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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
64 places, 843 data points, 1990–2021
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