Latin America & Caribbean: gender pay gap in selected countries 2016

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Jose Sanchez,
Aug 12, 2024
This statistic depicts the gender pay gap based on monthly income in selected Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2016. Among the countries surveyed, Argentina ranked first with a gender pay gap estimated at 25 percent.

Gender pay gap based on monthly earnings in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2016

CharacteristicGender pay gap
Argentina 25%
Uruguay 23%
Chile 21.6%
Peru 21.2%
Mexico 20.2%
Brazil 20.1%
Paraguay 12.3%
Costa Rica 7.8%
El Salvador 4.6%
Ecuador 1.8%
Panama -0.7%
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November 2018

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Survey time period

2016*

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Estimates; Mean gender pay gap based on monthly earnings

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