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.
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