Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Uganda
Uganda: Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 was 48.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Uganda, 2010–2021
Source: International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Uganda stood at 48.3%. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 80.2% on the previous year and up 1,979.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Uganda peaked at 48.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2011.
Uganda ranks 1st of 67 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.3% | 2.3% | 35.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 48.3% | 48.3% | 48.3% | 1 |
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- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 80.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 84.6% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 89.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 75.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 81.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 85.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 76.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Uganda?
- Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Uganda was 48.3% in 2021, according to International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 48.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2011.
- How does Uganda rank for gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025?
- Uganda ranks 1st out of 67 countries with data for 2021.
- Is gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,979.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Difference between average earnings of men and average earnings of women expressed as a percentage of average earnings of men.