Based on a comparison of 27 countries in 2013, South Korea ranked the highest in Gender Pay Gap (As % of Monthly Earnings) with 36.6% followed by Japan and Israel. On the other end of the scale was New Zealand with 5.60%, Belgium with 6.40% and Greece with 6.90%.
Data for more countries are available at Gender Pay Gap (As % of Monthly Earnings) indicator page.
| Gender Pay Gap (As % of Monthly Earnings) | Unit | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Australia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.4% | 11.9% | 16.4% | 14.0% | 16.0% | |||||||||
| Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.6% | 20.9% | 19.4% | 19.2% | 18.6% | ... | ||||||||
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.8% | 20.5% | 19.8% | 18.8% | 19.2% | ||||||||||
| Chile | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.10% | ... | 16.0% | ... | ... | |
| Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.1% | 18.0% | 15.3% | 16.0% | 16.5% | |||||||||
| Finland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.4% | 21.2% | 19.7% | 18.9% | 18.6% | ... | |||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | 17.9% | 17.6% | 16.9% | 16.6% | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Israel | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.2% | 22.0% | 20.3% | 20.7% | 21.8% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.7% | 30.7% | 28.3% | 28.7% | 27.4% | |||||||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.5% | 22.2% | 16.7% | 11.6% | 10.0% | ||||
| Portugal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.3% | 15.6% | ... | 13.5% | 15.2% | ... | ||||
| South Korea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38.2% | 39.0% | 38.6% | 39.6% | 36.6% | |||||||||
| Sweden | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.4% | 15.4% | 14.9% | 14.3% | 15.9% | ... | |||||||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.8% | 20.1% | 19.8% | 18.8% | 17.8% | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.6% | 21.8% | 20.7% | 19.2% | 18.2% |
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