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The list below gives the official minimum wage rates in 197 countries: 193 UN member states, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Western Sahara, Hong Kong SAR and Kosovo. Some countries are more effective than others at enforcing these regulations, so that the effective minimum wage may be lower than the official one.

The minimum wages given refer to a gross amount, i.e. before deduction of taxes and social security contributions, which vary from one country to another. For calculating the annual wage, the lowest general minimum wage was used.

Country	Minimum wage	Gross annual wage (Intl. dollars)[1][2]	% of GDP per capita[3][1]	Effective
Afghanistan	5,000 Afghani per month, including a stipend for lunch and transportation expenses[4]	2,688	371	N/A
Albania	16,000 Albanian lekë per month, nationally[5]	3,946	63	2008-02-28
Algeria	10,000 Algerian dinars per month[4]	2,939	45	N/A
Andorra	€5.18 per hour and €897.87 per month[6]	N/A	N/A	2008-01-01
Angola	6,500 kwanza per month[4]	1,511	27	N/A
Antigua and Barbuda	EC$6.00 an hour for all categories of labor[4]	7,768[7]	42	N/A
Argentina	1240 Argentine pesos a month[4]	4,761	57	2007-12-01
Armenia	20,000 Armenian dram per month[4]	1,309	26	N/A
Australia	522.12 Australian dollars per week[8] Rising to AUD543.78 in October 2008.	19,053	53	2007-10-01
Austria	none by law; instead, nationwide collective bargaining agreements set minimum wages by job classification for each industry; the accepted unofficial annual minimum wage is €12,000 to €14,000[4]	13,986	36	N/A
Azerbaijan	50 Azerbaijani manat per month[4]	1,460	19	N/A
Bahamas	B$4.00 per hour for the private sector; B$4.45 per hour for government employees[4]	10,532[9]	42	N/A
Bahrain	none[4]	—	—	—
Bangladesh	N/A; set nationally every five years for all economic sectors not covered by industry- specific wages, using a skill-level range[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barbados	BDS$5 per hour for household domestics and shop assistants[4]	7,397[9]	38	N/A
Belarus	150,000 Belarusian rubles a month[4]	1,972	18	N/A
Belgium	€1,335.78 a month for workers over 21 years of age; €1,371.88 a month for workers over 21 and a half years of age, with six months in the job; €1,387.92 a month for workers over 22 years of age, with 12 months in the job; coupled with extensive social benefits; to increase by €25 on October 1, 2008[4][10]	18,215	52	2008-05-01
Belize	BZ$2.50 an hour for those in agriculture, agro-industry, or the economic processing zones and for "bona fide students;" BZ$3.00 for manual and domestic workers[4]	5,614[11]	71	N/A
Benin	30,000 CFA francs per month; the government administratively set minimum wage scales for a number of occupations[4]	1,635	106	N/A
Bhutan	99.44 Bhutanese ngultrum per day plus various allowances paid in cash or kind[4]	1,606	31	N/A
Bolivia	436 Bolivian bolivianos per month[4]	2,019	50	N/A
Bosnia and Herzegovina	205 convertible marke per month in Republika Srpska; 308 convertible maraka per month in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[4]	3,233	46	N/A
Botswana	3.55 Botswana pula an hour for most full-time labor in the private sector[4]	3,011[7]	18	N/A
Brazil	415 reais per month, one extra payment at the end of the year (13 annual payments) [12]	3,572	37	2008-03-01
Brunei	none[4]	—	—	—
Bulgaria	220 Bulgarian leva per month[13]	4,031	36	2008-01-01
Burkina Faso	30,000 CFA francs a month in the formal sector; does not apply to subsistence agriculture or other informal occupations[4]	1,854	148	N/A
Burundi	160 Burundian francs per day for unskilled workers; in practice, most employers paid their unskilled laborers a minimum of 1,500 Burundian francs per day[4]	111	30	N/A
Cambodia	189,000 to 210,000 riels per month for the garment sector; none for any other industry[4]	1,688	93	N/A
Cameroon	23,514 CFA francs per month; applicable in all sectors[4]	1,123	54	N/A
Canada	set by each province and territory; minimum hourly wages vary from CAD$7.75 in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick to CAD$8.75 in Ontario. Ontario has a lower minimum wage rate for youths ($8.20) and a specific minimum wage for liquor servers set at CAD$7.60; British Columbia has a lower rate (that is, CAD$6.00) for the first 500 hours in the workforce regardless of age; Nova Scotia allows employers to pay a lower wage ($7.6) in the first three months of service of an employee; Quebec allows a lower minimum wage for tipped employees; employers under federal jurisdiction are bound by their host province's general minimum wage (i.e. the lower minimums for youths, etc. in some provinces do not apply at the federal level); many more specific adjustments apply by province or territory[14]	13,322[9]	35	2008-03-31
Cape Verde	none in the private sector; 12,000 Cape Verdean escudos per month for an entry‑level worker in the public sector[4]	2,008	62	N/A
Central African Republic	set in the public sector by decree and varies by sector and by kind of work; for example, 8,500 CFA francs a month for agricultural workers; 26,000 CFA francs a month for office workers[4]	385	53	N/A
Chad	28,000 CFA francs per month[4]	1,573	94	N/A
Chile	159,000 Chilean pesos per month for those aged 18–65; 118,690 pesos for those younger than 18 and for those older than 65; and 102,558 pesos for 'non remunerative' purposes[15]; 75% of the 18–65 minimum wage for domestic servants[16]	3,688	37	2008-07-01
People's Republic of China	none nationally; set locally[4]	—	—	—
Republic of China (Taiwan)	NT$17,280 a month; NT$104 per hour[4]	11,455	38	2007-07-01
Colombia	433,700 Colombian pesos a month; established by the government every January, serving as a benchmark for wage bargaining[4][17]	2,825	74	2008-01-01
Comoros	none[4]	—	—	—
Democratic Republic of the Congo	500 Congolese francs per day[4]	468	152	N/A
Republic of the Congo	54,000 CFA francs per month in the formal sector[4]	2,339	63	N/A
Costa Rica	ranging from 91,847 Costa Rican colones a month for domestic employees to 355,009 colones for university graduates[4]	3,721	36	N/A
Côte d'Ivoire	it varies by occupation, with the lowest set to 36,607 CFA franc per month for the industrial sector; a slightly higher minimum wage rate is applied for construction workers[4]	1,507	88	N/A
Croatia	2,750Croatian kuna (gross) (cca 563 US$) per month; net is between 2,130-2,200 HRK depending upon exemptions	6,750	46	N/A
Cuba	it varies by occupation; on average, 225 Cuban pesos a month; supplemented by the government with free education, subsidized medical care (daily pay is reduced by 40 percent after the third day of being admitted to a hospital), housing, and some subsidized food[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cyprus	409 Cypriot pounds per month for shop assistants, practical nurses, clerks, hairdressers, and nursery assistants; it rises to 434 CYP after six months' employment[4]	6,779	25	N/A
Northern Cyprus	1,060 Turkish new lira per month[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Czech Republic	8,000 Czech korun a month[4]	6,717	28	2007-01-01
Denmark	negotiated between unions and employer associations[4]	—	—	—
Djibouti	none[4]	—	—	—
Dominica	set by law for various categories of workers (last revised in 1989); as low as EC$1.00 per hour for some categories of workers (e.g., household employees) if meals are included; for most workers it ranges from EC$2.00 per hour for tourist industry workers to EC$3.00 per hour for occupations such as shop clerk; labor laws provide that the labor commissioner may authorize the employment of a person with disabilities at a wage lower than the minimum rate in order to enable that person to be employed gainfully[4]	3,215[9]	36	N/A
Dominican Republic	4,450 Dominican pesos a month in the FTZs and 6,400 pesos outside the FTZs; 2,600 pesos per month for the public sector; 150 pesos a day for farm workers who are covered by minimum wage regulations, based on a 10-hour day; 80 pesos per day for cane workers in the sugar industry[4]	1,058	15	N/A
East Timor	not stipulated in law; in practice, US$85 per month[4]	5,795	232	N/A
Ecuador	as of December 2005 the minimum wage plus mandated bonuses provided a gross monthly compensation of approximately US$186, or US$1 per hour, in the case of contract workers[4]	4,993	69	N/A
Egypt	N/A; determined by the National Council of Wages for government and public sector employees; it differs among sectors[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
El Salvador	US$182.05 a month for service employees; US$178.79 for industrial laborers; US$161.97 for maquila workers; US$85.59 for agriculture industry workers, with US$93.56 for seasonal coffee harvesters, $79.35 for sugarcane workers, and $71.38 for cotton pickers[4]	1,752	30	N/A
Equatorial Guinea	N/A; set by the government for all sectors of the formal economy; varies from sector to sector[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eritrea	360 Eritrean nakfa per month in the civil service sector[4]	773	100	N/A
Estonia	4,350 Estonian krooni per month[18]	6,077	29	2008-01-01
Ethiopia	none; some government institutions and public enterprises set their own minimum wages: public sector employees, the largest group of wage earners, earned a monthly minimum wage of 320 birr; employees in the banking and insurance sector had a minimum monthly wage of 336 birr[4]	1,397	173	N/A
Fiji	none; set for certain sectors[4]	—	—	—
Finland	not in law; however, the law requires all employers, including nonunionized ones, to meet the minimum wages agreed to in collective bargaining agreements in each sector of the workforce; almost all workers are covered under such arrangements[4]	—	—	—
France	€8.71 per hour; €1,321.02 per month for 151.67 hours worked (or 7 hours every weekday of the month)[19]	17,363[20]	52	2008-06-28
Gabon	80,000 CFA francs per month; government workers received an additional monthly allowance of 20,000 CFA francs per child; government workers also received transportation, housing, and family benefits; the law does not mandate housing or family benefits for private sector workers[4]	3,582	25	N/A
The Gambia	19.55 dalasi per day for unskilled labor; in practice 50 dalasi[4]	1,710	129	N/A
Georgia	115 Georgian lari a month for public employees; 20 lari a month for private sector workers[4]	287	6	N/A
Germany	none, except for construction workers and cleaning staff[4]	—	—	—
Ghana	1.60 Ghanaian cedis a day[4]	932[21]	65	N/A
Greece	€680.59 a month[22]	13,477[23]	46	2008-01-01
Grenada	set for various categories of workers; for example, agricultural workers were classified into male and female workers; rates for men were EC$5.00 per hour, and for women EC$4.75 per hour; however, if a female worker performed the same task as a man, her rate of pay was the same; the minimum wage for domestic workers was set at EC$400 monthly[4]	6,866[9]	66	N/A
Guatemala	44.58 Guatemalan quetzales per day for agricultural work and 45.82 quetzales for nonagricultural work[4]	2,826	60	N/A
Guinea	the labor code allows the government to set a minimum hourly wage; however, the government has not exercised this provision nor does it promote a standard wage[4]	—	—	—
Guinea-Bissau	set annually for all categories of work; 19,030 CFA francs per month plus a bag of rice[4]	1,078	223	N/A
Guyana	G$28,415 per month in the public sector; G$4,000 per week for certain categories of private sector workers; affected occupations include retail cashiers and clerks, printers, drivers, and conductors[4]	2,788	73	N/A
Haiti	70 Haitian gourdes a day[4]	899	70	N/A
Honduras	based on a scale divided into 10 sectors based on the size of the worker's place of employment; the scale ranges from 54.5 Honduran lempiras a day for unskilled labor to 134.89 lempiras a day for workers in financial and insurance companies[4]	1,865	46	N/A
Hong Kong	HK$3,400 per month for foreign domestic workers[4]	7,407	18	N/A
Hungary	69,000 Hungarian forint per month[5]	6,243	33	2008-01-01
Iceland	none; minimum wages are negotiated in various collectively bargained agreements and applied automatically to all employees in those occupations, regardless of union membership; while the agreements can be either industry- or sector-wide, and in some cases firm-specific, the minimum wage levels are occupation-specific[4]	—	—	—
India	N/A; varies according to the state and to the sector of industry; state governments set a separate minimum wage for agricultural workers; some industries, such as the apparel and footwear industries, did not have a prescribed minimum wage[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Indonesia	established by provincial and district authorities, which vary by province, district, and sector; as high as 1,000,000 rupiah per month in Aceh; as low as 390,000 rupiah per month in one area[4]	991	27	N/A
Iran	N/A; set annually for each industrial sector and region; the law stipulates that the minimum wage should meet the living expenses of a family and should take inflation into account[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Iraq	none[4]	—	—	—
Ireland	€8.65 per hour[24]	17,317[25]	40	2007-07-01
Israel	approximately 47.5 percent of the average wage, or 3,850.13 Israeli new sheqel per month; NIS 20.70 per hour; NIS 154 per day over a six day week; NIS 177.70 per day over a five-day week, provided that the salary is not less than the basis hourly rate; 70% of the minimum wage for those under 16; 75% of the minimum wage for those aged 16-17; 83% of the minimum wage for those aged 17-18; often supplemented by special allowances for citizens[4][26]	12,920	50	2008-07-01
Italy	none by law; instead set through collective bargaining agreements on a sector-by-sector basis[4]	—	—	—
Jamaica	J$2,800 per week and J$4,140 per week for private security guards[4]	3,875	50	N/A
Japan	ranges from 618 Japanese yen to 739 yen per hour; set on a prefectural and industry basis[4]	10,692[9]	32	N/A
Jordan	110 Jordanian dinars per month; applies to all workers except domestic servants, those working in small family businesses, and those in the agricultural sector[4]	3,251	67	N/A
Kazakhstan	9,752 Kazakhstani tenge a month[4]	1,541	14	N/A
Kenya	the lowest urban minimum wage was 7,578 shillings per month, and the lowest agricultural minimum wage for unskilled employees was 2,536 shillings per month, excluding housing allowance[4]	902	53	N/A
Kiribati	none; estimated by government authorities to be between A$1.60 to A$1.70 per hour[4]	11,827[27]	331	N/A
North Korea	N/A[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
South Korea	3,480 South Korean won per hour; reviewed annually[4]	9,775[9]	39	N/A
Kosovo	none adopted[4]	—	—	—
Kuwait	200 Kuwaiti dinars per month for public sector citizen employees and 90 dinars for public sector non-citizen employees; no legal minimum wage in the private sector; 40 dinars for domestic workers[4]	10,000	25	N/A
Kyrgyzstan	340 Kyrgyzstani som per month[4]	307	15	N/A
Laos	11,154 Lao kip a day and 290,000 Lao kip a month for factory workers; 250,000 kip for civil servants, often complemented with government benefits and housing subsidies[4]	979	48	N/A
Latvia	160 Latvian latu a month[5]	5,424	31	2008-01-01
Lebanon	500,000 Lebanese lira per month [28]	6,828	61	N/A
Lesotho	252 maloti per month for lower-skilled jobs such as domestic workers; 686 maloti per month for textile machine operator trainees; 738 maloti per month for textile general workers[4]	829	65	N/A
Liberia	15 LD per hour not exceeding 8 hours per day, excluding benefits, for unskilled laborers; 15 LD per hour for agricultural workers, excluding benefits; none for skilled labor; 3,300 LD per month for civil servants[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Libya	85 dinars per month; the government heavily subsidizes rent, utilities, and food staples[4]	1,061	9	N/A
Liechtenstein	none[4]	—	—	—
Lithuania	800 Lithuanian litas per month[5]	5,915	34	2008-01-01
Luxembourg	€1,570.28 per month for unqualified workers over 18; €1,256.22 for those aged 17-18; €1,177.71 for those aged 15-17; €1,884.34 for qualified workers[29]	19,856	25	2007-10-01
Republic of Macedonia	none[4]	—	—	—
Madagascar	62,543 Malagasy ariary per month for nonagricultural workers; 64,440 ariary per month for agricultural workers[4]	990	93	N/A
Malawi	MK 97 per day for urban workers; MK 74 per day in all other areas[4]	407	52	N/A
Malaysia	none, nationally; 350 Malaysian ringgit per month for plantation workers; raised to 700 ringgit by productivity incentives and bonuses[4]	4,680	35	N/A
Maldives	N/A; none for the private sector; the government establishes wage floors for government employment[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mali	24,660 CFA francs per month, supplemented by a required package of benefits, including social security and health care[4]	1,216	118	N/A
Malta	59.63 Maltese lira a week, combined with an annual mandatory bonus of 220 Maltese lira and a 91 Maltese lira annual cost of living increase to all employees to reflect inflation; citizens are entitled to government subsidies for housing, health care, and education[4]	5,965	26	N/A
Marshall Islands	US$2.00 per hour for government and private sector employees[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mauritania	21,000 Mauritanian ouguiya per month for adults[4]	2,075	103	N/A
Mauritius	517 Mauritian rupees per week for an unskilled worker in the Export Processing Zone (EPZ); 675 rupees per week for an unskilled factory worker outside the EPZ[4]	1,726	15	N/A
Mexico	daily minimum wages set annually by law and determined by zone; 51 Mexican pesos in Zona A (Baja California, Federal District, State of Mexico, and large cities), 49 pesos in Zone B (Sonora, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Jalisco), and 48 pesos in Zone C (all other states)[4]	1,721	13	N/A
Micronesia	US$2.00 per hour for government workers and US$1.35 for private-sector workers in Pohnpei; US$1.25 per hour for government workers in Chuuk; US$1.49 per hour for government workers in Kosrae; US$1.60 per hour for government workers in Yap; US$2.64 for employment with the national government[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Moldova	[outdated] 305 Moldovan lei a month for public sector employees and 708 lei for private sector employees[4]	700	24	N/A
Monaco	€8.27 per hour (same as the French minimum wage for full-time work), plus a 5% adjustment[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mongolia	90,000 Mongolian tögrög per month for public and private sector workers[4]	1,995	62	N/A
Montenegro	€55 a month[4]	N/A	N/A	2007-07-01
Morocco	9.66 Moroccan dirhams per hour in the industrialized sector and 50 dirhams per day for agricultural workers[4]	2,707	66	N/A
Mozambique	1,645 meticais per month for industry and services (including employees in public administration); 1,126 meticais in the agricultural sector[4]	1,177[30]	142	N/A
Myanmar	15,000 Myanma kyat a month for salaried public employees; 500 kyat per day for day laborers, supplemented by various subsidies and allowances[4]	455	44	N/A
Namibia	no statutory minimum wage law; the mining, construction, and agricultural sectors set basic levels of pay through collective bargaining[4]	—	—	—
Nauru	N/A; there is a graduated salary system for public service officers and employees[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nepal	2,200 Nepalese rupees a month for unskilled labor; 2,250 NRS for semi-skilled labor; 2,360 NRS for skilled labor; 2,550 NRS for highly skilled labor; additional allowances for food and other benefits totaled 1,100 NRS per month[4]	1,598	132	N/A
Netherlands	€1,335 per month[22]	18,267	47	2008-01-01
New Zealand	NZ$12.00 per hour [31]	16,021[9]	61	2008-04-01
Nicaragua	each key sector of the economy has a different minimum wage; ranges from 1,025 Nicaraguan córdobas a month in the agricultural sector to 2,381 córdobas a month in the financial sector[4]	1,845	71	N/A
Niger	the lowest minimum wage was 28,000 CFA francs per month, with an additional 1,000 CFA francs added per month per child; set for each class and category within the formal sector[4]	1,497	225	N/A
Nigeria	8,625 naira per month, nationally (with a 13 month year as the law mandates an extra month's pay for the Christmas holiday); some federal ministries, states, and private sector companies raised their minimum wage to 9,000 naira for all employees[4]	1,573	77	N/A
Norway	none; wages normally fall within a national scale negotiated by labor, employers, and local governments[4]	—	—	—
Oman	140 Omani rials per month for citizens; none for foreign workers[4]	6,720	28	N/A
Pakistan	2,500 Pakistani rupees per month for unskilled workers applying only to industrial and commercial establishments employing 50 or more workers[4]	1,412	54	N/A
Palau	US$2.50 per hour; does not include foreign workers[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Panama	ranges from 1.01 to 1.87 Panamanian balboas per hour, depending on the region and sector; the law establishes minimum wage rates for specific regions and for most categories of labor, excluding public sector workers[4]	4,407[7]	43	N/A
Papua New Guinea	37.50 Papua New Guinean kina per week for adult workers in the private sector; 75% of the adult minimum wage for new entrants into the labor force between 16 and 21 years of age[4]	1,256	64	N/A
Paraguay	1,341,775 Paraguayan guaraníes per month for private sector workers; there is no public sector minimum wage; 40% of the minimum wage for domestic workers[32][4]	7,334	163	2007-10-01
Peru	550 Peruvian nuevos soles per month[4]	4,239	54	2008-01-01
Philippines	ranges from P200 a day for agricultural workers in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to P362 a day for nonagricultural workers in the National Capital Region (NCR); set by tripartite regional wage boards[4]	2,342	69	N/A
Poland	1,126 Polish złotych per month[5]	7,214	44	2008-01-01
Portugal	€470 per month for full-time workers, rural workers, and domestic employees ages 18 and older[4][33]	9,307[23]	43	N/A
Qatar	none; the labor law provides the emir with authority to set a minimum wage, but he did not do so[4]	—	—	—
Romania	500 Romanian lei per month for a full time schedule of 170 hours per month; 20% higher for skilled workers[4][22]	3,641	32	2008-01-01
Russia	2,300 Russian rubles per month[4]	1,747	12	2007-09-01
Rwanda	N/A; no single minimum wage; the government set minimum wages in the small formal sector[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saint Kitts and Nevis	EC$150 per week for full-time domestic workers; EC$200 per week for skilled workers[4]	3,955	28	N/A
Saint Lucia	EC$300 a month for office clerks; EC$200 for shop assistants; EC$160 for messengers[4]	1,331	12	N/A