Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education by country

Name: Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Countries reporting

Highest

116.48

Republic of Korea

Lowest

0.0113

Georgia

Median

0.1376

Years covered

1981–2021

Data points

912

What the numbers show

Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 116.48 in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0113 in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1376, and the mean is 6.09.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,335.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 156.9%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 100.0%).

Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Republic of Korea	116.48	2017	up 26.8%	volatile
2	Indonesia	100.25	2019	up 32.5%	rising
3	Paraguay	86.05	2020	up 8.2%	rising
4	Colombia	33.15	2021	up 0.2%	falling
5	Chile	17.22	2017	up 39.6%	rising
6	Costa Rica	17.14	2016	up 11.0%	rising
7	Tanzania, United Republic of	13.4	2020	up 53.2%	volatile
8	Uganda	7.81	2016	down 35.9%	falling
9	Jamaica	2.5	2002	up 47.0%	rising
10	Rwanda	2.49	2021	down 99.8%	volatile
11	Pakistan	0.9497	2020	up 6.9%	rising
12	Sri Lanka	0.8569	2015	up 41.6%	rising
13	Mongolia	0.8319	2018	down 92.5%	volatile
14	Uruguay	0.8275	2019	up 27.2%	rising
15	Thailand	0.7205	2021	up 38.0%	rising
16	Bangladesh	0.7029	2016	up 62.5%	rising
17	Mauritius	0.7	2012	up 9.3%	flat
18	Dominican Republic	0.5543	2013	down 16.2%	falling
19	Philippines	0.4039	2019	up 14.4%	flat
20	India	0.3173	2019	up 4.1%	rising
21	Honduras	0.3017	2017	down 21.3%	rising
22	Mexico	0.2914	2020	down 14.3%	falling
23	Denmark	0.2551	2016	up 15.8%	rising
24	Norway	0.2466	2016	up 12.7%	rising
25	South Africa	0.221	2020	down 29.7%	volatile
26	Netherlands	0.1938	2016	up 11.0%	rising
27	Finland	0.1733	2016	up 19.4%	rising
28	Luxembourg	0.1663	2016	down 13.6%	falling
29	Germany	0.1438	2011	up 41.8%	rising
30	Cyprus	0.1426	2016	up 7.7%	rising
31	Iceland	0.1397	2015	down 40.2%	falling
32	Ireland	0.1386	2016	up 10.1%	rising
33	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0.1383	2016	up 18.2%	rising
34	Republic of Moldova	0.1376	2012	up 156.9%	rising
35	Sweden	0.1375	2016	up 35.4%	rising
36	Guatemala	0.1315	2019	down 14.3%	falling
37	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	0.1295	2017	up 37.8%	rising
38	France	0.1191	2016	up 22.3%	rising
39	Palestine, State of	0.1142	2008	up 0.4%	flat
40	Italy	0.091	2016	up 0.2%	flat
41	Malta	0.0871	2016	up 12.2%	rising
42	Spain	0.0788	2016	up 5.7%	rising
43	Brazil	0.0646	2020	up 16.9%	volatile
44	Belize	0.0615	1999	down 15.0%	falling
45	Slovenia	0.0601	2016	up 20.7%	rising
46	Türkiye	0.0581	2019	up 24.7%	volatile
47	Greece	0.0544	2016	down 24.3%	falling
48	Peru	0.0496	2016	up 39.5%	rising
49	Portugal	0.0461	2016	down 4.6%	falling
50	Egypt	0.0457	2019	up 2.4%	rising
51	Czechia	0.0426	2016	up 66.5%	rising
52	Estonia	0.0423	2016	up 80.9%	rising
53	Slovakia	0.0387	2016	up 81.2%	rising
54	Poland	0.0374	2016	up 83.8%	rising
55	Panama	0.0344	2018	up 40.9%	rising
56	Croatia	0.0328	2016	up 3.8%	rising
57	Latvia	0.0317	2016	up 87.1%	rising
58	Lithuania	0.0276	2016	up 58.6%	rising
59	Ecuador	0.0214	2017	up 15.6%	volatile
60	Hungary	0.0201	2016	down 33.0%	volatile
61	El Salvador	0.0189	2019	down 2.3%	volatile
62	Cambodia	0.0183	2012	down 99.6%	volatile
63	Jordan	0.0182	2016	up 49.0%	rising
64	Ghana	0.0181	2016	down 100.0%	volatile
65	Bulgaria	0.0145	2016	up 15.4%	rising
66	Romania	0.0138	2016	up 8.1%	falling
67	Georgia	0.0113	2013	up 50.7%	rising

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Indicator: Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 67 places, 912 data points, 1981–2021
Last refreshed: 24 August 2026