Home / Economy

Pay compression ratio in public sector (ratio of 90th/10th percentile earners)

Pay compression ratio in public sector (ratio of 90th/10th percentile earners), reported by Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators in the World Bank Open Data catalog.

📅 2021📏 %11 entries
11leaders
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil7.73%
  2. 🇬🇭 Ghana6.88%
  3. 🇦🇷 Argentina5.50%
  4. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica4.47%
  5. 🇵🇪 Peru4.27%
  6. 🇵🇦 Panama3.74%
  7. 🇵🇾 Paraguay3.28%
  8. 🇧🇴 Bolivia3.10%
  9. 🇸🇻 El Salvador3.09%
  10. 🇦🇲 Armenia3.00%
  11. 🇲🇳 Mongolia2.70%
Each wedge is one entry; longer wedges indicate higher values.
1
🇧🇷Brazil
7.73%
2
🇬🇭Ghana
6.88%
3
🇦🇷Argentina
5.50%
4
🇨🇷Costa Rica
4.47%
5
🇵🇪Peru
4.27%
6
🇵🇦Panama
3.74%
7
🇵🇾Paraguay
3.28%
8
🇧🇴Bolivia
3.10%
9
🇸🇻El Salvador
3.09%
10
🇦🇲Armenia
3.00%
11
🇲🇳Mongolia
2.70%

Highlights

As of 2021, Brazil ranks first with 7.73%, followed by Ghana (6.88%) and Argentina (5.50%).

Across 11 countries and territories, values run from 7.73% (Brazil) to 2.70% (Mongolia), with a median of 3.74%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from the Americas, 1 from Africa and 1 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Pay compression ratio in public sector (ratio of 90th/10th percentile earners), 2021. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Pay compression ratio in public sector (ratio of 90th/10th percentile earners) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026