Italy vs Romania: Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap

Italy
25.39 Percentage of prime-age employees wage
in 2018
Romania
28.13 Percentage of prime-age employees wage
in 2018
Italy rank
34th
Romania rank
31st

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

  • Italy
  • Romania
010203040200220102018

How they compare

Romania currently reports 28.13 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 25.39 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Italy, a difference of 2.74 Percentage of prime-age employees wage.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 34th and Romania ranks 31st of 35 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Romania Difference Ahead
2000s 30.51 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 40.19 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 9.68 Percentage of prime-age employees wage Romania
2010s 26.84 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 30.74 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 3.9 Percentage of prime-age employees wage Romania

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, Italy or Romania?
Romania, at 28.13 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 25.39 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Italy as of 2018.
What is the difference in wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap between Italy and Romania?
2.74 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Romania?
5 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2018.
How do Italy and Romania rank globally for wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap?
Italy ranks 34th and Romania ranks 31st 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.