Gender wage gap by country
This dataset contains gender wage gaps defined as: 1) the unadjusted difference between median wages of men and women relative to the median wages of men, 2) the unadjusted difference between mean wages of men and women relative to the mean wages of men, 3) at the 1st decile and 4) at the 9th decile.
What the numbers show
Gender wage gap is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 44.44 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in India; the lowest is -1 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile in Brazil.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.47 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile, and the mean is 9.42 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 1,268.7%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 118.6%).
Gender wage gap (Organisation): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 44.44 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Croatia | 23.08 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | up 336.8% | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 14.01 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | up 1,024.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Peru | 22.26 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 2 | Latvia | 9.35 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Cyprus | 21.96 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | up 153.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 18 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 4 | Estonia | 7.39 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 5 | Colombia | 16 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 6 | Mexico | 14.29 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 6 | Netherlands | 6.42 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 7 | Austria | 13.8 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 7 | Slovenia | 3.72 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | up 1,268.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Japan | 13.68 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 8 | Poland | -2.63 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2020 | down 118.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Israel | 12.47 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 10 | United States | 11.48 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 11 | Switzerland | 11.48 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 11.47 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 11.06 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 14 | Iceland | 10.7 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 15 | Ireland | 10.56 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 10 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 17 | Canada | 9.31 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 8.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | up 315.3% | volatile |
| 19 | OECD | 7.75 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 20 | Hungary | 7.47 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 7.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 6.98 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 23 | Finland | 6.78 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 6.45 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 25 | Malta | 6.21 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 26 | Spain | 6.16 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 27 | Romania | 5.21 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2023 | up 629.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Denmark | 4.99 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 29 | Sweden | 4.86 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 30 | Greece | 4.59 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 31 | France | 4.23 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 32 | Czechia | 3.39 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 33 | Italy | 2.66 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Norway | 2.24 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 35 | Portugal | 1.81 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Australia | 1.73 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 37 | New Zealand | 1.54 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Brazil | -1 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile | 2022 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 8.87 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile
- European Union (19 countries) in OECD 8.41 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile
- Slovak Republic 4.18 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile
- European Union (27 countries) 7.13 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile
About this data
This dataset contains gender wage gaps defined as: 1) the unadjusted difference between median wages of men and women relative to the median wages of men, 2) the unadjusted difference between mean wages of men and women relative to the mean wages of men, 3) at the 1st decile and 4) at the 9th decile.