Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, total by country
Countries reporting
72
Highest
0.2058
Netherlands
Lowest
0
Cambodia
Median
0.0323
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
952
What the numbers show
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, total is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 0.2058 in Netherlands; the lowest is 0 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0323, and the mean is 0.0553.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18,344.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 114.0%), 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 | Netherlands | 0.2058 | 2016 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 2 | Cyprus | 0.187 | 2016 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 0.1737 | 2015 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 0.1732 | 2011 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 5 | Finland | 0.1691 | 2016 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 6 | Palestine, State of | 0.1612 | 2008 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.16 | 2016 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 0.1443 | 2016 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 9 | Ireland | 0.1408 | 2016 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 0.1347 | 2016 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 11 | Malta | 0.1306 | 2016 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 0.1287 | 2016 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Korea | 0.125 | 2017 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 14 | France | 0.1196 | 2016 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 0.1104 | 2016 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 16 | Spain | 0.0941 | 2016 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 17 | Slovenia | 0.0838 | 2016 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 0.0696 | 2016 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 19 | Slovakia | 0.0678 | 2016 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 20 | Greece | 0.066 | 2016 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 21 | Panama | 0.059 | 2018 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 0.0579 | 2016 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 23 | Jordan | 0.0532 | 2016 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 24 | Latvia | 0.0531 | 2016 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 0.0514 | 2016 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.0467 | 2019 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 27 | Türkiye | 0.046 | 2019 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 0.0426 | 2017 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 0.0413 | 2016 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 30 | Thailand | 0.0412 | 2021 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0406 | 2017 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 32 | Jamaica | 0.0392 | 2002 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 33 | Paraguay | 0.0367 | 2020 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 0.0364 | 2017 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 35 | Belize | 0.0349 | 1999 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritius | 0.0324 | 2012 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 0.0323 | 2020 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 0.03 | 2016 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 39 | El Salvador | 0.0299 | 2019 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 0.0293 | 2020 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Denmark | 0.0287 | 2016 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 42 | Armenia | 0.0286 | 2020 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 43 | Albania | 0.028 | 2019 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Egypt | 0.0256 | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 45 | Mexico | 0.0249 | 2020 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 46 | Colombia | 0.0249 | 2021 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 47 | Norway | 0.0247 | 2016 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 48 | Guatemala | 0.024 | 2019 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 0.0234 | 2013 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 50 | Ghana | 0.0217 | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0212 | 2012 | up 114.0% | rising |
| 52 | Honduras | 0.0208 | 2017 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 53 | Indonesia | 0.0206 | 2019 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 54 | Pakistan | 0.0192 | 2020 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 55 | Philippines | 0.019 | 2019 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 0.0181 | 2015 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 0.0171 | 2016 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 58 | India | 0.0156 | 2019 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 59 | Sweden | 0.0147 | 2016 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 60 | Poland | 0.0139 | 2016 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 0.0136 | 2016 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 62 | Georgia | 0.0135 | 2013 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 63 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0134 | 2020 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Croatia | 0.0071 | 2016 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 65 | Romania | 0.0071 | 2016 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 66 | Uganda | 0.0067 | 2016 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 67 | Rwanda | 0.0041 | 2021 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Czechia | 0.0024 | 2016 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 69 | Mongolia | 0.0014 | 2018 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Iceland | 0.001 | 2015 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 71 | Hungary | 0.0001 | 2016 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Cambodia | 0 | 2012 | down 99.5% | volatile |