last refreshed

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.