Real median earnings per month, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, urban by country
Countries reporting
62
Highest
32.51
Cyprus
Lowest
0.0028
Cambodia
Median
5.92
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
817
What the numbers show
Real median earnings per month, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, urban is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 32.51 in Cyprus; the lowest is 0.0028 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.92, and the mean is 9.12.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11,500.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 116.3%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (down 100.0%).
Real median earnings per month, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyprus | 32.51 | 2016 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 29.6 | 2011 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 28.36 | 2016 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 4 | Palestine | 26.9 | 2008 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 26.66 | 2016 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 23.32 | 2016 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 7 | Malta | 22.2 | 2016 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 8 | South Korea | 21.19 | 2017 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 9 | Ireland | 21.06 | 2016 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | France | 20.1 | 2016 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 18.34 | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Spain | 16.04 | 2016 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 13 | Slovakia | 12.3 | 2016 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 14 | Estonia | 12.17 | 2016 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 12.13 | 2016 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 16 | Panama | 11.21 | 2018 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 17 | Portugal | 10.41 | 2016 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 18 | Lithuania | 10.19 | 2016 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 19 | Jordan | 9.71 | 2016 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 9.39 | 2016 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 9.16 | 2021 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 8.45 | 2017 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 8.37 | 2016 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia | 8.09 | 2017 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 25 | Uruguay | 8.02 | 2019 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 26 | Belize | 7.96 | 1999 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 27 | Turkey | 7.44 | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Paraguay | 7.21 | 2017 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 29 | Jamaica | 7.18 | 2002 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 6.76 | 2017 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 31 | El Salvador | 5.99 | 2017 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 32 | South Africa | 5.85 | 2020 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Peru | 5.83 | 2016 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 34 | Brazil | 5.77 | 2020 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 35 | Egypt | 5.56 | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 36 | Honduras | 5.42 | 2017 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 5.19 | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 5.1 | 2020 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 39 | India | 4.87 | 2019 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 4.64 | 2016 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 41 | Pakistan | 4.58 | 2020 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 4.54 | 2015 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 4.48 | 2013 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 44 | Indonesia | 4.48 | 2019 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 45 | Moldova | 4.42 | 2012 | up 116.3% | rising |
| 46 | Philippines | 4.25 | 2019 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 47 | Norway | 3.94 | 2016 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 48 | Ghana | 3.9 | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Tanzania | 3.46 | 2020 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 3.25 | 2016 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 3.16 | 2016 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 52 | Poland | 2.66 | 2016 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 53 | Sweden | 2.49 | 2016 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 54 | Georgia | 2.47 | 2013 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 55 | Uganda | 1.87 | 2016 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 56 | Romania | 1.35 | 2016 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 57 | Croatia | 1.32 | 2016 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 58 | Rwanda | 1.24 | 2021 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 59 | Czechia | 0.4421 | 2016 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 60 | Iceland | 0.1768 | 2015 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 61 | Hungary | 0.0284 | 2016 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Cambodia | 0.0028 | 2012 | down 99.3% | volatile |