Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary education (compared to formal wage employees)

Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary education (compared to formal wage employees), reported by Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators in the World Bank Open Data catalog.

πŸ“… 2021πŸ“ compared to formal wage employees10 entries
The 7 highest and 7 lowest of 10 entries; 6 are below zero. Bars to the left of the line are negative.
1
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡·Costa Rica
0.4
2
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦Panama
0.3
3
πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡»El Salvador
0.3
4
πŸ‡§πŸ‡΄Bolivia
0.0
5
πŸ‡§πŸ‡·Brazil
-0.1
6
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡­Ghana
-0.1
7
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡·Argentina
-0.1
8
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΎParaguay
-0.2
9
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ͺPeru
-0.2
10
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡²Armenia
-0.2

Highlights

As of 2021, Costa Rica ranks first with 0.4, followed by Panama (0.3) and El Salvador (0.3).

Across 10 countries and territories, values run from 0.4 (Costa Rica) to -0.2 (Armenia), with a median of -0.1.

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 β€” Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary Education (compared to formal wage employees), 2021. Unit: compared to formal wage employees.

Source: World Bank Open Data β€” Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary Education (compared to formal wage employees) Β· CC BY 4.0 Β· fetched Oct 17, 2026