Mexico vs Sweden: Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap

Mexico
26.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage
in 2025
Sweden
29.71 Percentage of prime-age employees wage
in 2025
Mexico rank
32nd
Sweden rank
29th

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

  • Mexico
  • Sweden
010203040200420142025

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 29.71 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 26.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Mexico, a difference of 3.5 Percentage of prime-age employees wage.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 29th of 35 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 35.52 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 26.41 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 9.11 Percentage of prime-age employees wage Mexico
2010s 29.94 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 27.45 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2.49 Percentage of prime-age employees wage Mexico
2020s 27.19 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 29.4 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage Sweden

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, Mexico or Sweden?
Sweden, at 29.71 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 26.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Mexico as of 2025.
What is the difference in wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap between Mexico and Sweden?
3.5 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Sweden?
21 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2025.
How do Mexico and Sweden rank globally for wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap?
Mexico ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 29th 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.