Global: closing gender pay gaps by gender 2021

According to a survey from 2021, more females than males believed that closing the gender pay gap is important and should be one of our top priorities right now. This was stated by 41 percent of the female respondents, compared to 31 percent of the male respondents. Furthermore, 11 percent of the males expressed that closing the gender gap is not important, which was over twice as many as the female respondents.

Do you think closing the gender pay gap is important?

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 22 to February 5, 2021

Number of respondents

20,520 respondents

Age group

16-74 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The sample consists of approximately 1,000 individuals in each of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, mainland China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Spain, and the U.S., and 500 individuals in each of Argentina, Chile, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, and Turkey

The samples in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S. can be taken as representative of their general adult population under the age of 75.

The samples in Brazil, Chile, mainland China, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Turkey are more urban, more educated, and/or more affluent than the general population. The survey results for these markets should be viewed as reflecting the views of the more “connected” segment of their population.

The data is weighted so that each country’s sample composition best reflects the demographic profile of the adult population according to the most recent census data.

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