Gender wage gap
Tier B· ReputableDifference between median earnings of men and women, as a share of men's median earnings. OECD-only.
100 = smallest gender wage gap (best), 0 = largest ⚠️ OECD members only (~38 countries): read it as a within-OECD comparison, not a world ranking.
Mixed reference years (2022–2025). This metric uses each country's most recent available year, so countries are not all measured in the same year — cross-country comparison is weakened. Each row shows its own reference year.
How this score is built
Gender wage gap — the gap between median earnings of men and women as a share of men's median earnings (full-time employees) — OECD via the OECD SDMX API (CC BY 4.0). Direction is higher_worse; normalized with min–max and inverted, so 100 = smallest gap. A few countries have a small *negative* gap (women's median above men's). The raw percentage is shown.
⚠️ OECD + partners only (~47 countries) — a within-group comparison, not a world ranking. Most recent year per country.
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100 = smallest gender wage gap (best), 0 = largest ⚠️ OECD members only (~38 countries): read it as a within-OECD comparison, not a world ranking.
The map is mostly grey because only 47 countries have data — this is expected, not a rendering error.
Ranking
47 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.
| Rank ↑ | Country | Score | Raw value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | LuxembourgLUX | 100100 | -8.35123 % of men's median earnings |
| 2nd | MaltaMLT | 76.3376 | 0.489396 % of men's median earnings |
| 3rd | BelgiumBEL | 75.2175 | 0.906909 % of men's median earnings |
| 4th | BulgariaBGR | 71.3271 | 2.36007 % of men's median earnings |
| 5th | BrazilBRA | 71.1171 | 2.43902 % of men's median earnings |
| 6th | ColombiaCOL | 70.771 | 2.58964 % of men's median earnings |
| 7th | New ZealandNZL | 70.470 | 2.7027 % of men's median earnings |
| 8th | DenmarkDNK | 68.7169 | 3.3352 % of men's median earnings |
| 9th | PolandPOL | 66.8267 | 4.03866 % of men's median earnings |
| 10th | SpainESP | 65.9466 | 4.37002 % of men's median earnings |
| 11th | TürkiyeTUR | 64.4664 | 4.92077 % of men's median earnings |
| 12th | Costa RicaCRI | 64.2564 | 5 % of men's median earnings |
| 13th | CroatiaHRV | 64.1464 | 5.04065 % of men's median earnings |
| 14th | NorwayNOR | 63.964 | 5.13209 % of men's median earnings |
| 15th | LithuaniaLTU | 60.6661 | 6.34165 % of men's median earnings |
| 16th | ItalyITA | 5959 | 6.96185 % of men's median earnings |
| 17th | FranceFRA | 58.8859 | 7.00385 % of men's median earnings |
| 18th | SwedenSWE | 56.8357 | 7.76942 % of men's median earnings |
| 19th | GreeceGRC | 54.8255 | 8.52187 % of men's median earnings |
| 20th | SloveniaSVN | 54.7955 | 8.53309 % of men's median earnings |
| 21st | ArgentinaARG | 53.2953 | 9.09091 % of men's median earnings |
| 22nd | IrelandIRL | 52.6453 | 9.33704 % of men's median earnings |
| 23rd | PortugalPRT | 52.1752 | 9.51134 % of men's median earnings |
| 24th | NetherlandsNLD | 50.7851 | 10.0309 % of men's median earnings |
| 25th | SwitzerlandCHE | 48.6849 | 10.8161 % of men's median earnings |
| 26th | IcelandISL | 48.6749 | 10.8188 % of men's median earnings |
| 27th | AustriaAUT | 48.0248 | 11.0623 % of men's median earnings |
| 28th | AustraliaAUS | 47.1247 | 11.3973 % of men's median earnings |
| 29th | ChileCHL | 46.1546 | 11.7578 % of men's median earnings |
| 30th | CyprusCYP | 45.8646 | 11.8659 % of men's median earnings |
| 31st | LatviaLVA | 45.1645 | 12.1289 % of men's median earnings |
| 32nd | SlovakiaSVK | 44.2444 | 12.4732 % of men's median earnings |
| 33rd | HungaryHUN | 43.7744 | 12.6491 % of men's median earnings |
| 34th | United KingdomGBR | 43.1943 | 12.8652 % of men's median earnings |
| 35th | FinlandFIN | 42.5643 | 13.1011 % of men's median earnings |
| 36th | GermanyDEU | 41.5842 | 13.4672 % of men's median earnings |
| 37th | RomaniaROU | 41.1241 | 13.636 % of men's median earnings |
| 38th | CzechiaCZE | 40.6641 | 13.8096 % of men's median earnings |
| 39th | CanadaCAN | 38.7339 | 14.5299 % of men's median earnings |
| 40th | EstoniaEST | 35.2535 | 15.8285 % of men's median earnings |
| 41st | MexicoMEX | 33.0133 | 16.6667 % of men's median earnings |
| 42nd | United StatesUSA | 29.7830 | 17.8733 % of men's median earnings |
| 43rd | PeruPER | 27.4927 | 18.728 % of men's median earnings |
| 44th | JapanJPN | 23.824 | 20.1044 % of men's median earnings |
| 45th | IsraelISR | 14.8615 | 23.4443 % of men's median earnings |
| 46th | South KoreaKOR | 3.223 | 27.79 % of men's median earnings |
| 47th | IndiaIND | 00 | 28.9941 % of men's median earnings |