Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational attainment level — Relative earnings by country
This dataset contains data on the gender differrences in earnings from employment, by age group, educational attainment level and work time arrangement. The baseline is men's earnings. The default table displays 2024 data (or the latest available year) on the earnings of 25-64 year-old full-time female workers as a...
What the numbers show
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational attainment level — Relative earnings is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 96.87 Percentage of earnings of men workers in Colombia; the lowest is 67.68 Percentage of earnings of men workers in Israel.
The median across all reporting countries is 83.2 Percentage of earnings of men workers, and the mean is 83.42 Percentage of earnings of men workers.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 16.8%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 9.4%).
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 96.87 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 92.83 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 92.96 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 2 | Poland | 89.39 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 92.47 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 3 | Latvia | 86.57 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 4 | Portugal | 91.91 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Belgium | 90.77 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 82.13 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 6 | Australia | 88.54 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 6 | Estonia | 82.03 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 7 | Chile | 87.88 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 8 | Czechia | 87.19 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 86.08 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 84.83 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 84.47 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 12 | Hungary | 83.93 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 13 | Switzerland | 83.23 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 14 | OECD | 83.18 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 81.88 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 16 | Denmark | 80.94 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | United States | 80.56 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 18 | Norway | 80.19 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 79.12 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 20 | Finland | 78.26 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 77.36 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 22 | Sweden | 77.36 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 23 | Canada | 76.81 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 24 | Ireland | 76.7 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 25 | Austria | 72.99 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 72.19 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 27 | Israel | 67.68 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 88.67 Percentage of earnings of men workers
- Slovak Republic 80.05 Percentage of earnings of men workers
- European Union (25 countries) 83.11 Percentage of earnings of men workers
About this data
This dataset contains data on the gender differrences in earnings from employment, by age group, educational attainment level and work time arrangement. The baseline is men's earnings. The default table displays 2024 data (or the latest available year) on the earnings of 25-64 year-old full-time female workers as a percentage of the earnings of their male counterparts, by the three aggregated levels of educational attainment. The selection can be changed to display data by educational attainment, by age group and by work time arrangement (e.g. full- or part-time employment). Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on September 29, 2026. For more information, please consult the Education at a Glance web page and the OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics: Concepts, Standards, Definitions and Classifications.