<< 2016Minimum wages 2017
<< 2016Comparison: Minimum wages
| Countries | Date | Nat. Curr. NMW | NMW | NMW | Ch. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2017 | 1,256.7 | $ | 1,256.7 $ | 1,192.2 € | 3.28% | |
| United Kingdom [+] | 2017 | 1,196.0 | £ | 1,475.5 $ | 1,396.9 € | -3.47% | |
| Germany [+] | 2017 | 1,498.0 | € | 1,579.0 $ | 1,498.0 € | 4.03% | |
| France [+] | 2017 | 1,480.3 | € | 1,560.4 $ | 1,480.3 € | 0.93% | |
| Japan [+] | 2015 | 139,403.3 | ¥ | 1,155.5 $ | 959.9 € | 2.16% | |
| Spain [+] | 2017 | 825.7 | € | 870.3 $ | 825.7 € | 8.01% | |
| Portugal [+] | 2017 | 649.8 | € | 685.0 $ | 649.8 € | 5.09% | |
| Greece [+] | 2017 | 683.8 | € | 720.8 $ | 683.8 € | 0 | |
| Ireland [+] | 2017 | 1,563.3 | € | 1,647.8 $ | 1,563.3 € | 1.09% | |
| Andorra [+] | 2015 | 975.9 | € | 1,184.8 $ | 975.9 € | ||
| Afghanistan [+] | 2013 | 5,000.0 | ؋ | ||||
| Albania [+] | 2017 | 24,000.0 | Lek | 200.0 $ | 181.0 € | 11.26% | |
| Armenia [+] | 2014 | 66,138.0 | 163.1 $ | 118.2 € | 39.80% | ||
| Angola [+] | 2010 | 9,371.0 | |||||
| Argentina [+] | 2017 | 8,860.0 | $ | 533.8 $ | 470.8 € | -1.91% | |
| Australia [+] | 2016 | 2,880.8 | $ | 2,104.7 $ | 1,933.8 € | 1.98% | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2016 | 105.0 | ман | 67.3 $ | 61.6 € | -44.14% | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2013 | 5,300.0 | 66.4 $ | 50.4 € | 78.11% | ||
| Belgium [+] | 2017 | 1,562.6 | € | 1,753.4 $ | 1,562.6 € | 2.00% | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2013 | 30,684.0 | |||||
| Bulgaria [+] | 2017 | 460.0 | лв | 247.9 $ | 235.2 € | 9.52% | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2011 | 300.0 | 797.9 $ | 600.8 € | |||
| Burundi [+] | 2013 | 3,467.0 | |||||
| Benin [+] | 2013 | 31,625.0 | |||||
| Bolivia [+] | 2014 | 1,440.0 | $b | 209.9 $ | 152.2 € | 14.81% | |
| Brazil [+] | 2016 | 880.0 | R$ | 225.4 $ | 204.1 € | -16.58% | |
| 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 [+] | 2015 | 2,180,058.0 | p. | 184.0 $ | 151.6 € | 7.68% | |
| Belize [+] | 2012 | 644.0 | BZ$ | 322.2 $ | 248.8 € | 9.98% | |
| Canada [+] | 2016 | 1,906.7 | $ | 1,377.7 $ | 1,261.4 € | -4.18% | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2011 | 36,400.0 | |||||
| Ivory Coast [+] | 2013 | 60,000.0 | |||||
| Chile [+] | 2016 | 253,750.0 | $ | 358.7 $ | 329.5 € | 4.85% | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2014 | 32,270.0 | |||||
| China [+] | 2013 | 1,400.0 | ¥ | 224.7 $ | 170.3 € | 10.28% | |
| Colombia [+] | 2017 | 737,717.0 | $ | 245.9 $ | 233.2 € | 15.99% | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2016 | 293,133.0 | ₡ | 526.1 $ | 433.4 € | 12.44% | |
| Cuba [+] | 2011 | 225.0 | ₱ | ||||
| Cyprus [+] | 2016 | 870.0 | € | 947.2 $ | 870.0 € | 0 | |
| Czech Republic [+] | 2017 | 11,000.0 | Kč | 422.0 $ | 407.1 € | 11.12% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 470.0 | € | 495.4 $ | 470.0 € | 9.30% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 3,276.0 | kn | 457.0 $ | 433.4 € | 6.09% | |
| Haiti [+] | 2011 | 6,500.0 | |||||
| Hungary [+] | 2017 | 127,500.0 | Ft | 434.1 $ | 411.5 € | 17.15% | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2013 | 1,332,400.0 | Rp | 137.8 $ | 104.8 € | 9.86% | |
| Israel [+] | 2017 | 5,150.0 | ₪ | 1,339.4 $ | 1,272.3 € | 14.09% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 1,352,230.0 | ₩ | 1,123.4 $ | 1,065.3 € | 8.26% | |
| 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 | ₨ | 52.0 $ | 37.4 € | 13.27% | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2011 | 935.0 | |||||
| Lithuania [+] | 2017 | 380.0 | € | 400.6 $ | 380.0 € | 0 | |
| Luxembourg [+] | 2017 | 1,998.6 | € | 2,106.7 $ | 1,998.6 € | 3.93% | |
| Latvia [+] | 2017 | 380.0 | € | 400.6 $ | 380.0 € | 2.70% | |
| Libya [+] | 2013 | 450.0 | |||||
| Morocco [+] | 2013 | 2,334.0 | 277.6 $ | 209.4 € | -0.08% | ||
| Moldova [+] | 2016 | 1,000.0 | 50.9 $ | 46.6 € | -11.55% | ||
| 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 [+] | 2013 | 28,460.0 | |||||
| Mongolia [+] | 2015 | 192,000.0 | ₮ | ||||
| Mauritania [+] | 2011 | 30,000.0 | 106.4 $ | 81.0 € | 44.18% | ||
| Malta [+] | 2017 | 735.6 | € | 775.4 $ | 735.6 € | 1.04% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 2,081.0 | $ | 100.9 $ | 95.6 € | -4.80% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 1,551.6 | € | 1,635.5 $ | 1,551.6 € | 0.94% | |
| Nepal [+] | 2013 | 8,000.0 | ₨ | 91.2 $ | 69.1 € | 23.20% | |
| New Zealand [+] | 2016 | 2,621.7 | $ | 1,795.3 $ | 1,646.5 € | 0.83% | |
| Oman [+] | 2013 | 325.0 | ﷼ | 845.3 $ | 641.2 € | 59.49% | |
| Panama [+] | 2013 | 366.1 | B/. | 366.1 $ | 277.4 € | -1.93% | |
| Peru [+] | 2016 | 850.0 | S/. | 249.4 $ | 229.1 € | 10.91% | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2013 | 437.0 | |||||
| Philippines [+] | 2013 | 12,154.8 | ₱ | 295.1 $ | 224.6 € | 7.19% | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2013 | 10,000.0 | ₨ | 102.7 $ | 77.9 € | 13.31% | |
| Poland [+] | 2017 | 2,000.0 | zł | 478.6 $ | 453.5 € | 4.52% | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2013 | 1,450.0 | ₪ | ||||
| Paraguay [+] | 2017 | 1,964,507.0 | Gs | 340.7 $ | 325.6 € | 13.11% | |
| Romania [+] | 2017 | 1,450.0 | lei | 355.0 $ | 318.5 € | -0.46% | |
| Serbia [+] | 2017 | 30,586.0 | Дин | 278.7 $ | 249.4 € | 0.57% | |
| Russia [+] | 2016 | 6,204.0 | ₽ | 85.1 $ | 76.9 € | -6.73% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 805.0 | € | 848.5 $ | 805.0 € | 1.80% | |
| Slovakia [+] | 2017 | 435.0 | € | 458.5 $ | 435.0 € | 7.41% | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2013 | 25,000.0 | |||||
| Senegal [+] | 2013 | 36,244.0 | |||||
| El Salvador [+] | 2013 | 197.6 | $ | 197.6 $ | 149.8 € | 2.00% | |
| 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 [+] | 2017 | 1,777.5 | ₤ | 504.6 $ | 479.5 € | -7.53% | |
| 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.