The Gaping Gender Gap in Latin America
Even (especially) if better educated, women earn less than men in all countries but 1
- Women earn about 10% less than men in average wages across the 18 countries of Latin America, but the wage disparity is higher when adjusted for age and education, averaging 17%.
- The Inter-American Development Bank found that men outearn women at all ages, at every education level, in big and small firms and whether self-employed, employer or employee.
- Brazil had the greatest gender gap, at 29.7% when comparing like ages and educational levels. Women made more in Bolivia and were essentially at parity in Guatemala. That may be because the gender gap was smallest in rural areas. The gap in Mexico was 7%; in Costa Rica 13.7%.
- The good news is that younger, college-educated people had the smallest gender wage gap.
- Women make up 52% of the labour force in Latin America.
Sources: The Christian Science Monitor, Tico Times, CNN
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