Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, female by country
Countries reporting
71
Highest
1.84 million
Paraguay
Lowest
169.49
Georgia
Median
2,000
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
935
What the numbers show
Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, female is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 1.84 million in Paraguay; the lowest is 169.49 in Georgia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,000, and the mean is 115,301.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,881.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 859,125.0%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 99.9%).
Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 1.84 million | 2017 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 2 | South Korea | 1.70 million | 2017 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 1.61 million | 2019 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Colombia | 908,526 | 2021 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 5 | Venezuela | 601,669 | 2006 | up 1,660.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Chile | 320,000 | 2017 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 301,839 | 2016 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Tanzania | 300,000 | 2020 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Mongolia | 280,000 | 2011 | up 859,125.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Uganda | 100,000 | 2016 | up 130.2% | rising |
| 11 | Uruguay | 21,000 | 2019 | up 188.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Rwanda | 17,380 | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 15,000 | 2015 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Jamaica | 14,013 | 2002 | up 1,664.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Argentina | 12,204 | 2018 | up 289.6% | rising |
| 16 | Pakistan | 12,000 | 2020 | up 206.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 12,000 | 2021 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 9,200 | 2016 | up 360.0% | rising |
| 19 | Mauritius | 8,450 | 2012 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 20 | Philippines | 8,386 | 2019 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 8,084 | 2013 | up 128.6% | rising |
| 22 | Honduras | 6,000 | 2017 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 5,590 | 2020 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 5,473 | 2014 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 25 | India | 5,214 | 2019 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Norway | 3,768 | 2016 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 3,676 | 2016 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 28 | South Africa | 3,500 | 2020 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 29 | Finland | 2,570 | 2016 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 30 | Bolivia | 2,470 | 2017 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 31 | Iceland | 2,401 | 2015 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 32 | Netherlands | 2,084 | 2016 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 33 | Turkey | 2,070 | 2019 | up 195.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 2,054 | 2016 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 35 | Sweden | 2,014 | 2016 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 36 | Egypt | 2,000 | 2019 | up 207.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Moldova | 2,000 | 2012 | up 503.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Guatemala | 1,951 | 2011 | up 110.6% | rising |
| 39 | Ireland | 1,789 | 2016 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 1,779 | 2016 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 41 | Germany | 1,685 | 2011 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 42 | Palestine | 1,671 | 2008 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 43 | Cyprus | 1,652 | 2016 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 44 | France | 1,552 | 2016 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 45 | Brazil | 1,400 | 2020 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Malta | 1,354 | 2016 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 1,335 | 2016 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | 1,307 | 2005 | up 89.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Spain | 1,083 | 2016 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 950 | 2016 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 896.2 | 2016 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 52 | Greece | 791.67 | 2016 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 53 | Panama | 711.22 | 2018 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 54 | Portugal | 650 | 2016 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 55 | Belize | 630.02 | 1999 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 612.26 | 2016 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 57 | Slovakia | 608.33 | 2016 | up 106.4% | rising |
| 58 | Czechia | 558.81 | 2016 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 483.92 | 2016 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 60 | Latvia | 470.94 | 2016 | up 152.2% | rising |
| 61 | Poland | 434.48 | 2016 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 62 | Lithuania | 430.62 | 2016 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 63 | Ecuador | 414.29 | 2017 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Ghana | 400 | 2016 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Cambodia | 350 | 2012 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Jordan | 350 | 2016 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 67 | El Salvador | 328.4 | 2017 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Hungary | 324.19 | 2016 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 225.04 | 2016 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 224.95 | 2016 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 71 | Georgia | 169.49 | 2013 | up 346.0% | volatile |