Egypt vs South Africa: Median hourly earnings of employees
Median hourly earnings of employees over time
- Egypt
- South Africa
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 23.49 against 17.31 in South Africa, a difference of 6.18.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.4 times South Africa's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 35th and South Africa ranks 36th of 55 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher median hourly earnings of employees, Egypt or South Africa?
- Egypt, at 23.49 against 17.31 in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in median hourly earnings of employees between Egypt and South Africa?
- 6.18, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South Africa?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2015.
- How do Egypt and South Africa rank globally for median hourly earnings of employees?
- Egypt ranks 35th and South Africa ranks 36th of 55 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Median hourly earnings of employees (15+). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. The earnings of employees relate to the gross remuneration in cash and in kind paid to employees, as a rule at regular intervals, for time worked or work done together with remuneration for time not worked, such as annual vacation, other type of paid leave or holidays. Earnings exclude employers' contributions in respect of their employees paid to social security and pension schemes and also the benefits received by employees under these schemes. Earnings also exclude severance and termination pay. The median is the middle value, with half of employees earning less and half earning more. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.