Gender wage gap by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. The gender wage gap is unadjusted and is calculated as the difference between average earnings of men and average...
What the numbers show
Gender wage gap is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 48.33 in Uganda; the lowest is -29.2 in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.69, and the mean is 7.72.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 9,872.5%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 33,093.8%).
Gender wage gap: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 48.33 | 2021 | up 1,979.8% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 38.32 | 1979 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 3 | Mali | 38.28 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 31.19 | 1985 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 5 | South Korea | 29.29 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 6 | Belgium | 26.39 | 1982 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 7 | Rwanda | 24.85 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 8 | India | 19.48 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | Ghana | 19.27 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | United States | 19.2 | 2025 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 11 | Israel | 18.75 | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 12 | Angola | 17.73 | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Finland | 16.81 | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 14 | Chile | 16.26 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 15 | Slovakia | 15.45 | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 16 | Czechia | 14.88 | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 14.53 | 2024 | up 7,467.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Palestine | 13.93 | 2025 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 13.75 | 2025 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 20 | Switzerland | 13.73 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 21 | Indonesia | 13.46 | 2023 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 13.4 | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania | 11.31 | 2024 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Cambodia | 11.12 | 2023 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 25 | Botswana | 10.95 | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 26 | Brazil | 9.98 | 2025 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Sweden | 9.91 | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 28 | South Africa | 9.52 | 2019 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Vietnam | 8.69 | 2024 | up 152.2% | rising |
| 30 | Moldova | 8.58 | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 8.09 | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 32 | Mauritius | 7.86 | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 33 | Venezuela | 7.86 | 2017 | up 611.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Portugal | 7.69 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 7.23 | 2020 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.28 | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Spain | 5.88 | 2021 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 38 | Egypt | 5.45 | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Argentina | 5.43 | 2025 | up 1,265.9% | volatile |
| 40 | France | 5.36 | 2024 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 41 | Turkey | 4.98 | 2025 | up 9,872.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 4.84 | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Bolivia | 4.47 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Greece | 3.48 | 2020 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 2.55 | 2025 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 0.915 | 2012 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Uruguay | 0.858 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Namibia | 0.174 | 2018 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Jordan | 0.015 | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 0 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | El Salvador | -0.152 | 2025 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Mexico | -0.307 | 2026 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Bhutan | -0.554 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Zambia | -1.59 | 2024 | down 104.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Italy | -2.52 | 2020 | down 354.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Pakistan | -3.13 | 2025 | down 112.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | -4.2 | 2025 | down 107.3% | falling |
| 58 | Colombia | -4.61 | 2025 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 59 | Paraguay | -5.51 | 2025 | down 250.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Jamaica | -6.22 | 2014 | down 140.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Ecuador | -9.13 | 2025 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Panama | -10.62 | 2025 | down 33,093.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Belize | -11.18 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Costa Rica | -11.41 | 2025 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Philippines | -12.66 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 66 | East Timor | -16.55 | 2021 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Honduras | -29.2 | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. The gender wage gap is unadjusted and is calculated as the difference between average earnings of men and average earnings of women expressed as a percentage of average earnings of men. This indicator provides a measure of the relative difference between the earnings of men and those of women. Data disaggregated by occupation are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO). Data may have been regrouped from the national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISCO. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.