<< 2020Minimum wages 2021
<< 2020Comparison: Minimum wages
| Countries | Date | Nat. Curr. NMW | NMW | NMW | Ch. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2021 | 1,256.7 | $ | 1,256.7 $ | 1,024.1 € | -2.37% | |
| United Kingdom [+] | 2020 | 1,444.7 | £ | 1,780.4 $ | 1,583.3 € | -0.96% | |
| Germany [+] | 2021 | 1,585.0 | € | 1,980.5 $ | 1,585.0 € | 1.02% | |
| France [+] | 2021 | 1,554.6 | € | 1,907.6 $ | 1,554.6 € | 0.98% | |
| Japan [+] | 2020 | 156,173.3 | ¥ | 1,437.1 $ | 1,280.7 € | 5.58% | |
| Spain [+] | 2021 | 1,108.3 | € | 1,360.0 $ | 1,108.3 € | 0 | |
| Portugal [+] | 2021 | 775.8 | € | 952.0 $ | 775.8 € | 4.72% | |
| Greece [+] | 2021 | 758.3 | € | 930.6 $ | 758.3 € | 0 | |
| Ireland [+] | 2021 | 1,723.8 | € | 2,115.3 $ | 1,723.8 € | 0.99% | |
| Andorra [+] | 2015 | 975.9 | € | 1,184.8 $ | 975.9 € | ||
| Afghanistan [+] | 2019 | 5,500.0 | ؋ | 76.3 $ | |||
| Albania [+] | 2021 | 30,000.0 | Lek | 279.9 $ | 242.5 € | 13.62% | |
| Armenia [+] | 2020 | 680,000.0 | 1,417.6 $ | 1,265.7 € | 27.41% | ||
| Angola [+] | 2019 | 21,454.0 | 102.0 $ | ||||
| Argentina [+] | 2021 | 21,600.0 | $ | 582.2 $ | 235.8 € | 4.92% | |
| Australia [+] | 2020 | 3,238.3 | $ | 2,276.6 $ | 2,024.6 € | 3.81% | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2020 | 250.0 | ман | 147.1 $ | 131.3 € | 2.27% | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2019 | 1,500.0 | 17.9 $ | 15.7 € | 2.28% | ||
| Belgium [+] | 2021 | 1,625.7 | € | 1,994.9 $ | 1,625.7 € | 0 | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2018 | 34,664.0 | 62.1 $ | ||||
| Bulgaria [+] | 2021 | 650.0 | лв | 407.8 $ | 332.3 € | 6.56% | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2011 | 300.0 | 797.9 $ | 600.8 € | |||
| Burundi [+] | 2018 | 3,464.0 | 2.2 $ | ||||
| Benin [+] | 2013 | 31,625.0 | 62.0 $ | ||||
| Bolivia [+] | 2019 | 2,122.0 | $b | 309.3 $ | 270.3 € | 7.49% | |
| Brazil [+] | 2021 | 1,100.0 | R$ | 212.6 $ | 172.6 € | -25.42% | |
| Bahamas [+] | 2018 | 909.3 | $ | 909.3 $ | 800.5 € | 5.58% | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2014 | 3,750.0 | 51.2 $ | ||||
| Botswana [+] | 2019 | 1,408.2 | P | 131.5 $ | 114.8 € | 12.55% | |
| Belarus [+] | 2020 | 388.4 | p. | 184.6 $ | 165.1 € | 23.75% | |
| Belize [+] | 2019 | 643.5 | BZ$ | 322.0 $ | 283.3 € | 4.38% | |
| Canada [+] | 2020 | 2,367.7 | $ | 1,826.7 $ | 1,622.0 € | 9.63% | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2011 | 36,400.0 | 40.2 $ | ||||
| Switzerland [+] | 2019 | 3,776.2 | CHF | 3,840.7 $ | 3,351.0 € | 3.84% | |
| Ivory Coast [+] | 2018 | 60,000.0 | 121.5 $ | ||||
| Chile [+] | 2020 | 317,250.0 | $ | 426.1 $ | 381.2 € | 1.51% | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2014 | 32,270.0 | 57.2 $ | ||||
| China [+] | 2020 | 2,200.0 | ¥ | 316.0 $ | 281.3 € | 47.69% | |
| Colombia [+] | 2020 | 877,803.0 | $ | 266.5 $ | 238.2 € | 7.88% | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2020 | 276,120.0 | ₡ | 481.7 $ | 428.8 € | 11.12% | |
| Cuba [+] | 2019 | 400.0 | ₱ | ||||
| Cyprus [+] | 2019 | 870.0 | € | 996.2 $ | 870.0 € | 0 | |
| Czech Republic [+] | 2021 | 15,200.0 | Kč | 701.1 $ | 579.2 € | 0.80% | |
| 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 [+] | 2021 | 584.0 | € | 716.6 $ | 584.0 € | 0 | |
| Egypt [+] | 2013 | 700.0 | £ | 110.2 $ | 83.6 € | -7.27% | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2011 | 420.0 | 22.2 $ | ||||
| Fiji [+] | 2012 | 589.0 | $ | 299.3 $ | |||
| Gabon [+] | 2019 | 150,000.0 | 270.1 $ | ||||
| Georgia [+] | 2019 | 20.0 | 7.5 $ | 6.5 € | 1.40% | ||
| Ghana [+] | 2013 | 141.5 | ¢ | 75.1 $ | 56.9 € | -1.32% | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2013 | 1,300.0 | 40.5 $ | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2013 | 129,035.0 | 252.8 $ | ||||
| Guatemala [+] | 2013 | 2,392.0 | Q | 302.7 $ | 229.4 € | 1.25% | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2019 | 19,030.0 | 34.3 $ | ||||
| Guyana [+] | 2013 | 35,000.0 | $ | ||||
| Hong Kong [+] | 2016 | 6,191.9 | $ | 798.9 $ | 733.9 € | 37.30% | |
| Honduras [+] | 2013 | 6,532.0 | L | 327.2 $ | 248.0 € | -1.19% | |
| Croatia [+] | 2021 | 4,250.0 | kn | 631.3 $ | 562.8 € | 3.06% | |
| Haiti [+] | 2011 | 6,500.0 | 163.3 $ | ||||
| Hungary [+] | 2021 | 167,400.0 | Ft | 575.4 $ | 476.0 € | 7.59% | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2019 | 1,570,922.0 | Rp | 108.0 $ | 95.2 € | 6.32% | |
| Israel [+] | 2020 | 5,300.0 | ₪ | 1,530.5 $ | 1,364.4 € | 10.62% | |
| India [+] | 2013 | 2,990.0 | ₹ | 54.5 $ | 41.2 € | -5.29% | |
| Iraq [+] | 2019 | 400,000.0 | 338.2 $ | ||||
| Iran [+] | 2011 | 3,303,000.0 | ﷼ | 241.1 $ | 241.1 € | 14.17% | |
| Jamaica [+] | 2018 | 30,310.0 | J$ | 209.8 $ | |||
| Jordan [+] | 2013 | 150.0 | 211.3 $ | ||||
| Kenya [+] | 2012 | 13,471.0 | 158.4 $ | 122.4 € | 10.60% | ||
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2020 | 1,854.0 | лв | 25.1 $ | |||
| Cambodia [+] | 2019 | 182.0 | ៛ | 170.0 $ | |||
| Comoros [+] | 2019 | 55,000.0 | 132.0 $ | ||||
| South Korea [+] | 2020 | 1,795,310.0 | ₩ | 1,553.8 $ | 1,385.0 € | 1.42% | |
| Kuwait [+] | 2019 | 75.0 | 247.1 $ | 215.7 € | 4.08% | ||
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2020 | 42,500.0 | лв | 111.8 $ | 97.3 € | -0.19% | |
| Laos [+] | 2019 | 1,100,000.0 | ₭ | 130.9 $ | |||
| Lebanon [+] | 2019 | 675,000.0 | £ | 445.8 $ | 389.7 € | 4.74% | |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2019 | 12,500.0 | ₨ | 68.5 $ | 63.3 € | -7.16% | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2019 | 1,600.0 | 128.8 $ | ||||
| Lithuania [+] | 2021 | 642.0 | € | 787.8 $ | 642.0 € | 5.77% | |
| Luxembourg [+] | 2021 | 2,201.9 | € | 2,702.0 $ | 2,201.9 € | 2.80% | |
| Latvia [+] | 2021 | 500.0 | € | 613.6 $ | 500.0 € | 16.28% | |
| Libya [+] | 2013 | 450.0 | 198.2 $ | ||||
| Morocco [+] | 2013 | 2,334.0 | 277.6 $ | 209.4 € | -0.08% | ||
| Moldova [+] | 2020 | 1,000.0 | 56.4 $ | 51.6 € | 0.64% | ||
| Montenegro [+] | 2021 | 331.3 | € | 406.6 $ | 331.3 € | 0 | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2013 | 108,019.0 | 45.6 $ | ||||
| North Macedonia [+] | 2021 | 22,146.0 | ден | 333.4 $ | 359.0 € | 1.70% | |
| Mali [+] | 2016 | 40,000.0 | 59.2 $ | ||||
| Mongolia [+] | 2020 | 420,000.0 | ₮ | 120.1 $ | |||
| Mauritania [+] | 2011 | 30,000.0 | 106.4 $ | 81.0 € | 44.18% | ||
| Malta [+] | 2021 | 784.7 | € | 962.9 $ | 784.7 € | 0.98% | |
| 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 | 33.1 $ | ||||
| Mexico [+] | 2020 | 3,747.9 | $ | 198.7 $ | 176.6 € | 27.19% | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2019 | 1,100.0 | RM | 266.3 $ | 232.5 € | 12.83% | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2019 | 7,000.0 | MT | 109.7 $ | |||
| Niger [+] | 2013 | 30,047.0 | 58.9 $ | ||||
| Nigeria [+] | 2013 | 18,000.0 | ₦ | 115.9 $ | 87.9 € | -1.32% | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2013 | 3,484.0 | C$ | 145.0 $ | 109.9 € | 4.94% | |
| Netherlands [+] | 2021 | 1,701.0 | € | 2,067.4 $ | 1,701.0 € | 0.96% | |
| Nepal [+] | 2013 | 8,000.0 | ₨ | 91.2 $ | 69.1 € | 23.20% | |
| New Zealand [+] | 2020 | 3,224.0 | $ | 2,174.6 $ | 1,936.0 € | 11.90% | |
| Oman [+] | 2013 | 325.0 | ﷼ | 845.3 $ | 641.2 € | 59.49% | |
| Panama [+] | 2013 | 366.1 | B/. | 366.1 $ | 277.4 € | -1.93% | |
| Peru [+] | 2019 | 930.0 | S/. | 275.7 $ | 242.4 € | 1.20% | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2013 | 437.0 | 209.7 $ | ||||
| Philippines [+] | 2020 | 537.0 | ₱ | 10.6 $ | 9.4 € | 5.71% | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2019 | 17,500.0 | ₨ | 126.0 $ | 110.2 € | -3.15% | |
| Poland [+] | 2021 | 2,800.0 | zł | 758.4 $ | 614.1 € | 0.54% | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2013 | 1,450.0 | ₪ | ||||
| Paraguay [+] | 2019 | 2,192,839.0 | Gs | 367.9 $ | 321.0 € | 1.49% | |
| Romania [+] | 2021 | 2,300.0 | lei | 562.3 $ | 466.7 € | 1.89% | |
| Serbia [+] | 2021 | 43,044.0 | Дин | 450.0 $ | 366.0 € | 6.27% | |
| Russia [+] | 2020 | 12,130.0 | ₽ | 195.9 $ | 173.4 € | 22.54% | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2013 | 2,167.0 | 3.5 $ | ||||
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2013 | 3,000.0 | ﷼ | 800.0 $ | 606.8 € | ||
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2010 | 780.0 | $ | 96.8 $ | |||
| Sudan [+] | 2013 | 425.0 | 46.2 $ | ||||
| Slovenia [+] | 2021 | 1,024.2 | € | 1,256.8 $ | 1,024.2 € | 8.89% | |
| Slovakia [+] | 2021 | 623.0 | € | 764.5 $ | 623.0 € | 7.41% | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2013 | 25,000.0 | |||||
| San Marino [+] | 2019 | 1,501.5 | € | 1,719.2 $ | 1,501.5 € | 0 | |
| Senegal [+] | 2019 | 55,000.0 | 94.5 $ | ||||
| El Salvador [+] | 2018 | 304.2 | $ | 304.2 $ | 253.6 € | -10.89% | |
| Syria [+] | 2019 | 9,765.0 | £ | 19.8 $ | |||
| Swaziland [+] | 2018 | 420.0 | 31.5 $ | ||||
| Chad [+] | 2013 | 60,000.0 | 117.5 $ | ||||
| Togo [+] | 2018 | 35,000.0 | 60.3 $ | ||||
| Thailand [+] | 2019 | 6,840.8 | ฿ | 211.7 $ | 184.6 € | 2.65% | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2020 | 400.0 | 42.0 $ | ||||
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2019 | 115.0 | $ | 115.0 $ | 104.7 € | 4.26% | |
| Tunisia [+] | 2012 | 259.0 | 172.6 $ | 133.6 € | 4.41% | ||
| Turkey [+] | 2021 | 3,577.5 | ₤ | 481.8 $ | 392.6 € | -10.84% | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2019 | 3,640.0 | TT$ | 536.9 $ | 468.8 € | 21.88% | |
| Taiwan [+] | 2013 | 19,047.0 | NT$ | 655.7 $ | 497.0 € | 3.72% | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2019 | 100,000.0 | 44.2 $ | ||||
| Ukraine [+] | 2020 | 4,723.0 | ₴ | 199.4 $ | 178.8 € | 33.79% | |
| Uganda [+] | 2018 | 6,000.0 | 1.7 $ | 1.4 € | -12.66% | ||
| Uruguay [+] | 2019 | 15,000.0 | $U | 463.1 $ | 404.9 € | -13.27% | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2019 | 634,880.0 | л | 21.3 $ | |||
| Venezuela [+] | 2020 | 40,000,000.0 | Bs | 860.1 $ | 141.5 € | 255.54% | |
| Vietnam [+] | 2020 | 4,420,000.0 | ₫ | 181.3 $ | |||
| South Africa [+] | 2019 | 3,500.0 | R | 243.4 $ | 212.6 € | -4.82% | |
| Zambia [+] | 2018 | 1.7 | 0.2 $ | 0.1 € | |||
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.