Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, urban by country
Countries reporting
64
Highest
116.48
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.012
Georgia
Median
0.1271
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
868
What the numbers show
Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, urban is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 116.48 in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.012 in Georgia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1271, and the mean is 5.93.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,689.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 105.5%), 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 | 116.48 | 2017 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Indonesia | 86.88 | 2019 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 3 | Paraguay | 83.89 | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 4 | Colombia | 31.5 | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 5 | Chile | 16.84 | 2017 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 14.84 | 2016 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 7 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 8.2 | 2020 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Uganda | 7.45 | 2016 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 9 | Jamaica | 2.64 | 2002 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 10 | Rwanda | 1.79 | 2021 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 0.9348 | 2015 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 0.7881 | 2019 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 0.591 | 2021 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 0.5364 | 2020 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 0.52 | 2018 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 0.4903 | 2013 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 17 | Philippines | 0.4208 | 2019 | up 23.9% | flat |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 0.3502 | 2016 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 19 | India | 0.3046 | 2019 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 20 | Honduras | 0.264 | 2017 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 21 | Denmark | 0.2456 | 2016 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 22 | Norway | 0.2384 | 2016 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 0.2331 | 2020 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 24 | Finland | 0.1689 | 2016 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 0.1637 | 2020 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Germany | 0.1473 | 2011 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 27 | Iceland | 0.1386 | 2015 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 28 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1376 | 2012 | up 105.5% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 0.1353 | 2016 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 30 | Sweden | 0.1343 | 2016 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 0.132 | 2016 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 32 | Cyprus | 0.1299 | 2016 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 33 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.1244 | 2016 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 34 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1177 | 2017 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 0.1167 | 2019 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 36 | Palestine, State of | 0.1142 | 2008 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 37 | France | 0.11 | 2016 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 38 | Italy | 0.0916 | 2016 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 39 | Malta | 0.0834 | 2016 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 40 | Spain | 0.0772 | 2016 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 0.0568 | 2020 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Greece | 0.0535 | 2016 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 43 | Belize | 0.0534 | 1999 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 44 | Peru | 0.0493 | 2016 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 45 | Egypt | 0.0439 | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 0.0431 | 2016 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 47 | Türkiye | 0.043 | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.0415 | 2016 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 49 | Slovakia | 0.0399 | 2016 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 50 | Czechia | 0.0364 | 2016 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 0.0328 | 2018 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 52 | Croatia | 0.0323 | 2016 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 53 | Latvia | 0.0318 | 2016 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 54 | Lithuania | 0.031 | 2016 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 55 | Poland | 0.0292 | 2016 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 56 | Hungary | 0.0225 | 2016 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Cambodia | 0.0215 | 2012 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 0.0201 | 2017 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Ghana | 0.0175 | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Jordan | 0.0173 | 2016 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 61 | El Salvador | 0.017 | 2019 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 0.0146 | 2016 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 63 | Romania | 0.0139 | 2016 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 64 | Georgia | 0.012 | 2013 | up 52.1% | rising |