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

Countries reporting
67
Highest
2.50 million
Indonesia
Lowest
203.39
Georgia
Median
2,400
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
880

What the numbers show

Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, urban is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 2.50 million in Indonesia; the lowest is 203.39 in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,400, and the mean is 144,727.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,292.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 749,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 2.50 million 2019 up 138.1% volatile
2 South Korea 2.10 million 2017 up 40.0% rising
3 Paraguay 2.01 million 2017 up 62.1% volatile
4 Colombia 909,000 2021 up 51.5% rising
5 Chile 380,000 2017 up 109.0% volatile
6 Tanzania 350,000 2020 up 222.2% volatile
7 Costa Rica 338,640 2016 up 80.0% volatile
8 Mongolia 300,000 2011 up 749,900.0% volatile
9 Venezuela 278,726 2002 up 1,732.8% volatile
10 Uganda 240,000 2016 up 140.0% volatile
11 Rwanda 50,000 2021 up 15.1% rising
12 Uruguay 25,000 2019 up 179.7% volatile
13 Sri Lanka 24,000 2015 up 263.6% volatile
14 Pakistan 20,856 2020 up 160.7% volatile
15 Jamaica 16,348 2002 up 1,650.0% volatile
16 Argentina 15,133 2018 up 309.6% rising
17 Thailand 12,800 2021 up 60.0% rising
18 Bangladesh 11,000 2016 up 205.6% rising
19 India 10,645 2019 up 133.3% volatile
20 Dominican Republic 10,105 2013 up 138.1% rising
21 Philippines 9,885 2019 up 52.7% rising
22 Honduras 7,200 2017 up 65.7% volatile
23 Mexico 6,450 2020 up 50.0% rising
24 Nicaragua 5,686 2014 up 159.6% volatile
25 South Africa 4,600 2020 up 40.4% rising
26 Norway 4,256 2016 up 33.4% rising
27 Denmark 4,019 2016 up 26.6% rising
28 Bolivia 3,031 2017 up 122.2% rising
29 Finland 2,907 2016 up 31.6% rising
30 Iceland 2,817 2015 up 8.6% falling
31 Moldova 2,500 2012 up 426.4% rising
32 Egypt 2,500 2019 up 247.2% volatile
33 Cyprus 2,406 2016 down 7.3% rising
34 Germany 2,400 2011 up 60.3% rising
35 Luxembourg 2,340 2016 up 1.7% rising
36 Guatemala 2,303 2011 up 76.7% rising
37 Sweden 2,260 2016 up 40.4% rising
38 United Kingdom 2,221 2016 up 28.7% rising
39 Ireland 2,064 2016 up 11.6% rising
40 France 1,814 2016 up 27.5% rising
41 Palestine 1,671 2008 up 49.9% rising
42 Italy 1,527 2016 up 13.8% rising
43 Brazil 1,500 2020 up 121.2% volatile
44 Malta 1,487 2016 up 19.0% rising
45 Spain 1,290 2016 up 17.3% rising
46 Peru 1,086 2016 up 73.8% rising
47 Turkey 1,000 2013 down 100.0% volatile
48 Greece 900 2016 down 14.3% falling
49 Belize 760.38 1999 up 7.7% rising
50 Portugal 750 2016 up 24.0% rising
51 Estonia 749.69 2016 up 134.6% rising
52 Panama 717.43 2018 up 78.5% rising
53 Slovakia 716.67 2016 up 112.8% rising
54 Czechia 675.93 2016 up 63.5% rising
55 Ghana 600 2016 down 99.9% volatile
56 Croatia 570.9 2016 up 1.9% flat
57 Latvia 550 2016 up 124.1% rising
58 Lithuania 543.12 2016 up 104.6% rising
59 Poland 517.83 2016 up 68.3% rising
60 Ecuador 439.55 2017 up 79.8% volatile
61 Cambodia 434.5 2012 down 98.8% volatile
62 Hungary 419.36 2016 down 6.1% volatile
63 Jordan 350 2016 up 133.3% rising
64 El Salvador 336.82 2017 up 28.9% volatile
65 Romania 259.82 2016 up 30.3% rising
66 Bulgaria 255.65 2016 up 11.1% rising
67 Georgia 203.39 2013 up 239.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Median earnings per month, aged 15-64, local currency values, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 880 data points, 1981–2021
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