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

Countries reporting
64
Highest
75.53
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.0032
Georgia
Median
0.0848
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
869

What the numbers show

Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, primary education and below is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 75.53 in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0032 in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0848, and the mean is 4.37.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23,777.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 346.8%), 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 75.53 2017 up 52.0% volatile
2 Paraguay 69.62 2020 up 28.8% rising
3 Indonesia 62.22 2019 up 67.4% rising
4 Colombia 27.28 2021 up 23.8% rising
5 Chile 12.63 2017 up 51.7% rising
6 Costa Rica 11.56 2016 up 15.1% rising
7 United Republic of Tanzania 6 2020 up 54.4% volatile
8 Uganda 5.01 2016 up 14.7% falling
9 Jamaica 2.44 2002 up 64.3% rising
10 Rwanda 0.8909 2021 down 99.1% volatile
11 Uruguay 0.613 2019 up 30.1% rising
12 Sri Lanka 0.5843 2015 up 51.1% rising
13 Pakistan 0.4433 2020 up 26.7% rising
14 Mauritius 0.4432 2012 up 4.0% flat
15 Thailand 0.4003 2021 up 50.5% rising
16 Dominican Republic 0.3677 2013 down 7.6% falling
17 Philippines 0.2945 2019 up 30.1% rising
18 Bangladesh 0.2941 2016 up 82.6% rising
19 India 0.2086 2019 up 54.5% rising
20 Denmark 0.2032 2016 up 14.8% rising
21 Mexico 0.1942 2020 up 4.4% flat
22 Norway 0.1777 2016 up 20.2% flat
23 Honduras 0.1483 2017 down 21.0% rising
24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.1254 2016 down 8.8% falling
25 South Africa 0.1192 2020 up 16.8% volatile
26 Ireland 0.117 2016 up 10.3% rising
27 Sweden 0.1092 2016 up 13.1% rising
28 State of Palestine 0.1055 2008 down 7.3% falling
29 Luxembourg 0.0996 2016 down 7.5% flat
30 Iceland 0.0952 2015 down 49.0% falling
31 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0897 2017 up 49.9% rising
32 France 0.0871 2016 up 2.8% flat
33 Republic of Moldova 0.0826 2012 up 237.1% rising
34 Germany 0.0799 2011 up 33.7% rising
35 Italy 0.0712 2016 down 4.5% falling
36 Guatemala 0.0653 2019 down 15.3% falling
37 Malta 0.065 2016 down 7.9% flat
38 Slovakia 0.0608 2016 up 321.6% rising
39 Spain 0.0589 2016 down 3.8% falling
40 Cyprus 0.0508 2013 down 13.9% falling
41 Republic of Türkiye 0.044 2019 up 38.7% volatile
42 Slovenia 0.044 2013 up 22.6% rising
43 Brazil 0.0414 2020 up 28.6% volatile
44 Egypt 0.039 2019 up 4.6% rising
45 Belize 0.0369 1999 down 9.0% falling
46 Greece 0.0357 2016 down 35.3% falling
47 Peru 0.0354 2016 up 57.4% rising
48 Portugal 0.0342 2016 up 0.9% flat
49 Estonia 0.0299 2016 up 53.5% rising
50 Croatia 0.025 2016 down 4.0% falling
51 Panama 0.025 2018 up 58.0% rising
52 Poland 0.02 2016 up 47.7% rising
53 Czechia 0.0177 2016 up 346.8% volatile
54 Ecuador 0.0176 2017 up 42.6% volatile
55 Cambodia 0.0152 2012 down 99.5% volatile
56 Latvia 0.0142 2016 up 89.4% volatile
57 El Salvador 0.013 2019 up 15.4% volatile
58 Jordan 0.0125 2016 up 46.0% rising
59 Ghana 0.0111 2016 down 100.0% volatile
60 Hungary 0.0091 2016 down 53.9% volatile
61 Lithuania 0.0087 2016 down 18.0% flat
62 Romania 0.0084 2016 up 0.9% falling
63 Bulgaria 0.0064 2016 down 8.9% rising
64 Georgia 0.0032 2013 down 58.3% rising

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Indicator
Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, primary education and below
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
64 places, 869 data points, 1981–2021
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