--- description: The countries with the highest gender wage gap title: This Map Shows Just How Big The Wage Gap Between Men and Women Is image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Map Shows Just How Big The Wage Gap Between Men and Women Is by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 4:51 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 4:51 PM CUT We all know that women tend to earn less than men, but this infographic illustrates just _how_ much less. The graph at the top shows how the average pay gap across the European Union has fluctuated over recent years, and the map below shows the percentage difference between male and female wages in nations across the globe. Unfortunately, data wasn’t available for many countries, but the overall trend remains clear: the global gender pay gap is still huge. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/14153/global-gender-pay-gap-map/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/14153/global-gender-pay-gap-map/"},"headline":"This Map Shows Just How Big The Wage Gap Between Men and Women Is","datePublished":"2014-03-06T16:51:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:32.297Z","description":"The gender pay gap is biggest in South Korea","url":"https://time.com/14153/global-gender-pay-gap-map/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","society","gender","infographic","Maps","World","gender pay gap"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/14153/global-gender-pay-gap-map/","name":"This Map Shows Just How Big The Wage Gap Between Men and Women Is"}}]}] ```