The 15 countries with the biggest gender pay gaps

The 15 countries with the biggest gender pay gaps
The 15 countries with the biggest gender pay gaps

The 15 countries with the biggest gender pay gaps

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It will take 170 years to close the gender pay gap around the world completely, according to the World Economic Forum.

In the UK, female managers earn £12,000 less than their male counterparts, according to new research published in September.

An infographic from business e-card specialist Ecard Shack shows which countries score best for gender equality, in order to predict which nations will be next to close the gender pay gap.

Using data from the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, Business Insider has pulled together a list of the countries around the world with the largest gender pay gaps.

The Global Gender Gap Report compares attitudes towards gender equality around the world, considering factors such as educational opportunities available to each gender, life expectancy, literacy rates, the number of women in professional positions, and in positions of power in each country.

The WEF surveyed men and women in 135 countries on the extent to which wages for women are equal to those of men in their country, asking them to use a scale of one to seven. Seven indicated a fully equal salary — thus a non-existent pay gap — while one declared that pay was not at all equal, with a woman’s pay totalling significantly less than a man’s in a similar job role.

Rwanda ranked first in the world for residents’ opinions towards the gender pay gap, scoring 6.14 out of seven. The UK came 41st out of the 135 participating countries, scoring 4.72, while the US scored 4.57, coming in at 66th place.

Scroll on to discover the 15 countries with the biggest gender pay gap according to its residents, ranked in ascending order.

The list also includes each country’s overall gender quality score, which indicates how much each country has worked towards closing its gender pay gap — with a score of 1 indicating full gender parity — though this figure had no impact on our ranking. 

=14. Slovakia — Ranking 94th overall thanks to the equal level of education attained by both boys and girls, Slovakia only scored 3.75 out of seven for its gender pay gap.

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Gender pay gap score: 3.75

Rank: 121st

Overall score: 0.679

=14. Bangladesh — Bangladesh ranked poorly for both gender wage equality (3.75) female literacy (58%), reaching 122nd and 114th place in these respective fields.

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Gender pay gap score: 3.75

Rank: 122nd

Overall score: 0.698

13. Morocco — Morocco ranked 137th out of 144 countries for gender equality overall and scored 3.74 for wage equality, thus ranking amongst the worst nations for both.

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Gender pay gap score: 3.74

Rank: 123rd

Overall score: 0.597

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