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