Female share of low pay earners by country

Countries reporting
70
Highest
66.9
Finland
Lowest
6.78
Venezuela, República Bolivariana de
Median
48.65
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
967

What the numbers show

Female share of low pay earners is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 66.9 in Finland; the lowest is 6.78 in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.65, and the mean is 46.57.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 249.5%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de (down 83.6%).

Female share of low pay earners: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 66.9 2014 up 2.0% falling
2 Armenia, Republic of 66.35 2017 up 5.8% flat
3 Trinidad and Tobago 63.08 2016 up 6.9% rising
4 Iceland 60.34 2022 down 18.9% falling
5 Bolivia 59.9 2024 rising
6 United Kingdom 58.83 2024 down 0.5% flat
7 France 58.69 2020 down 1.6% flat
8 Austria 58.66 2022 down 13.7% falling
9 Sweden 57.66 2022 up 249.5% rising
10 Portugal 57.6 2024 down 5.3% falling
11 Switzerland 57.58 2024 down 3.4% falling
12 Botswana 56.83 2024 down 4.2% falling
13 United States 56.39 2025 up 1.1% flat
14 Israel 56.33 2022 up 7.7% falling
15 New Zealand 56.3 2011 down 3.6% flat
16 Peru 55.09 2024 up 13.8% rising
17 Vietnam 54.98 2024 up 13.5% rising
18 Canada 54.55 2025 down 4.7% falling
19 Mongolia 53.99 2024 up 4.3% flat
20 Greece 53.94 2020 up 30.1% rising
21 Dominican Republic 53.69 2024 up 11.2% flat
22 Slovak Republic 53.6 2022 up 119.9% rising
23 Italy 53.43 2020 up 2.4% flat
24 Jamaica 52.87 2014 down 3.6% falling
25 Mauritius 52.82 2024 down 3.7% flat
26 Myanmar 52.06 2020 down 8.7% falling
27 Denmark 51.81 2021 down 0.9% flat
28 Namibia 51.27 2018 up 18.4% rising
29 Cambodia 50.97 2023 up 9.8% rising
30 Costa Rica 50.71 2024 up 22.9% rising
31 Uruguay 50.3 2024 up 1.7% flat
32 Chile 50.24 2024 up 2.5% rising
33 Argentina 49.92 2024 up 13.7% flat
34 South Africa 49.54 2015 up 32.0% rising
35 Brazil 48.88 2024 down 0.8% flat
36 Poland 48.42 2020 down 10.7% falling
37 Rwanda 48.2 2024 up 36.6% rising
38 Philippines 48.01 2023 down 3.1% flat
39 Indonesia 47.69 2023 up 12.0% flat
40 Paraguay 47.37 2024 down 2.4% flat
41 Thailand 46.96 2024 down 1.7% flat
42 Sri Lanka 46.65 2023 down 7.4% falling
43 Colombia 46.63 2024 up 4.1% rising
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.46 2024 down 2.9% rising
45 El Salvador 44.74 2024 up 17.1% rising
46 Hungary 44.71 2022 down 9.3% falling
47 Moldova, Republic of 44.32 2024 down 24.3% falling
48 Ghana 43.97 2024 up 13.4% rising
49 Uganda 43.88 2021 up 39.6% rising
50 Malaysia 43.53 2020 flat
51 India 43.43 2024 up 15.6% rising
52 Mexico 42.39 2024 up 9.7% rising
53 Türkiye 41.69 2024 up 33.4% rising
54 Belize 40.63 2021 rising
55 Angola 40.4 2023 rising
56 Panama 39.16 2024 up 4.0% falling
57 Tanzania, United Republic of 38.79 2024 down 32.5% rising
58 Spain 37.48 2021 down 42.2% falling
59 Bhutan 35.75 2022 flat
60 Ecuador 34.03 2025 up 8.3% falling
61 Honduras 34.01 2024 up 15.0% falling
62 Zambia 33.41 2024 up 6.5% flat
63 Mali 32.61 2023 down 20.8% falling
64 Bangladesh 30.66 2024 down 20.2% falling
65 Palestine, State of 26.03 2024 up 57.6% rising
66 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 23.5 2021 up 6.9% rising
67 Egypt, Arab Republic of 20.86 2024 down 20.5% falling
68 Jordan 17.7 2023 down 21.0% falling
69 Pakistan 12.64 2025 down 59.6% falling
70 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 6.78 2020 down 83.6% falling

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Indicator
Female share of low pay earners
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
70 places, 967 data points, 1990–2025
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