Countries by monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars
Luxembourg had the highest monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars of 114 countries in 2021, at 2,292 international $. Syria had the lowest, at 19 international $. The median was 525 international $. Source: International Labour Organization.
Map of countries, 2021
- Under 190
- 190 to 300
- 300 to 510
- 510 to 770
- 770 to 1,300
- 1,300 and over
- No data
Top 40 countries, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 2,292 | +3.1% |
| 2 | New Zealand | 2,226 | +5% |
| 3 | Australia | 2,226 | +5.2% |
| 4 | Germany | 2,157 | +4.8% |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2,126 | +3.2% |
| 6 | Belgium | 2,033 | -0.3% |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 2,007 | +4.4% |
| 8 | France | 1,963 | +1.1% |
| 9 | South Korea | 1,896 | +2.6% |
| 10 | Ireland | 1,799 | +4.8% |
| 11 | Andorra | 1,755 | +7.6% |
| 12 | Slovenia | 1,696 | +10.4% |
| 13 | Spain | 1,693 | +4.9% |
| 14 | Oman | 1,580 | -1.7% |
| 15 | Poland | 1,464 | +3.7% |
| 16 | Israel | 1,309 | +4% |
| 17 | Lithuania | 1,294 | +4.7% |
| 18 | Portugal | 1,267 | +8.3% |
| 19 | United States | 1,257 | 0% |
| 20 | Greece | 1,254 | +2.6% |
| 21 | Malta | 1,237 | 0% |
| 22 | Romania | 1,205 | +1.6% |
| 23 | Croatia | 1,174 | +8.1% |
| 24 | Türkiye | 1,163 | +0.2% |
| 25 | Slovakia | 1,091 | +9.8% |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 1,060 | +11.2% |
| 27 | Czechia | 1,027 | -0.3% |
| 28 | Hungary | 989 | +0.3% |
| 29 | Latvia | 960 | +23% |
| 30 | Dominica | 959 | +95.1% |
| 31 | Estonia | 926 | -4.4% |
| 32 | Serbia | 887 | +5.9% |
| 33 | Bolivia | 884 | +6.3% |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 863 | +7.1% |
| 35 | Paraguay | 831 | +1.3% |
| 36 | Ecuador | 824 | +5.8% |
| 37 | Palau | 820 | +2% |
| 38 | Montenegro | 806 | +2.3% |
| 39 | Bahamas | 776 | +0.1% |
| 40 | Jordan | 756 | +16.8% |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 746 | +3.2% |
| 42 | Argentina | 744 | +8.5% |
| 43 | Fiji | 722 | +2.7% |
| 44 | Chile | 700 | +1.7% |
| 45 | Morocco | 691 | +11.2% |
| 46 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 687 | +3.5% |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 674 | +14.6% |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 663 | +4.3% |
| 49 | Marshall Islands | 655 | +2.4% |
| 50 | Uruguay | 640 | +9.1% |
| 51 | Turkmenistan | 609 | +4.3% |
| 52 | Colombia | 587 | -1.2% |
| 53 | Belize | 576 | +6.1% |
| 54 | Albania | 574 | +14% |
| 55 | Barbados | 559 | +38.1% |
| 56 | Iran | 553 | -2.7% |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 533 | +1.1% |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 518 | -2.7% |
| 59 | Algeria | 508 | -3.1% |
| 60 | Belarus | 507 | -6.5% |
| 61 | Gabon | 500 | +4.5% |
| 62 | Russia | 497 | +3.7% |
| 63 | Peru | 485 | -1.2% |
| 64 | Brazil | 449 | +0.7% |
| 65 | Tunisia | 446 | +4.3% |
| 66 | Guyana | 444 | +3.9% |
| 67 | Nepal | 443 | +10.4% |
| 68 | Mongolia | 438 | -2.6% |
| 69 | Armenia | 414 | -3.6% |
| 70 | Equatorial Guinea | 408 | +5% |
| 71 | Republic of the Congo | 371 | +5.9% |
| 72 | Samoa | 349 | +1.5% |
| 73 | Qatar | 343 | -6.1% |
| 74 | Laos | 337 | -0.3% |
| 75 | Jamaica | 335 | -6% |
| 76 | Mexico | 329 | +14.6% |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 317 | +2.3% |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 299 | -4% |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 283 | -1.8% |
| 80 | Lesotho | 278 | -1.8% |
| 81 | Chad | 278 | +4.8% |
| 82 | Suriname | 276 | -31.6% |
| 83 | Timor-Leste | 258 | -3.3% |
| 84 | Côte d’Ivoire | 252 | -1.2% |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 251 | +0.2% |
| 86 | Myanmar | 250 | -12.8% |
| 87 | Senegal | 243 | +2.9% |
| 88 | Comoros | 241 | +2.5% |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 239 | +2.5% |
| 90 | India | 238 | +1.6% |
| 91 | Libya | 235 | -17.4% |
| 92 | Solomon Islands | 220 | +4.8% |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 214 | +5.1% |
| 94 | Mali | 207 | -0.9% |
| 95 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 198 | -4.6% |
| 96 | Nigeria | 193 | -8.3% |
| 97 | Benin | 183 | -0.1% |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 180 | -0.4% |
| 99 | Cameroon | 180 | +5.5% |
| 100 | Malawi | 177 | +42.3% |
| 101 | Togo | 159 | +2% |
| 102 | Madagascar | 148 | -2.8% |
| 103 | Niger | 143 | +4% |
| 104 | Lebanon | 141 | -71.3% |
| 105 | Guinea | 137 | -4.2% |
| 106 | Ghana | 133 | -2.8% |
| 107 | Central African Republic | 127 | +3.1% |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 124 | -6.9% |
| 109 | Angola | 105 | -16% |
| 110 | Uganda | 99 | +0.1% |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 87 | +1.5% |
| 112 | Gambia | 84 | -1.2% |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 76 | -11.5% |
| 114 | Syria | 19 | -31.2% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Statutory monthly minimum wage for all employees, converted by the ILO from national currency to 2021 international dollars with the World Bank's purchasing power parities for private consumption.
More on how it is measured
- Where the law sets an hourly or daily rate, the ILO converts it to a month (for example 40 hours times 4.33 weeks).
- Only general rates: a single national minimum wage, a national floor, the adult rate, or the SMIG in countries with separate agricultural and non-agricultural rates.
For comparing countries. Countries with regional, sectoral or occupational minimum wages (Japan, Canada, China, Switzerland, much of Central America) are left out, as are years for which the ILO does not state the type. For the amount in euros in EU countries use minimum_wage. The ILO revises these figures.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 7 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT. Monthly minimum wage by currency, 2021 PPP $, annual (DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB). https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB&df%5Bag%5D=ILO (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.Citation styles
APA 7
International Labour Organization. (2026). Monthly minimum wage by currency, 2021 PPP $, annual (DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB) (Countries by monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB&df%5Bag%5D=ILO
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Monthly minimum wage by currency, 2021 PPP $, annual (DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB), Countries by monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars, 2021. International Labour Organization, 11 Oct. 2026, https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB&df%5Bag%5D=ILO. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/minimum-wage-ppp/countries?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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International Labour Organization. 2026. Monthly minimum wage by currency, 2021 PPP $, annual (DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB). Countries by monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB&df%5Bag%5D=ILO. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/minimum-wage-ppp/countries?period=2021.
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International Labour Organization (2026) Monthly minimum wage by currency, 2021 PPP $, annual (DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB), Countries by monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.ilo.org/vis?df%5Bds%5D=ds-production&df%5Bid%5D=DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB&df%5Bag%5D=ILO, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/minimum-wage-ppp/countries?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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@misc{international_countries_by_monthly_minimum_2021,
author = {{International Labour Organization}},
title = {{Monthly minimum wage by currency, 2021 PPP \$, annual (DF\_EAR\_INEE\_CUR\_NB): Countries by monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars, 2021}},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/minimum-wage-ppp/countries?period=2021. Publisher attribution: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT. Monthly minimum wage by currency, 2021 PPP \$, annual (DF\_EAR\_INEE\_CUR\_NB). https://data.ilo.org/vis?df\%5Bds\%5D=ds-production\&df\%5Bid\%5D=DF\_EAR\_INEE\_CUR\_NB\&df\%5Bag\%5D=ILO (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}
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Which country has the highest monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars?
Luxembourg, with 2,292 international $ in 2021, according to International Labour Organization.
Which country has the lowest monthly minimum wage, PPP dollars?
Syria, with 19 international $ in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: International Labour Organization, Monthly minimum wage by currency, 2021 PPP $, annual (DF_EAR_INEE_CUR_NB). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 countries have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.