Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, local currency values, female by country
Countries reporting
70
Highest
11,552
Paraguay
Lowest
1.22
Georgia
Median
13.09
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
952
What the numbers show
Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, local currency values, female is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 11,552 in Paraguay; the lowest is 1.22 in Georgia.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.09, and the mean is 660.97.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,497.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 1,770.9%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 99.9%).
Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, local currency values, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 11,552 | 2020 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 2 | South Korea | 10,069 | 2017 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 9,590 | 2019 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Colombia | 4,356 | 2021 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 5 | Venezuela | 3,595 | 2006 | up 1,735.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Chile | 1,817 | 2017 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 1,712 | 2016 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Tanzania | 1,381 | 2020 | up 445.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Uganda | 690.45 | 2016 | up 134.8% | rising |
| 10 | Rwanda | 153.06 | 2021 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Uruguay | 141.99 | 2019 | up 190.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | 90.37 | 2018 | up 318.5% | rising |
| 13 | Jamaica | 84.68 | 2002 | up 1,770.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 82.06 | 2005 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 81.7 | 2015 | up 289.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Pakistan | 75 | 2020 | up 228.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Mongolia | 75 | 2018 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 57.54 | 2021 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Mauritius | 49.32 | 2012 | up 119.0% | rising |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 48.45 | 2013 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 21 | Philippines | 47.08 | 2019 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 43.94 | 2016 | up 377.3% | rising |
| 23 | Honduras | 33.48 | 2017 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Mexico | 31.67 | 2020 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 28.39 | 2014 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 26 | India | 28 | 2019 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Norway | 24.72 | 2016 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 24.25 | 2016 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 18.39 | 2016 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 31 | Finland | 16.31 | 2016 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 32 | Iceland | 14.72 | 2015 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 33 | Bolivia | 14.49 | 2017 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Guatemala | 14.13 | 2019 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 14.02 | 2016 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 13.55 | 2016 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 37 | Sweden | 12.62 | 2016 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 38 | Germany | 12.42 | 2011 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 12.21 | 2016 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 40 | Egypt | 11.51 | 2019 | up 226.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Moldova | 11.51 | 2012 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Turkey | 11.51 | 2019 | up 242.9% | volatile |
| 43 | France | 10.29 | 2016 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 44 | Cyprus | 10 | 2016 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 45 | Palestine | 9.89 | 2008 | up 92.7% | rising |
| 46 | Italy | 8.88 | 2016 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 47 | Malta | 8.63 | 2016 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 48 | Brazil | 8.31 | 2020 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Spain | 7.17 | 2016 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 5.59 | 2016 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 5.06 | 2016 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 52 | Greece | 4.6 | 2016 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 53 | Portugal | 3.88 | 2016 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 54 | Panama | 3.84 | 2018 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 55 | Estonia | 3.82 | 2016 | up 136.0% | rising |
| 56 | Belize | 3.75 | 1999 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 57 | Slovakia | 3.6 | 2016 | up 111.6% | rising |
| 58 | Czechia | 3.25 | 2016 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 2.83 | 2016 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 60 | Latvia | 2.79 | 2016 | up 159.7% | rising |
| 61 | Lithuania | 2.59 | 2016 | up 118.6% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 2.56 | 2016 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 2.43 | 2016 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Ecuador | 2.42 | 2017 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Jordan | 1.99 | 2016 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 1.89 | 2016 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 67 | El Salvador | 1.72 | 2019 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Cambodia | 1.56 | 2012 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 1.29 | 2016 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 1.28 | 2016 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 71 | Georgia | 1.22 | 2013 | up 296.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 20.71