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

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

📅 2021📏 %11 entries
11leaders
  1. 🇬🇭 Ghana10.86%
  2. 🇦🇷 Argentina7.56%
  3. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica7.18%
  4. 🇵🇦 Panama6.93%
  5. 🇵🇪 Peru5.94%
  6. 🇧🇷 Brazil5.16%
  7. 🇵🇾 Paraguay4.54%
  8. 🇧🇴 Bolivia3.89%
  9. 🇦🇲 Armenia3.54%
  10. 🇸🇻 El Salvador3.49%
  11. 🇲🇳 Mongolia3.00%
Each wedge is one entry; longer wedges indicate higher values.
1
🇬🇭Ghana
10.86%
2
🇦🇷Argentina
7.56%
3
🇨🇷Costa Rica
7.18%
4
🇵🇦Panama
6.93%
5
🇵🇪Peru
5.94%
6
🇧🇷Brazil
5.16%
7
🇵🇾Paraguay
4.54%
8
🇧🇴Bolivia
3.89%
9
🇦🇲Armenia
3.54%
10
🇸🇻El Salvador
3.49%
11
🇲🇳Mongolia
3.00%

Highlights

As of 2021, Ghana ranks first with 10.86%, followed by Argentina (7.56%) and Costa Rica (7.18%).

Across 11 countries and territories, values run from 10.86% (Ghana) to 3.00% (Mongolia), with a median of 5.16%.

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 private sector (ratio of 90th/10th percentile earners), 2021. Unit: %.

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