Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, female by country
Countries reporting
70
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 70 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 116,898.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,881.
Over the past decade 64 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 |
| 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 |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 3,500