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Statutory Minimum Wage, 2004

2004, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the lowest monthly wage the law allows an employer to pay, converted by the International Labour Organization into dollars of equal purchasing power, so that a legal pay floor set in pesos can be compared with one set in euros or rupees.

Statutory Minimum Wage, 2004 covers 101 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 1,452.2; Tajikistan is lowest, at 6.7. The middle country reads 236.9. Against 2003, 99 values changed (74 up, 25 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Statutory Minimum Wage · Data for 2004

HighestLuxembourg

1,452.2

LowestTajikistan

6.7

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Statutory Minimum Wage, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 101 countries · select a heading to sort

Statutory Minimum Wage, 2004: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1,452.21,403Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,388.41,265Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
FranceFRAWestern Europe1,363.01,286Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1,348.61,943Australian dollar (AUD)—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1,286.41,186Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa1,130.312,802Ouguiya (MRO)—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,108.41,183Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,000.2743British pound (GBP)Singular national minimum wage
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand996.91,559New Zealand dollar (NZD)Singular national minimum wage
CanadaCANNorthern America994.01,265Canadian Dollar (CAD)Mean of regional minimum wages
United StatesUSANorthern America893.0893United States dollar (USD)Singular national minimum wage
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe861.8548Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe847.6631Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
IsraelISRWestern Asia830.03,335New Shekel (ILS)—
JapanJPNEastern Asia764.5115,267Yen (JPY)Regional; mean of regional minimum wages
SpainESPSouthern Europe726.4573Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe711.1465Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
South KoreaKOREastern Asia639.3567,260South Korean won (KRW)Singular national minimum wage
BahamasBHSCaribbean614.9693Bahamian dollar (BSD)—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe595.5426Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
ParaguayPRYSouth America590.1972,413Guarani (PYG)—
PanamaPANCentral America499.0245Balboa (PAB)—
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia496.37,825Philippine peso (PHP)Regional
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia489.6444Turkish lira (TRY)Singular national minimum wage
IranIRNSouthern Asia487.51,066,000Iranian rial (IRR)—

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Luxembourg1,452.2
  2. Netherlands1,388.4
  3. France1,363.0
  4. Australia1,348.6
  5. Belgium1,286.4

Lowest

  1. Tajikistan6.7
  2. Uganda10.1
  3. Kyrgyzstan10.5
  4. Burundi11.9
  5. Moldova28.7

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 236.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Minimum wage per month, local currency

    HighestIran1,066,000

    LowestTajikistan7

    Middle country: 1,456

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 99values changed, of 100 in both
  • 74 · 25rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Mauritania− DR Congo

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2004.

  • 60 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2004). Statutory Minimum Wage, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/minimum-wage/2004

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