Korea vs Poland: Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap
Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap over time
- Korea
- Poland
How they compare
Korea currently reports 40.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 26.18 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Poland, a difference of 14.03 Percentage of prime-age employees wage.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.5 times Poland's.
Across all 13 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 1st and Poland ranks 3rd of 2 groups.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.23 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 37.57 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 6.66 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | Korea |
| 2010s | 42.1 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 32.78 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 9.32 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | Korea |
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, Korea or Poland?
- Korea, at 40.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 26.18 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap between Korea and Poland?
- 14.03 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Poland?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2018.
- How do Korea and Poland rank globally for wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap?
- Korea ranks 1st and Poland ranks 3rd of 2 groups.
- 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.