Egypt vs Ghana: Average hourly earnings of employees

Egypt
4.73 international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2024
Ghana
3.66 international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2024
Egypt rank
49th
Ghana rank
52nd

Average hourly earnings of employees over time

  • Egypt
  • Ghana
0246200820162024

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 4.73 international-$ in 2021 prices against 3.66 international-$ in 2021 prices in Ghana, a difference of 1.07 international-$ in 2021 prices.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 49th and Ghana ranks 52nd of 64 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Average hourly earnings of employees
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices
Source
International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
64 places, 923 data points, 1990–2025
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Gross remuneration for time worked or work done, vacation, and other types of paid leave.