Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, male by country
Countries reporting
67
Highest
0.2958
Cyprus
Lowest
0
Cambodia
Median
0.0341
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
890
What the numbers show
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, male is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 0.2958 in Cyprus; the lowest is 0 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0341, and the mean is 0.0561.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24,550.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 115.3%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 100.0%).
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyprus | 0.2958 | 2016 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0.214 | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 3 | Germany | 0.1926 | 2011 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 0.184 | 2016 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.1739 | 2016 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 6 | Palestine, State of | 0.1621 | 2008 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0.1476 | 2016 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 0.1451 | 2017 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Ireland | 0.1422 | 2016 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 10 | Malta | 0.1314 | 2016 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 11 | France | 0.1261 | 2016 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 12 | Italy | 0.1126 | 2016 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 13 | Spain | 0.1001 | 2016 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 14 | Slovenia | 0.087 | 2016 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 0.0792 | 2016 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 16 | Slovakia | 0.0734 | 2016 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 17 | Greece | 0.0693 | 2016 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 18 | Portugal | 0.0617 | 2016 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 19 | Panama | 0.0587 | 2018 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 0.0582 | 2016 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 21 | Lithuania | 0.0533 | 2016 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 22 | Jordan | 0.0532 | 2016 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 0.047 | 2019 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 24 | Türkiye | 0.0464 | 2019 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 0.0455 | 2017 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0424 | 2017 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 27 | Jamaica | 0.0421 | 2002 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 28 | Thailand | 0.0412 | 2021 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 0.0408 | 2016 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 30 | Paraguay | 0.036 | 2020 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 31 | Ecuador | 0.0359 | 2017 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 32 | Mauritius | 0.0358 | 2012 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 33 | Belize | 0.0349 | 1999 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 0.0341 | 2020 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 35 | Peru | 0.0317 | 2016 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 36 | South Africa | 0.0307 | 2020 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 37 | El Salvador | 0.0296 | 2019 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Denmark | 0.0296 | 2016 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 39 | Norway | 0.0264 | 2016 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 40 | Egypt | 0.0256 | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 0.025 | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Colombia | 0.0249 | 2021 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 43 | Mexico | 0.0248 | 2020 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 0.0239 | 2013 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 45 | Guatemala | 0.0231 | 2019 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 46 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0224 | 2012 | up 115.3% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 0.0214 | 2019 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 0.0196 | 2015 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 0.0192 | 2020 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 0.0189 | 2017 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 51 | Philippines | 0.0186 | 2019 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 0.018 | 2016 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 53 | India | 0.0171 | 2019 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 54 | Sweden | 0.0155 | 2016 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 55 | Poland | 0.0148 | 2016 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 0.0136 | 2016 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 57 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0133 | 2020 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Georgia | 0.0127 | 2013 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 0.0076 | 2016 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 60 | Romania | 0.0076 | 2016 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 61 | Uganda | 0.0069 | 2016 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 62 | Rwanda | 0.0047 | 2021 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Czechia | 0.0027 | 2016 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 64 | Mongolia | 0.0014 | 2018 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Iceland | 0.001 | 2015 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 66 | Hungary | 0.0001 | 2016 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Cambodia | 0 | 2012 | down 99.5% | volatile |