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Many countries have some work to do to close the gender pay gap.
- A gender pay gap isn't just an American problem - gender pay disparities extend to many other countries, and some are much worse than others.
- A few of the countries with the most significant gender pay gaps include Korea, Estonia, Japan, Latvia, and Chile.
- Despite the fact that many countries are making strides to close the gender pay gap, there is still work to be done to reach true gender equality.
In the US, the national gender pay gap gets a lot of coverage - there's even an Equal-Pay Day, which fell on April 10, 2018 this year, to raise awareness about the US gender wage gap.
According to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the average American woman (excluding the considerations of race, sexual orientation, age, income level, physical ability, and whether or not they have children) earns almost 82 cents for every dollar the average American man does - an 18.2% difference in pay compared to the male median wage.
But the issue of the gender pay gap extends beyond the borders of the US. According to data from the same OECD report, some of the member nations with the most significant gender pay gaps include Korea, Estonia, Japan, Latvia, and Chile, but other countries have significant gender pay disparities as well.
Here are the 12 OECD member countries with the biggest gender pay gaps, ranked least to worst: