<< 2018Minimum wages 2019
<< 2018Comparison: Minimum wages
| Countries | Date | Nat. Curr. NMW | NMW | NMW | Ch. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2019 | 1,256.7 | $ | 1,256.7 $ | 1,097.5 € | 4.74% | |
| United Kingdom [+] | 2019 | 1,300.0 | £ | 1,659.2 $ | 1,453.3 € | -0.95% | |
| Germany [+] | 2019 | 1,557.0 | € | 1,782.8 $ | 1,557.0 € | 3.94% | |
| France [+] | 2019 | 1,521.2 | € | 1,741.8 $ | 1,521.2 € | 1.52% | |
| Japan [+] | 2017 | 148,113.3 | ¥ | 1,268.3 $ | 1,200.3 € | 9.45% | |
| Spain [+] | 2019 | 1,050.0 | € | 1,202.3 $ | 1,050.0 € | 22.30% | |
| Portugal [+] | 2019 | 700.0 | € | 801.5 $ | 700.0 € | 3.45% | |
| Greece [+] | 2019 | 683.8 | € | 782.9 $ | 683.8 € | 0 | |
| Ireland [+] | 2019 | 1,656.2 | € | 1,896.4 $ | 1,656.2 € | 2.62% | |
| Andorra [+] | 2015 | 975.9 | € | 1,184.8 $ | 975.9 € | ||
| Afghanistan [+] | 2013 | 5,000.0 | ؋ | ||||
| Albania [+] | 2019 | 26,000.0 | Lek | 242.5 $ | 210.7 € | 16.70% | |
| Armenia [+] | 2014 | 66,138.0 | 163.1 $ | 118.2 € | 39.80% | ||
| Angola [+] | 2010 | 9,371.0 | |||||
| Argentina [+] | 2019 | 11,900.0 | $ | 320.7 $ | 268.1 € | 1.71% | |
| Australia [+] | 2018 | 3,063.9 | $ | 2,389.9 $ | 1,996.6 € | -1.65% | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2017 | 116.0 | ман | 65.5 $ | 62.2 € | 1.01% | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2013 | 5,300.0 | 66.4 $ | 50.4 € | 78.11% | ||
| Belgium [+] | 2019 | 1,593.8 | € | 1,824.9 $ | 1,593.8 € | 2.00% | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2013 | 30,684.0 | |||||
| Bulgaria [+] | 2019 | 560.0 | лв | 327.9 $ | 286.3 € | 9.81% | |
| 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 [+] | 2010 | 693.0 | $ | 693.0 $ | 481.1 € | -3.39% | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2013 | 3,000.0 | |||||
| Botswana [+] | 2013 | 780.0 | P | 100.2 $ | 76.0 € | 1.06% | |
| Belarus [+] | 2017 | 265.0 | p. | 135.3 $ | 129.6 € | 20.22% | |
| 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 [+] | 2013 | 60,000.0 | |||||
| Chile [+] | 2018 | 282,000.0 | $ | 458.4 $ | 382.2 € | -0.43% | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2014 | 32,270.0 | |||||
| China [+] | 2013 | 1,400.0 | ¥ | 224.7 $ | 170.3 € | 10.28% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 870.0 | € | 917.1 $ | 870.0 € | 0 | |
| Czech Republic [+] | 2019 | 13,350.0 | Kč | 627.8 $ | 519.0 € | 8.62% | |
| 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 [+] | 2019 | 540.0 | € | 618.3 $ | 540.0 € | 8.00% | |
| Egypt [+] | 2013 | 700.0 | £ | 110.2 $ | 83.6 € | -7.27% | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2011 | 420.0 | |||||
| Fiji [+] | 2012 | 589.0 | $ | ||||
| Gabon [+] | 2013 | 150,000.0 | |||||
| Georgia [+] | 2014 | 20.0 | 11.5 $ | 8.4 € | -8.62% | ||
| 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 [+] | 2019 | 3,750.0 | kn | 523.1 $ | 505.9 € | 9.42% | |
| Haiti [+] | 2011 | 6,500.0 | |||||
| Hungary [+] | 2019 | 149,000.0 | Ft | 566.7 $ | 464.2 € | 4.39% | |
| 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 [+] | 2011 | 935.0 | |||||
| Lithuania [+] | 2019 | 555.0 | € | 635.5 $ | 555.0 € | 38.75% | |
| Luxembourg [+] | 2019 | 2,071.1 | € | 2,371.4 $ | 2,071.1 € | 3.63% | |
| Latvia [+] | 2019 | 430.0 | € | 492.4 $ | 430.0 € | 0 | |
| Libya [+] | 2013 | 450.0 | |||||
| Morocco [+] | 2013 | 2,334.0 | 277.6 $ | 209.4 € | -0.08% | ||
| Moldova [+] | 2017 | 1,000.0 | 50.1 $ | 47.9 € | 2.81% | ||
| Montenegro [+] | 2017 | 288.1 | € | 303.6 $ | 288.1 € | 0 | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2013 | 108,019.0 | |||||
| Republic of Macedonia [+] | 2017 | 14,739.0 | ден | 239.7 € | 1.56% | ||
| Mali [+] | 2016 | 40,000.0 | |||||
| Mongolia [+] | 2017 | 240,000.0 | ₮ | ||||
| Mauritania [+] | 2011 | 30,000.0 | 106.4 $ | 81.0 € | 44.18% | ||
| Malta [+] | 2019 | 757.6 | € | 867.5 $ | 757.6 € | 1.35% | |
| 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 [+] | 2013 | 900.0 | RM | 294.4 $ | 223.1 € | ||
| 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 [+] | 2019 | 1,615.8 | € | 1,850.1 $ | 1,615.8 € | 1.35% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 850.0 | S/. | 253.6 $ | 242.6 € | 5.89% | |
| 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 [+] | 2019 | 2,250.0 | zł | 632.8 $ | 523.1 € | 4.05% | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2013 | 1,450.0 | ₪ | ||||
| Paraguay [+] | 2017 | 1,964,507.0 | Gs | 340.7 $ | 325.6 € | 13.11% | |
| Romania [+] | 2019 | 2,080.0 | lei | 510.6 $ | 446.0 € | 9.36% | |
| Serbia [+] | 2019 | 36,408.3 | Дин | 352.2 $ | 308.0 € | 9.04% | |
| 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 [+] | 2019 | 886.6 | € | 1,015.2 $ | 886.6 € | 5.20% | |
| Slovakia [+] | 2019 | 520.0 | € | 595.4 $ | 520.0 € | 8.33% | |
| 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 [+] | 2011 | 28,000.0 | |||||
| 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 [+] | 2019 | 2,558.4 | ₤ | 485.9 $ | 422.3 € | -5.41% | |
| 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 [+] | 2015 | 1,378.0 | ₴ | 87.4 $ | 71.7 € | -38.01% | |
| Uganda [+] | 2013 | 6,000.0 | 2.2 $ | 1.7 € | -9.14% | ||
| Uruguay [+] | 2013 | 7,920.0 | $U | 408.3 $ | 308.8 € | 10.57% | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2013 | 96,105.0 | 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 | 700.0 | |||||
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.