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- South African women earn 16c less per rand than men
- In 2011, women earned 28c less than men
- Women globally earn 23% less than men, says UN Women
For every R1 a man earned in South Africa in 2022, a woman earned 16c less, according to the South African Revenue Service (SARS).
SARS data, which is based on people’s taxable incomes, shows that the gap between men and women’s earnings is slowly closing.
On average, women in South Africa earned 28c less per rand than men in 2011.
By 2022, the most recent data available, women were earning 84c for every rand a man earned.
UN Women reports that, globally, women are on average paid 23% less than men.
No country has achieved equitable pay for men and women. The closest are the Nordic countries of Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden. According to the Pew Research Center, women in the US earn 18% less than men.
— 23 July, 2024Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
