Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, urban by country
Countries reporting
64
Highest
0.1773
Germany
Lowest
0
Cambodia
Median
0.0321
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
843
What the numbers show
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, urban is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 0.1773 in Germany; the lowest is 0 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0321, and the mean is 0.051.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,297.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 105.5%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (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 | Germany | 0.1773 | 2011 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 0.1735 | 2016 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 3 | Cyprus | 0.1703 | 2016 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 4 | Palestine | 0.1677 | 2008 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 0.16 | 2016 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 6 | Ireland | 0.141 | 2016 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0.1362 | 2016 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 8 | Malta | 0.1306 | 2016 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 0.1277 | 2017 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 0.1246 | 2016 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 0.1118 | 2016 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 12 | Spain | 0.0975 | 2016 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 13 | Estonia | 0.0733 | 2016 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 14 | Slovakia | 0.0707 | 2016 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 0.0693 | 2016 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 16 | Lithuania | 0.0599 | 2016 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 17 | Portugal | 0.0599 | 2016 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 0.0593 | 2018 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 19 | Latvia | 0.055 | 2016 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 20 | Jordan | 0.0532 | 2016 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 0.0475 | 2019 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 0.0463 | 2021 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 23 | Belize | 0.0455 | 1999 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 24 | Chile | 0.0455 | 2017 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 0.0425 | 2016 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 26 | Jamaica | 0.042 | 2002 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 27 | Bolivia | 0.0407 | 2017 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 28 | Turkey | 0.0375 | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Paraguay | 0.0374 | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 0.0366 | 2017 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 0.0344 | 2020 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | 0.0325 | 2020 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 33 | El Salvador | 0.0316 | 2019 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 0.0312 | 2016 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 0.03 | 2019 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 36 | Denmark | 0.0294 | 2016 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 37 | Mexico | 0.0261 | 2020 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 0.026 | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 39 | Honduras | 0.0257 | 2017 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 40 | Egypt | 0.0256 | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | Moldova | 0.0254 | 2012 | up 105.5% | rising |
| 42 | Norway | 0.0244 | 2016 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 0.0236 | 2013 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 44 | Ghana | 0.0225 | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 0.0224 | 2019 | up 23.9% | flat |
| 46 | Indonesia | 0.0223 | 2019 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 0.0217 | 2015 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 48 | Pakistan | 0.021 | 2020 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 49 | India | 0.0199 | 2019 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 0.0181 | 2016 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 51 | Poland | 0.0152 | 2016 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 0.0149 | 2016 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 53 | Georgia | 0.0144 | 2013 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 54 | Bangladesh | 0.0142 | 2016 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 55 | Tanzania | 0.0139 | 2020 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Uganda | 0.0079 | 2016 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 57 | Romania | 0.0075 | 2016 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 58 | Croatia | 0.0075 | 2016 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 59 | Rwanda | 0.0071 | 2021 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Czechia | 0.0025 | 2016 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 61 | Iceland | 0.001 | 2015 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 0.0009 | 2018 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Hungary | 0.0002 | 2016 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Cambodia | 0 | 2012 | down 99.5% | volatile |