WORLD Policy Analysis Center

At what level are minimum wages set per day?

This map tells us the level of the minimum wage established by law. For comparability, wages are converted to a daily rate and adjusted for the buying power of the local currency using a purchasing power parity (PPP) adjustment.

No national minimum wage includes cases where there is no minimum wage legislation as well as where legislation provides a framework for establishing a minimum wage, but the country has not yet implemented one.

To determine purchasing power parity (PPP), economists estimate the amount of money required to purchase the same bundle of goods and services across countries rather than using a simple exchange rate to compare currencies.

Where a series of minimum wages are set by occupation, sector, region, etc., we used the lowest established minimum wage. In exceptional cases where there was a primary minimum wage with an exception designed for a small percentage, the primary minimum wage was used. For example, in the United States, the federal minimum-wage level does not apply to employees who receive tips. These workers are guaranteed a lower minimum level with the assumption that combined with the tips they receive, their income will be at least equal to the general minimum-wage level.

Legal minimum wage set by collective bargaining usually means that groups representing entire sectors or professions negotiate with employers to establish a minimum wage that applies to most or all workers. Even if employers in a particular sector do not hold membership in the organization that sets the minimum wage for that sector, they must honor the minimum wages set by collective agreement for a particular sector or profession. ▲ Additional information

1. Nonunionized workers may or may not be covered.
2. The state may or may not have the right to set a separate minimum for unprotected workers.

The level of minimum wages established through collective bargaining is generally not shown because it differs per sector, with the exception of three countries. Belgium and Croatia have a collectively bargained national minimum-wage level below which collectively bargained sectoral minimum-wage levels cannot be set. In Greece, we were able to determine the amount of the lowest collectively bargained minimum wage, and that level has been included.

Countries

Bahrain - No national minimum wage

Brunei - No national minimum wage

Cabo Verde - No national minimum wage

Djibouti - No national minimum wage

Eritrea - No national minimum wage

Ethiopia - No national minimum wage

Guinea - No national minimum wage

Kiribati - No national minimum wage

North Macedonia - No national minimum wage

Malaysia - No national minimum wage

Maldives - No national minimum wage

Namibia - No national minimum wage

Nauru - No national minimum wage

Qatar - No national minimum wage

Saudi Arabia - No national minimum wage

Singapore - No national minimum wage

Somalia - No national minimum wage

Suriname - No national minimum wage

Timor-Leste - No national minimum wage

Tonga - No national minimum wage

United Arab Emirates - No national minimum wage

Yemen - No national minimum wage

Bangladesh - $2.00 PPP or less

Burundi - $2.00 PPP or less

Cambodia - $2.00 PPP or less

Central African Republic - $2.00 PPP or less

The Gambia - $2.00 PPP or less

Georgia - $2.00 PPP or less

Malawi - $2.00 PPP or less

Myanmar - $2.00 PPP or less

Sierra Leone - $2.00 PPP or less

Tajikistan - $2.00 PPP or less

Uganda - $2.00 PPP or less

Angola - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Benin - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Burkina Faso - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Cameroon - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Chad - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

China - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Comoros - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Democratic Republic of the Congo - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Cote d'Ivoire - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Ghana - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Guinea-Bissau - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

India - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Kenya - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Laos - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Liberia - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Madagascar - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Mali - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Montenegro - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Niger - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Senegal - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Solomon Islands - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Sri Lanka - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

St. Lucia - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Sudan - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Eswatini - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Togo - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Uzbekistan - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Vietnam - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Zambia - $2.01 - $4.00 PPP

Afghanistan - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Armenia - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Azerbaijan - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Bhutan - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Bolivia - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Botswana - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Republic of the Congo - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Dominican Republic - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Egypt - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

El Salvador - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Equatorial Guinea - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Fiji - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Gabon - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Guatemala - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Guyana - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Haiti - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Indonesia - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Iraq - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Jordan - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Kazakhstan - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Kuwait - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Lesotho - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Libya - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Mauritania - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Mauritius - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Mexico - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Moldova - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Mongolia - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Mozambique - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Nepal - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Nicaragua - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Nigeria - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Pakistan - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Panama - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Papua New Guinea - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

The Philippines - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Russian Federation - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Samoa - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

South Africa - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Syria - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Tanzania - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Thailand - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Tunisia - $4.01 - $10.00 PPP

Albania - More than $10.00 PPP

Algeria - More than $10.00 PPP

Antigua and Barbuda - More than $10.00 PPP

Argentina - More than $10.00 PPP

Australia - More than $10.00 PPP

Austria - More than $10.00 PPP

Bahamas - More than $10.00 PPP

Barbados - More than $10.00 PPP

Belarus - More than $10.00 PPP

Belgium - More than $10.00 PPP

Belize - More than $10.00 PPP

Bosnia and Herzegovina - More than $10.00 PPP

Brazil - More than $10.00 PPP

Bulgaria - More than $10.00 PPP

Canada - More than $10.00 PPP

Chile - More than $10.00 PPP

Colombia - More than $10.00 PPP

Costa Rica - More than $10.00 PPP

Croatia - More than $10.00 PPP

Cyprus - More than $10.00 PPP

Czech Republic - More than $10.00 PPP

Dominica - More than $10.00 PPP

Ecuador - More than $10.00 PPP

Estonia - More than $10.00 PPP

France - More than $10.00 PPP

Greece - More than $10.00 PPP

Grenada - More than $10.00 PPP

Honduras - More than $10.00 PPP

Hungary - More than $10.00 PPP

Iran - More than $10.00 PPP

Ireland - More than $10.00 PPP

Israel - More than $10.00 PPP

Jamaica - More than $10.00 PPP

Japan - More than $10.00 PPP

Republic of Korea - More than $10.00 PPP

Latvia - More than $10.00 PPP

Lebanon - More than $10.00 PPP

Lithuania - More than $10.00 PPP

Luxembourg - More than $10.00 PPP

Malta - More than $10.00 PPP

Morocco - More than $10.00 PPP

The Netherlands - More than $10.00 PPP

New Zealand - More than $10.00 PPP

Oman - More than $10.00 PPP

Paraguay - More than $10.00 PPP

Peru - More than $10.00 PPP

Poland - More than $10.00 PPP

Portugal - More than $10.00 PPP

Romania - More than $10.00 PPP

Serbia - More than $10.00 PPP

Seychelles - More than $10.00 PPP

Slovakia - More than $10.00 PPP

Slovenia - More than $10.00 PPP

Spain - More than $10.00 PPP

St. Kitts and Nevis - More than $10.00 PPP

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - More than $10.00 PPP

Trinidad and Tobago - More than $10.00 PPP

Türkiye - More than $10.00 PPP

Ukraine - More than $10.00 PPP

United Kingdom - More than $10.00 PPP

United States of America - More than $10.00 PPP

Uruguay - More than $10.00 PPP

Vanuatu - More than $10.00 PPP

Venezuela - More than $10.00 PPP

Denmark - Collective bargaining

Finland - Collective bargaining

Germany - Collective bargaining

Iceland - Collective bargaining

Italy - Collective bargaining

Norway - Collective bargaining

Sweden - Collective bargaining

Switzerland - Collective bargaining