2017 Global Minimum Wage Ranking

Introduction

Technically, the term minimum wage is the lowest pay that an employee must receive for every hour he or she works. But for some nations, it is rather measured in days, months. Minimum wage is mandated by the government and is strictly enforced to protect the citizens from exploitation. The minimum wage spells much about a person or household lifestyle, and it’s also an indicator of the standard of living in a country.

Minimum wage is guided by the Minimum wage law. Different countries have their own minimum wage law. Generally, it has to do with the body of law which prohibits employers from hiring employees or workers for less than a given hourly, daily or monthly minimum wage. More than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation. However, there is no minimum wage amount for some countries. Thus, the amount one is paid is agreed upon through collective bargaining agreements on a job to job basis.

However, for the countries with a standard minimum wage, the details of the minimum wage for each country per year in US dollars, minimum wage of each country per month in US dollars, currency of the all countries, exchange rate of home currencies to dollars, and home currency equivalent for all the nations are given as follows;

Minimum Wages For African Countries

See the Realities of Minimum Wages for the Common Man

Minimum Wages For European Countries

Minimum Wages For North American Countries

Minimum Wages For South American Countries

Minimum Wages For Asian Countries

Minimum Wages For Oceania Countries

Minimum Wage For Australia

Note: The minimum wage per dollar for each country does not fully reflect the standard of living in that country. Thus, a country’s minimum wage per dollar cannot in all scenarios absolutely tell which country is better than the other in terms of minimum wage, due to the level of the exchange rate and the standard of living within each nation. This is particularly the case for the African Nations in the lists.

Countries	Per Year (USD)	Per Month (USD)
Africa
Namibia	14,616	1,218
Benin	14,429	1,202
Seychelles	5,276	440
Botswana	4,834	402
Gabon	3,892	324
Equatorial Guinea	3,120	260
Tunisia	2,959	247
Morocco	2,696	225
South Africa	2,471	206
Burkina Faso	2,425	202
Liberia	2,160	180
Algeria	2,145	179
Egypt	2,088	174
Mauritania	2,021	168
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,004	167
Comoros	1,800	150
Guinea	1,800	150
Libya	1,785	149
Mauritius	1,737	145
Senegal	1,638	137
The Gambia	1,610	134
Tanzania	1,593	133
Ivory Coast	1,440	120
Niger	1,367	114
Mali	1,284	107
Togo	1,283	107
Chad	1,208	101
Nigeria	1,200	50
Zimbabwe	1,140	95
Sudan	1,100	92
Guinea Bissau	993	83
Madagascar	981	82
Zambia	917	76
Burundi	903	75
Ethiopia	902	75
Swaziland	848	71
Kenya	830	69
Cameroon	816	68
Sao Tome	747	62
Mozambique	720	60
Ghana	689	57
Lesotho	664	55
Eritrea	526	44
Rwanda	496	41
Malawi	494	41
Uganda	432	36
Somalia	396	33
Serra Leone	211	18
Europe
Luxembourg	26,767	2,230
United Kingdom (UK)	22,597	1,883
Denmark	19,536	1,628
Netherlands	19,335	1,611
Ireland	18,965	1,580
France	17,701	1,475
San Marino	15,707	1,309
Switzerland	15,457	1,288
Malta	13,556	1,130
Greece	11,454	955
Spain	11,426	952
Slovenia	9,714	810
Portugal	9,052	754
Poland	8,088	674
Slovakia	6,446	537
Hungary	6,274	523
Lithuania	5,759	480
Estonia	5,709	476
Latvia	5,333	444
Serbia	4,377	365
Romania	3,734	311
Russia	2,812	234
Finland	2,600	217
Ukraine	2,296	191
Kosovo	2,019	168
Austria	1,740	145
Germany	1,737	145
Montenegro	1,460	122
Moldova	810	68
North America
Canada	30,723	2,560
United States of America	15,080	1,257
Saint Kitts and Nevis	7,954	663
Honduras	7,915	660
Grenada	6,556	546
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4,574	381
Jamaica	4,219	352
Guatemala	2,734	228
Nicaragua	2,218	185
El Savador	2,187	182
Mexico	1,753	146
Dominica Republic	1,491	124
Saint Lucia	1,274	106
Haiti	817	68
South America
Brazil	8,124	677
Venezuela	7,310	609
Argentina	6,864	572
Paraguay	6,518	543
Ecuador	5,680	473
Peru	4,342	362
Suriname	3,998	333
Trinidad and Tobago	3,898	325
Uruguay	3,079	257
Asia
Israel	12,493	1,041
Kuwait	12,341	1,028
Japan	11,254	938
South Korea	10,955	913
Hong Kong	7,932	661
Saudi Arabia	7,585	632
Turkey	7,069	589
Oman	7,000	583
Iran	6,700	558
Lebanon	6,344	529
India	6,048	504
Timor-Leste	5,152	429
Malaysia	4,735	395
North Korea	3,696	308
China	3,660	305
Maldives	3,137	261
Syria	2,984	249
Pakistan	2,484	207
Jordan	2,458	205
Turkmenistan	2,446	204
Thailand	2,293	191
Philippines	2,053	171
Mongolia	2,004	167
Iraq	1,973	164
Nepal	1,889	157
Sri Lanka	1,619	135
Kazakhstan	1,442	120
Laos	1,057	88
Indonesia	1,027	86
Vietnam	1,002	84
Uzbekistan	490	41
Tajikistan	477	40
Myanmar	401	33
Georgia	279	23
Oceania
New Zealand	16,462	1,372
Kiribati	11,048	921
Vanuatu	5,254	438
Palau	5,200	433
Panama	4,140	345
Papua New Guinea	3,304	275
Samoa	2,838	237
Tuvalu	2,795	233
Federal States of Micronesia	2,600	217
Fiji	2,600	217
Australia
Australia	32,289	2,691