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

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

Countries reporting

Highest

105.89

Republic of Korea

Lowest

0.009

Georgia

Median

0.1156

Years covered

1981–2021

Data points

848

What the numbers show

Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, rural is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 105.89 in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.009 in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1156, and the mean is 5.22.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11,759.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 152.9%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (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	105.89	2017	up 32.2%	volatile
2	Paraguay	79.13	2020	up 22.0%	rising
3	Indonesia	66.83	2019	up 52.1%	rising
4	Colombia	26.78	2021	up 30.9%	rising
5	Costa Rica	13.27	2016	up 13.3%	rising
6	Chile	12.63	2017	up 57.5%	rising
7	Tanzania, United Republic of	7.76	2020	up 75.0%	rising
8	Uganda	5.64	2016	down 12.9%	falling
9	Jamaica	2.44	2002	up 55.9%	rising
10	Rwanda	0.9744	2021	down 99.4%	volatile
11	Mongolia	0.8319	2018	down 91.4%	volatile
12	Sri Lanka	0.7639	2015	up 47.1%	rising
13	Uruguay	0.613	2019	up 14.3%	rising
14	Pakistan	0.4615	2020	up 23.7%	rising
15	Thailand	0.4553	2021	up 58.3%	rising
16	Dominican Republic	0.4328	2013	down 9.7%	falling
17	Philippines	0.3231	2019	up 32.1%	rising
18	Bangladesh	0.319	2016	up 89.3%	rising
19	Norway	0.2484	2016	up 18.8%	rising
20	Denmark	0.2304	2016	up 11.0%	rising
21	Cyprus	0.2255	2016	up 118.3%	rising
22	India	0.2136	2019	up 58.2%	rising
23	Mexico	0.1748	2020	up 2.5%	rising
24	Finland	0.1564	2016	up 11.7%	rising
25	Luxembourg	0.1483	2016	down 20.9%	falling
26	Honduras	0.1384	2017	down 25.3%	rising
27	Ireland	0.1341	2016	up 15.9%	rising
28	Sweden	0.1277	2016	up 29.4%	rising
29	Iceland	0.1248	2015	down 41.1%	falling
30	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0.1244	2016	up 7.1%	rising
31	Germany	0.1195	2011	up 30.7%	rising
32	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	0.1156	2017	up 75.9%	rising
33	South Africa	0.1146	2020	up 36.8%	volatile
34	Palestine, State of	0.1097	2008	down 9.6%	falling
35	France	0.0993	2016	up 14.8%	rising
36	Italy	0.0873	2016	up 6.3%	flat
37	Republic of Moldova	0.0847	2012	up 152.9%	rising
38	Guatemala	0.0732	2019	down 14.6%	falling
39	Spain	0.0661	2016	up 2.5%	flat
40	Greece	0.0464	2016	down 23.3%	falling
41	Egypt	0.0439	2019	up 6.8%	rising
42	Brazil	0.0385	2020	up 28.4%	volatile
43	Estonia	0.0379	2016	up 62.1%	rising
44	Belize	0.0369	1999	down 9.0%	falling
45	Portugal	0.0368	2016	down 2.1%	flat
46	Slovakia	0.0359	2016	up 75.0%	rising
47	Peru	0.0352	2016	up 62.6%	rising
48	Türkiye	0.0348	2013	down 100.0%	volatile
49	Czechia	0.0339	2016	up 41.3%	rising
50	Panama	0.0311	2018	up 76.7%	rising
51	Latvia	0.029	2016	up 84.6%	rising
52	Croatia	0.0288	2016	down 0.4%	flat
53	Poland	0.024	2016	up 41.8%	rising
54	Lithuania	0.0223	2016	up 51.7%	rising
55	Ecuador	0.0196	2017	up 48.5%	volatile
56	Jordan	0.0182	2016	up 53.3%	rising
57	Hungary	0.0166	2016	down 33.5%	volatile
58	Ghana	0.0158	2016	down 100.0%	volatile
59	Cambodia	0.0157	2012	down 99.5%	volatile
60	El Salvador	0.0142	2019	up 20.6%	volatile
61	Romania	0.0112	2016	down 3.1%	falling
62	Bulgaria	0.0111	2016	up 1.4%	flat
63	Georgia	0.009	2013	up 33.8%	rising

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Indicator: Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, rural
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 63 places, 848 data points, 1981–2021
Last refreshed: 24 August 2026