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The unadjusted gender pay gap in Russia reached **** percent in 2021. In other words, the difference between the average hourly wages of men and women amounted to nearly ** percent of the average hourly male wages. The higher this share is, the higher the difference is between male and female earnings in a country.

Gender pay gap situation in Russia

Over the period under consideration from 2005, Russia's gender pay gap generally decreased. In 2005, it peaked at nearly ** percent, while the lowest figure was marked in 2013, at below ** percent. Despite the recent decreases, as of 2021, there was not a single industry where women earned more than men in Russia. For example, in the information and communication industry, female employees earned on average **** thousand less than a month than male employees. Overall, across industries, a female's salary constituted **** percent of that of a man in Russia.

Is gender pay equality likely in Russia?

In the ranking of most gender-equal countries in the world, Russia placed 49th with an index of *** where zero referred to full equality and one meant full inequality. Furthermore, almost a half of Russians believed that full gender equality with respect to pay is unlikely in the country. To compare, ** percent of respondents in China believed the opposite, according to a survey from 2021.