Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre by country
Monthly minimum wage divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
169
Highest
879.76 units per square kilometre
Lebanon
Lowest
0.0001 units per square kilometre
United States of America
Median
0.0594 units per square kilometre
Years covered
44
1980–2023
Data points
3,647
What the numbers show
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 879.76 units per square kilometre in Lebanon; the lowest is 0.0001 units per square kilometre in United States of America.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0594 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 6.78 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 4,627.3%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 100.0%).
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 879.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,233.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 32.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,513.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Comoros | 29.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | San Marino | 28.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 20.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 14.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Seychelles | 14.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 8 | New Caledonia | 9.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 6.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,986.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritius | 5.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 13 | Paraguay | 5.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 14 | Monaco | 5.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 15 | Jamaica | 5.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 159.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 4.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Iceland | 3.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 20 | Grenada | 3.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 21 | Marshall Islands | 3.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 22 | Barbados | 3.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 3.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 24 | Andorra | 2.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Armenia | 2.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Malta | 2.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 28 | Indonesia | 2.59 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 265.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Hungary | 2.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 2.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,204.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Guinea | 2.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 32 | Dominica | 2.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 33 | Palau | 1.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 34 | Albania | 1.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 35 | North Macedonia | 1.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.4% | rising |
| 36 | Colombia | 1.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 0.9742 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 38 | Togo | 0.9653 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 39 | Iraq | 0.8062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6767 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Uganda | 0.6483 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,066.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Haiti | 0.6462 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Serbia | 0.6421 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.2% | rising |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5908 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 45 | Gabon | 0.5821 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Chile | 0.5519 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Malawi | 0.5303 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 506.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Japan | 0.477 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 49 | Benin | 0.4612 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 0.388 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Bahrain | 0.375 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 52 | Mongolia | 0.3529 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Congo | 0.3514 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 54 | Kiribati | 0.3338 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Madagascar | 0.3174 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Senegal | 0.3005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 57 | Guyana | 0.2849 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 58 | Israel | 0.2575 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 59 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.2358 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 60 | Samoa | 0.2245 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 61 | Czechia | 0.2242 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 0.2021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Myanmar | 0.1912 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 64 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1693 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 65 | Burundi | 0.1619 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | flat |
| 66 | Gambia | 0.1285 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 0.1272 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 0.1267 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 69 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1215 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 565.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Nepal | 0.1207 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Bahamas | 0.1125 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 0.1054 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Switzerland | 0.1052 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 74 | Cyprus | 0.1017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 75 | Bhutan | 0.0983 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Bangladesh | 0.0962 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 734.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Honduras | 0.0935 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Cameroon | 0.0886 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 79 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0811 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 321.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Syria | 0.0804 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 81 | Nigeria | 0.0714 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 261.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Belgium | 0.0641 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 83 | Lesotho | 0.062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 84 | Slovenia | 0.0597 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 85 | Solomon Islands | 0.0594 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Netherlands | 0.0593 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 0.0581 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Argentina | 0.057 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,627.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Central African Republic | 0.0562 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Chad | 0.0476 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Belize | 0.0456 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 92 | Fiji | 0.0455 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 93 | Pakistan | 0.0415 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Montenegro | 0.0396 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 95 | Hong Kong | 0.0357 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Mali | 0.0328 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 97 | Guatemala | 0.0293 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 98 | Philippines | 0.0278 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 99 | Ireland | 0.0277 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 100 | Kenya | 0.0276 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 0.0259 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 275.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Suriname | 0.0259 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 366.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Angola | 0.0258 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 171.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Eswatini | 0.0244 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Niger | 0.0237 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 0.0202 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 837.1% | volatile |
| 107 | El Salvador | 0.0176 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 108 | Türkiye | 0.0174 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,212.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Thailand | 0.017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 110 | Estonia | 0.017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.5% | volatile |
| 111 | New Zealand | 0.0149 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Slovakia | 0.0146 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Lithuania | 0.0134 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Romania | 0.013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 274.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Croatia | 0.0125 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 178.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Poland | 0.0118 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 119 | Ukraine | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 484.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Mozambique | 0.0111 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.8% | rising |
| 121 | Sierra Leone | 0.0111 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Latvia | 0.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Portugal | 0.0097 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 0.0084 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 125 | Algeria | 0.0084 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 126 | Timor-Leste | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 127 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 128 | Greece | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 129 | Morocco | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 130 | Panama | 0.0062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 131 | Germany | 0.0057 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 132 | Malaysia | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Kuwait | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 228.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Bulgaria | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.9% | volatile |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 138 | Egypt | 0.0035 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 139 | France | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 140 | Tunisia | 0.003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 141 | Jordan | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 142 | Mauritania | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Mexico | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 228.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Belarus | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Botswana | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 146 | Spain | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.6% | rising |
| 148 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 150 | Ecuador | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 151 | Zambia | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Ghana | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 154 | India | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 155 | Cambodia | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Oman | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Russian Federation | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 219.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Liberia | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Peru | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 160 | Libya | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 161 | Australia | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2011 | up 112.7% | rising |
| 163 | Canada | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 164 | Georgia | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Sudan | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | China | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Brazil | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 169 | United States of America | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Monthly minimum wage divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Monthly minimum wage ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Monthly minimum wage International Labour Organization
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Monthly minimum wage divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.