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What share of workers earn less than 2/3 of median earnings?

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Definition:	Share of workers earning less than 2/3 of median earnings
Year:	2020
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	EST, NOR, SWE, CHE
Exceptions:	EST (2018), NOR (2018), SWE (2018), CHE (2018)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Low-wage earners as a proportion of all employees (excluding apprentices) by sex [earn_ses_pub1s] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted June 11th, 2022
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, CAN, CHL, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, MEX, NLD, NZL, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, TUR, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2019), AUT (2019), BEL (2019), BGR (2018), CAN (2019), HRV (2018), CYP (2018), DNK (2018), FIN (2019), FRA (2018), DEU (2019), GRC (2018), HUN (2019), ISL (2018), IRL (2018), ISR (2018), ITA (2018), LVA (2018), LTU (2018), LUX (2018), MLT (2018), NLD (2018), POL (2019), PRT (2018), ROU (2018), SVN (2018), ESP (2018), TUR (2018), GBR (2019)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Decile ratios of gross earnings URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted June 11th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	34.265
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Low Pay Incidence

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Turkey

9.7

0.96

Sweden

9.1

3.61

Italy

9.0

3.71

Upper middle group

Portugal

8.9

4.16

Netherlands

8.3

6.37

Iceland

8.0

7.60

France

8.0

7.74

New Zealand

7.8

8.26

Finland

7.7

8.63

Norway

7.7

8.71

Denmark

7.7

8.73

Switzerland

7.5

9.53

Spain

7.2

10.83

Japan

7.1

10.88

Luxembourg

7.1

11.08

Belgium

7.0

11.50

Chile

6.9

11.81

Austria

6.1

14.74

Ireland

6.1

14.90

Lower middle group

Australia

5.9

15.46

South Korea

5.8

15.96

Slovakia

5.8

16.00

Malta

5.7

16.29

Greece

5.7

16.43

Cyprus

5.7

16.54

Mexico

5.6

16.93

Slovenia

5.5

17.06

Germany

5.4

17.64

Czechia

5.3

17.77

5.2

18.10

Croatia

5.2

18.33

Poland

5.1

18.80

Hungary

4.7

20.26

Bulgaria

4.6

20.42

Canada

4.6

20.68

Romania

4.5

20.78

Lithuania

4.3

21.63

Latvia

4.2

21.93

Estonia

4.2

21.95

Israel

4.1

22.41

USA

3.7

23.81

Bottom group

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