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ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
22 April 2005

Statistics and indicators on women and men

 
Table 5g - Women's wages relative to men's

Country

Year

Women's wages in manufacturing as a percentage of men's wages

Notes

Africa

Botswana

2003

52

(1) (2)

Egypt

2002

68

(3)

Eritrea

1996

66

 

Kenya

1997

123

(4)

Swaziland

1997

63

(5) (6)

America, North

Costa Rica

2001

83

 

El Salvador

2003

69

 

Mexico

2001

70

 

Panama

1999

93

(7)

Saint Lucia

2002

85

(8)

America, South

Brazil

2002

61

 

Colombia

2003

65

 

Paraguay

2003

53

 

Peru

1995

55

(9)

Asia

Bahrain

2002

44

(3) (5)

China

 

 

 

   Hong Kong SAR

2002

64

 

   Macao SAR

2003

67

 

Cyprus

2002

61

(10) (11)

Georgia

2003

62

 

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

2001

80

 

Japan

2003

60

(3) (5) (12)

Jordan

2001

65

 

Kazakhstan

2003

70

 

Malaysia

1997

63

 

Mongolia

2003

87

 

Myanmar

1999

112

(13)

Occupied Palestinian Territory

2002

49

(14)

Philippines

1998

80

(3) (16)

Qatar

2001

194

Republic of Korea

2002

56

(11) (17)

Singapore

2003

61

 

Sri Lanka

2003

81

 

Thailand

2001

72

 

Turkey

1997

97

 

Europe

Austria

2001

60

 

Belgium

1999

81

 

Bulgaria

2001

68

(18)

Denmark

2002

87

(5)

Finland

2002

83

(19)

France

2002

78

 

Germany

2003

74

 

Greece

1998

82

(3)

Hungary

2002

74

(17) (19)

Iceland

2003

78

(20) (21)

Ireland

2003

69

(3) (22)

Latvia

2003

82

 

Lithuania

2003

77

(23) (24)

Luxembourg

1996

63

 

Malta

2003

92

 

Netherlands

2000

78

(19) (25)

Norway

2003

88

(19) (25)

Portugal

1999

64

 

Sweden

2003

91

(5) (26)

Switzerland

2002

133

(27)

Ukraine

2003

69

 

United Kingdom

2003

79

(28) (29) (30)

Oceania

Australia

2002

89

(31)

French Polynesia