Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, rural by country

Countries reporting
65
Highest
2.00 million
South Korea
Lowest
121.91
Georgia
Median
2,200
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
855

What the numbers show

Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, rural is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 2.00 million in South Korea; the lowest is 121.91 in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,200, and the mean is 122,875.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16,405.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 1,655,070.0%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (down 100.0%).

Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 2.00 million 2017 up 37.0% rising
2 Paraguay 1.79 million 2017 up 77.0% volatile
3 Indonesia 1.65 million 2019 up 120.0% volatile
4 Colombia 878,000 2021 up 82.9% rising
5 Costa Rica 305,677 2016 up 85.6% volatile
6 Chile 280,000 2017 up 105.4% volatile
7 Tanzania 276,000 2020 up 360.0% volatile
8 Mongolia 240,000 2011 up 1,655,070.0% volatile
9 Venezuela 219,492 2002 up 1,920.6% volatile
10 Uganda 150,000 2016 up 200.0% volatile
11 Uruguay 20,000 2019 up 131.8% rising
12 Sri Lanka 18,000 2015 up 260.0% volatile
13 Rwanda 17,380 2021 up 14.3% rising
13 Pakistan 17,380 2020 up 148.3% volatile
15 Jamaica 16,116 2002 up 1,775.0% volatile
16 Bangladesh 10,000 2016 up 311.0% rising
17 Thailand 9,500 2021 up 58.3% volatile
18 Dominican Republic 8,135 2013 up 103.5% rising
19 Philippines 7,061 2019 up 103.1% rising
20 India 7,000 2019 up 206.9% volatile
21 Mexico 5,160 2020 up 71.4% rising
22 Norway 4,510 2016 up 57.0% rising
23 Nicaragua 4,427 2014 up 161.1% volatile
24 Cyprus 3,806 2016 up 129.5% rising
25 Denmark 3,756 2016 up 28.7% rising
26 South Africa 3,466 2020 up 131.1% rising
27 Bolivia 3,019 2017 up 195.3% volatile
28 Honduras 2,880 2017 up 15.3% volatile
29 Finland 2,716 2016 up 31.3% rising
30 Luxembourg 2,601 2016 down 0.4% rising
31 Iceland 2,491 2015 up 6.9% falling
32 United Kingdom 2,271 2016 up 35.2% rising
33 Egypt 2,200 2019 up 228.4% volatile
34 Sweden 2,117 2016 up 45.5% rising
35 Ireland 2,015 2016 up 22.6% rising
36 Germany 1,917 2011 up 48.6% rising
37 Palestine 1,671 2008 up 17.6% rising
38 France 1,622 2016 up 29.3% rising
39 Guatemala 1,529 2011 up 74.9% rising
40 Moldova 1,500 2012 up 607.5% volatile
41 Italy 1,453 2016 up 19.0% rising
42 Spain 1,101 2016 up 10.1% rising
43 Brazil 1,045 2020 up 124.7% volatile
44 Turkey 880 2013 down 100.0% volatile
45 Greece 750 2016 down 16.7% falling
46 Peru 740.84 2016 up 129.2% rising
47 Estonia 678.35 2016 up 112.3% rising
48 Panama 654.27 2018 up 109.5% rising
49 Portugal 650 2016 up 12.6% rising
49 Slovakia 650 2016 up 103.7% rising
51 Czechia 630.48 2016 up 69.2% rising
52 Belize 564.85 1999 up 4.0% flat
53 Latvia 511.77 2016 up 163.9% rising
54 Croatia 503.04 2016 up 1.6% flat
55 Ghana 450 2016 down 99.9% volatile
56 Poland 430.2 2016 up 73.1% rising
57 Ecuador 406.74 2017 up 132.6% volatile
58 Lithuania 400 2016 up 112.1% rising
59 Cambodia 360 2012 down 98.7% volatile
60 Jordan 350 2016 up 133.3% rising
61 Hungary 303.76 2016 down 7.1% volatile
62 El Salvador 271.17 2017 up 30.2% volatile
63 Romania 213.7 2016 up 30.6% rising
64 Bulgaria 194.29 2016 up 8.6% rising
65 Georgia 121.91 2013 up 212.6% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
65 places, 855 data points, 1981–2021
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