Worldwide gender pay gap statistics In 2020, the European Union had the highest gender pay gap in Latvia at 22.3% and the lowest in Luxembourg at 0.7%. Korea has the largest gender pay gap in the world at 31.5% and Belgium has one of the smallest gaps at 3.4%.
10 Countries with the Least Gender Equality (and Largest Gender Gaps): Afghanistan — 44.4% Yemen — 49.2% Iraq — 53.5%
Australia's gender pay gap is 22.8%. Women, on average earn, $26,596 less than men each year. Men are twice as likely to be in the top earning bracket and women are 1.5 times more likely to be in the lowest. Every single industry in Australia has a gender pay gap that favours men.
A 2019 study found the full-time gender pay gap in 'Sports and Recreation Activities' was 30 per cent — almost double the national average. In addition, women make up only a fraction of board chairs and CEOs in Australian sporting organisations.
According to the report by recruitment portal Zhaopin, the average monthly salary of female workers surveyed this year was 8,689 yuan ($1,252), up 1.7 percent year-on-year. Their income gap with males had narrowed to 12.6 percent, down from 23.5 percent for the same period of 2019.
The gender pay gap
The 2022 mean GPG (the difference between men's and women's average hourly pay) is 5.45% and the median is 9.71%. In monetary terms, the mean hourly difference in ordinary pay is £1.44 compared to £1.48 in 2021 and the median hourly difference is £2.41 compared to £2.68 in 2021.
The gender pay gap is 33 per cent in South Asia (compared to 24 per cent, globally). In South Asia gender pay gaps are wider in urban areas than rural areas: urban women earned 42 per cent less than men, compared to 28 per cent less than men in rural areas.
The gender pay gap has stalled at 22.8 per cent in 2022, with women earning $26,596 less than men on average. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency says its the first time the pay gap has stalled. The Global Gender Gap Report 2022 ranked Australia at 43rd in the world for gender equality.
The gender pay gap in each state
In November 2022: Western Australia had the widest gender pay gap at 22.1% Tasmania had the smallest gender pay gap at 6%
What is the gender pay gap? According to the latest figures from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), men earn on average 22.8% more than women overall – or $26,600 more. In part, this is because men are more likely to work full-time than women (67% of men compared to 42% of women).
Australia ranks 18th among 42 mostly wealthy OECD countries in terms of household income inequality, according to the European economic agency's measures.
The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (SDA) makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person because of their sex, gender identity, intersex status, sexual orientation, marital or relationship status, family responsibilities, because they are pregnant or might become pregnant or because they are breastfeeding.
Among G20 nations, Australia ranks eighth for rates of domestic violence against women, according to the OECD, although data for five countries was not available.
The most self-identifying feminists live in Sweden, France, Italy, Britain, Australia, the US, Turkey, Denmark, Mexico, and Germany. But people who live in countries that are further along in achieving gender equality don't necessarily consider themselves feminists, according to a new survey.
Some of the best countries for women include Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada, and Iceland. These countries have low rates of gender-based violence, high levels of education and healthcare, and robust laws that protect women's rights.
In fact, Norway ranks as the country with the highest level of income equality, while also ranking second for gender equality worldwide. However, even though Norway is the fairest country, it still has much more work to truly become equal.
More than four and a half million Australian employees will be able to access their employer's gender pay gaps starting in early 2024 after the passage of the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 in Federal Parliament today.
According to MindTribes chief executive Div Pillay, the cultural pay gap sees men of ethnic backgrounds paid as much as 16 to 20 per cent less than their Anglo male counterparts, and women of ethnic backgrounds as much as 36 per cent less. First Nations women suffer the largest pay gap of all.
The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 has passed the Parliament. That means from early 2024, the gender pay gaps of employers with 100 or more workers will be published – a key reform to drive transparency and action towards closing the gender pay gap.
The Back to Normal is Not Enough report and 2022 SDG Gender Equality Index released by Equal Measures – a coalition founded by prominent women's and girls' rights groups such as Plan International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – showed that Australia came 14th globally when it comes to gender equality, the ...
Australia is the safest country in the world for women, according to data the consultancy New World Wealth released in its 2019 Global Wealth Migration Review. Australia has earned the top spot for women's safety for the second year in a row, followed by Malta, Iceland, New Zealand, and Canada.
Among nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Japan also ranks particularly badly for its gender pay gap. Women make 77.5 per cent of men's salaries compared to an OECD average of 88.4 per cent, as indicated by past data from the organisation.
Japan has the widest gender pay gap in the Group of Seven, with Japanese women in 2020 on average earning about 75 percent as much as men for full-time work.
To promote workplace equality, keep women in the labor force after childbirth, and increase advancement opportunities, the country recently made changes to its pay gap reporting requirements. As of 2021, Japan's pay gap was 22.1% compared to the G7 average of 11.7% (Reference 1).