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<< 2019Comparison: Minimum wages
| Countries | Date | Nat. Curr. NMW | NMW | NMW | Ch. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2020 | 1,256.7 | $ | 1,256.7 $ | 1,118.6 € | 1.92% | |
| United Kingdom [+] | 2020 | 1,360.2 | £ | 1,804.8 $ | 1,598.7 € | 5.38% | |
| Germany [+] | 2020 | 1,584.0 | € | 1,779.5 $ | 1,584.0 € | 1.73% | |
| France [+] | 2020 | 1,539.4 | € | 1,729.4 $ | 1,539.4 € | 1.20% | |
| Japan [+] | 2017 | 148,113.3 | ¥ | 1,268.3 $ | 1,200.3 € | 9.45% | |
| Spain [+] | 2020 | 1,108.3 | € | 1,245.1 $ | 1,108.3 € | 5.56% | |
| Portugal [+] | 2020 | 740.8 | € | 832.3 $ | 740.8 € | 5.83% | |
| Greece [+] | 2020 | 758.3 | € | 851.9 $ | 758.3 € | 0 | |
| Ireland [+] | 2020 | 1,656.2 | € | 1,860.6 $ | 1,656.2 € | 0 | |
| Andorra [+] | 2015 | 975.9 | € | 1,184.8 $ | 975.9 € | ||
| Afghanistan [+] | 2013 | 5,000.0 | ؋ | ||||
| Albania [+] | 2020 | 26,000.0 | Lek | 242.5 $ | 213.5 € | 1.32% | |
| Armenia [+] | 2014 | 66,138.0 | 163.1 $ | 118.2 € | 39.80% | ||
| Angola [+] | 2018 | 21,454.0 | |||||
| Argentina [+] | 2019 | 16,875.0 | $ | 454.8 $ | 270.3 € | 10.52% | |
| Australia [+] | 2018 | 3,063.9 | $ | 2,389.9 $ | 1,996.6 € | -1.65% | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2018 | 130.0 | ман | 76.5 $ | 64.0 € | 2.89% | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2018 | 8,000.0 | 97.2 $ | 82.1 € | 62.89% | ||
| Belgium [+] | 2020 | 1,593.8 | € | 1,790.5 $ | 1,593.8 € | 0 | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2018 | 34,664.0 | |||||
| Bulgaria [+] | 2020 | 610.0 | лв | 350.4 $ | 311.9 € | 8.93% | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2011 | 300.0 | 797.9 $ | 600.8 € | |||
| Burundi [+] | 2013 | 3,467.0 | |||||
| Benin [+] | 2013 | 31,625.0 | |||||
| Bolivia [+] | 2017 | 2,000.0 | $b | 291.6 $ | 278.3 € | 15.50% | |
| Brazil [+] | 2018 | 954.0 | R$ | 288.4 $ | 240.1 € | -12.09% | |
| Bahamas [+] | 2018 | 210.0 | $ | 210.0 $ | 175.1 € | -63.60% | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2013 | 3,000.0 | |||||
| Botswana [+] | 2013 | 780.0 | P | 100.2 $ | 76.0 € | 1.06% | |
| Belarus [+] | 2018 | 305.0 | p. | 154.6 $ | 129.5 € | -0.06% | |
| Belize [+] | 2012 | 644.0 | BZ$ | 322.2 $ | 248.8 € | 9.98% | |
| Canada [+] | 2018 | 2,229.1 | $ | 1,780.8 $ | 1,482.2 € | 6.70% | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2011 | 36,400.0 | |||||
| Ivory Coast [+] | 2018 | 60,000.0 | |||||
| Chile [+] | 2018 | 282,000.0 | $ | 458.4 $ | 382.2 € | -0.43% | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2014 | 32,270.0 | |||||
| China [+] | 2018 | 2,120.0 | ¥ | 325.6 $ | 271.6 € | 59.51% | |
| Colombia [+] | 2018 | 781,242.0 | $ | 262.9 $ | 220.3 € | -5.54% | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2018 | 262,298.1 | ₡ | 460.4 $ | 383.9 € | 1.40% | |
| Cuba [+] | 2011 | 225.0 | ₱ | ||||
| Cyprus [+] | 2018 | 870.0 | € | 1,043.4 $ | 870.0 € | 0 | |
| Czech Republic [+] | 2020 | 14,600.0 | Kč | 686.6 $ | 574.6 € | 10.72% | |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2013 | 6,880.0 | RD$ | 170.9 $ | 129.6 € | 7.61% | |
| Algeria [+] | 2013 | 18,000.0 | 230.5 $ | 173.4 € | -5.27% | ||
| Ecuador [+] | 2013 | 318.0 | $ | 318.0 $ | 241.0 € | 6.80% | |
| Estonia [+] | 2020 | 584.0 | € | 656.1 $ | 584.0 € | 8.15% | |
| Egypt [+] | 2013 | 700.0 | £ | 110.2 $ | 83.6 € | -7.27% | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2011 | 420.0 | |||||
| Fiji [+] | 2012 | 589.0 | $ | ||||
| Gabon [+] | 2013 | 150,000.0 | |||||
| Georgia [+] | 2018 | 20.0 | 7.7 $ | 6.4 € | -23.30% | ||
| Ghana [+] | 2013 | 141.5 | ¢ | 75.1 $ | 56.9 € | -1.32% | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2013 | 1,300.0 | |||||
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2013 | 129,035.0 | |||||
| Guatemala [+] | 2013 | 2,392.0 | Q | 302.7 $ | 229.4 € | 1.25% | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2013 | 19,030.0 | |||||
| Guyana [+] | 2013 | 35,000.0 | $ | ||||
| Hong Kong [+] | 2013 | 6,370.0 | $ | 821.9 $ | 622.9 € | 5.32% | |
| Honduras [+] | 2013 | 6,532.0 | L | 327.3 $ | 248.1 € | -1.17% | |
| Croatia [+] | 2020 | 4,062.5 | kn | 610.9 $ | 546.1 € | 7.94% | |
| Haiti [+] | 2011 | 6,500.0 | |||||
| Hungary [+] | 2020 | 161,000.0 | Ft | 612.3 $ | 487.1 € | 4.93% | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2013 | 1,332,400.0 | Rp | 137.8 $ | 104.8 € | 9.86% | |
| Israel [+] | 2018 | 5,300.0 | ₪ | 1,528.7 $ | 1,273.0 € | 3.05% | |
| India [+] | 2013 | 2,990.0 | ₹ | 54.5 $ | 41.2 € | -5.29% | |
| Iran [+] | 2011 | 3,303,000.0 | ﷼ | 319.0 $ | 240.2 € | 14.04% | |
| Jamaica [+] | 2013 | 21,667.0 | J$ | ||||
| Jordan [+] | 2013 | 150.0 | |||||
| Kenya [+] | 2012 | 13,471.0 | 158.4 $ | 122.4 € | 10.60% | ||
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2011 | 690.0 | лв | ||||
| Cambodia [+] | 2013 | 80.0 | ៛ | ||||
| Comoros [+] | 2013 | 55,000.0 | |||||
| South Korea [+] | 2018 | 1,573,770.0 | ₩ | 1,468.9 $ | 1,229.9 € | 15.45% | |
| Kuwait [+] | 2011 | 60.0 | 213.8 $ | 161.0 € | 10.87% | ||
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2013 | 18,660.0 | лв | 124.2 $ | 94.2 € | 3.45% | |
| Laos [+] | 2013 | 626,000.0 | ₭ | ||||
| Lebanon [+] | 2011 | 500,000.0 | £ | 330.3 $ | 249.3 € | ||
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2009 | 5,888.0 | ₨ | 52.2 $ | 37.4 € | 13.27% | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2019 | 1,600.0 | |||||
| Lithuania [+] | 2020 | 607.0 | € | 681.9 $ | 607.0 € | 9.37% | |
| Luxembourg [+] | 2020 | 2,142.0 | € | 2,406.3 $ | 2,142.0 € | 2.50% | |
| Latvia [+] | 2020 | 430.0 | € | 483.1 $ | 430.0 € | 0 | |
| Libya [+] | 2013 | 450.0 | |||||
| Morocco [+] | 2013 | 2,334.0 | 277.6 $ | 209.4 € | -0.08% | ||
| Moldova [+] | 2018 | 1,000.0 | 58.5 $ | 49.0 € | 2.36% | ||
| Montenegro [+] | 2020 | 331.3 | € | 372.2 $ | 331.3 € | 0 | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2013 | 108,019.0 | |||||
| North Macedonia [+] | 2018 | 17,370.0 | ден | 282.5 € | 1.40% | ||
| Mali [+] | 2016 | 40,000.0 | |||||
| Mongolia [+] | 2018 | 320,000.0 | ₮ | ||||
| Mauritania [+] | 2011 | 30,000.0 | 106.4 $ | 81.0 € | 44.18% | ||
| Malta [+] | 2020 | 777.1 | € | 873.0 $ | 777.1 € | 1.99% | |
| Mauritius [+] | 2013 | 4,493.0 | ₨ | 147.1 $ | 111.6 € | 1.00% | |
| Maldives [+] | 2010 | 3,100.0 | 242.4 $ | 169.1 € | |||
| Malawi [+] | 2013 | 8,242.0 | |||||
| Mexico [+] | 2018 | 2,687.6 | $ | 136.7 $ | 113.6 € | 1.58% | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2018 | 1,100.0 | RM | 270.8 $ | 226.6 € | 18.25% | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2013 | 3,943.0 | MT | ||||
| Niger [+] | 2013 | 30,047.0 | |||||
| Nigeria [+] | 2013 | 18,000.0 | ₦ | 115.9 $ | 87.9 € | -1.32% | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2013 | 3,484.0 | C$ | 145.0 $ | 109.9 € | 4.94% | |
| Netherlands [+] | 2020 | 1,635.6 | € | 1,837.4 $ | 1,635.6 € | 0 | |
| Nepal [+] | 2013 | 8,000.0 | ₨ | 91.2 $ | 69.1 € | 23.20% | |
| New Zealand [+] | 2018 | 2,805.8 | $ | 1,991.3 $ | 1,665.2 € | -6.80% | |
| Oman [+] | 2013 | 325.0 | ﷼ | 845.3 $ | 641.2 € | 59.49% | |
| Panama [+] | 2013 | 366.1 | B/. | 366.1 $ | 277.4 € | -1.93% | |
| Peru [+] | 2018 | 930.0 | S/. | 287.2 $ | 239.5 € | -1.28% | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2013 | 437.0 | |||||
| Philippines [+] | 2013 | 12,154.8 | ₱ | 295.1 $ | 224.6 € | 7.19% | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2017 | 16,000.0 | ₨ | 152.7 $ | 144.8 € | 85.98% | |
| Poland [+] | 2020 | 2,600.0 | zł | 731.2 $ | 610.8 € | 16.77% | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2013 | 1,450.0 | ₪ | ||||
| Paraguay [+] | 2017 | 1,964,507.0 | Gs | 340.7 $ | 325.6 € | 13.11% | |
| Romania [+] | 2020 | 2,230.0 | lei | 523.4 $ | 466.2 € | 4.53% | |
| Serbia [+] | 2020 | 40,502.0 | Дин | 386.0 $ | 343.5 € | 11.37% | |
| Russia [+] | 2018 | 10,605.0 | ₽ | 184.1 $ | 152.8 € | 28.46% | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2013 | 2,167.0 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2013 | 3,000.0 | ﷼ | 800.0 $ | 606.8 € | ||
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2010 | 780.0 | $ | ||||
| Sudan [+] | 2013 | 425.0 | |||||
| Slovenia [+] | 2020 | 940.6 | € | 1,056.7 $ | 940.6 € | 6.08% | |
| Slovakia [+] | 2020 | 580.0 | € | 651.6 $ | 580.0 € | 11.54% | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2013 | 25,000.0 | |||||
| Senegal [+] | 2013 | 36,244.0 | |||||
| El Salvador [+] | 2018 | 304.2 | $ | 304.2 $ | 253.6 € | -10.89% | |
| Syria [+] | 2010 | 6,110.0 | £ | ||||
| Swaziland [+] | 2013 | 657.0 | |||||
| Chad [+] | 2013 | 60,000.0 | |||||
| Togo [+] | 2018 | 35,000.0 | |||||
| Thailand [+] | 2013 | 7,800.0 | ฿ | 255.0 $ | 193.3 € | 1.59% | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2013 | 250.0 | |||||
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2013 | 115.0 | $ | 115.0 $ | 87.2 € | -1.94% | |
| Tunisia [+] | 2012 | 259.0 | 172.6 $ | 133.6 € | 4.41% | ||
| Turkey [+] | 2020 | 2,943.0 | ₤ | 495.0 $ | 440.3 € | 4.27% | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2013 | 2,167.0 | TT$ | 337.6 $ | 256.1 € | -1.91% | |
| Taiwan [+] | 2013 | 19,047.0 | NT$ | 655.7 $ | 497.0 € | 3.72% | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2013 | 100,000.0 | |||||
| Ukraine [+] | 2018 | 3,723.0 | ₴ | 133.2 $ | 112.4 € | -0.17% | |
| Uganda [+] | 2013 | 6,000.0 | 2.2 $ | 1.7 € | -9.14% | ||
| Uruguay [+] | 2018 | 15,000.0 | $U | 521.5 $ | 521.5 € | 68.86% | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2018 | 172,240.0 | л | ||||
| Venezuela [+] | 2013 | 2,973.0 | Bs | 693.1 $ | 525.8 € | 42.48% | |
| Vietnam [+] | 2015 | 1,150,000.0 | ₫ | ||||
| South Africa [+] | 2013 | 2,474.0 | R | 291.6 $ | 221.4 € | 0.97% | |
| Zambia [+] | 2013 | 0.7 | |||||
The National Minimum Wage or MNW is a minimum salary that most workers are entitled to be paid.
The data shown here is a monthly rate, even if in some countries is an hourly or weekly rate.