Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in India

India: Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP was 0.0119 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.0119
Change on year
up 10.2%
World rank
58th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.0119
in 2019
All-time low
0.0043
in 1993
Years of data
10
1993–2019

Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in India, 1993–2019

00.0030.0050.0070.010.0131993200620191993: 0.0041999: 0.0052004: 0.0052005: 0.0052007: 0.0062009: 0.0072011: 0.0082017: 0.0112018: 0.0112019: 0.012

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

India recorded 0.0119 for real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in 2019. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of up 10.2% on the previous year and up 69.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in India peaked at 0.0119 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0043, in 1993.

That places India 58th out of 67 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.

Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in India, year by year

Annual values for Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, female in India, 1993 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1993 0.0043
1999 0.0051 +18.9%
2004 0.0048 -5.8%
2005 0.0048 -0.1%
2007 0.006 +24.4%
2009 0.007 +16.5%
2011 0.0082 +17.1%
2017 0.011 +35.0%
2018 0.0108 -2.5%
2019 0.0119 +10.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0047 0.0043 0.0051 2
2000s 0.0057 0.0048 0.007 4
2010s 0.0105 0.0082 0.0119 4

Countries ranked near India

  1. 55 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0137 compare
  2. 56 Poland 0.0132 compare
  3. 57 Bangladesh 0.013 compare
  4. 59 Romania 0.0066 compare
  5. 60 Croatia 0.0066 compare
  6. 61 Uganda 0.0054 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in India?
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in India was 0.0119 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 0.0119 in 2019.
What is the lowest real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0043 in 1993.
How does India rank for real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp?
India ranks 58th out of 67 countries with data for 2019.
Is real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 69.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, female
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 889 data points, 1990–2021
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