• Statements on gender pay gap worldwide by gender

Around half of the people in the world believe that concerns about the gender pay gap are a response to a real problem. This was stated by 54 percent of the female respondents and 45 percent of the male respondents in a 2021 survey. At the same time, however, 24 percent of the male respondents saw these concerns as an example of political correctness going too far, which was around 10 percent more than the female respondents. Overall, 36 percent believe that closing the gender pay gap is important and should be one of the world's top priorities right now.

Statements on gender pay gap worldwide in 2021, by gender

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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.