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Statutory Minimum Wage, 2006

2006, 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, 2006 covers 103 countries on 2 measures. Mauritania is highest, at 1,664.4; Uganda is lowest, at 9.3. The middle country reads 238.2. Against 2005, 101 values changed (77 up, 24 down), 1 country joined.

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Statutory Minimum Wage · Data for 2006

HighestMauritania

1,664.4

LowestUganda

9.3

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, 2006, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 103 countries · select a heading to sort

Statutory Minimum Wage, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa1,664.421,041Ouguiya (MRO)—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1,586.51,503Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,444.01,285Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1,404.12,100Australian dollar (AUD)—
FranceFRAWestern Europe1,351.61,254Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1,337.81,234Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,215.91,293Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1,118.81,775New Zealand dollar (NZD)Singular national minimum wage
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,108.4831British pound (GBP)Singular national minimum wage
CanadaCANNorthern America1,043.81,343Canadian Dollar (CAD)Mean of regional minimum wages
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe938.1710Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
United StatesUSANorthern America893.0893United States dollar (USD)Singular national minimum wage
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe885.6584Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
IsraelISRWestern Asia856.03,585New Shekel (ILS)—
JapanJPNEastern Asia848.9116,653Yen (JPY)Regional; mean of regional minimum wages
South KoreaKOREastern Asia803.9700,600South Korean won (KRW)Singular national minimum wage
SpainESPSouthern Europe797.9631Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe768.0512Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
ParaguayPRYSouth America675.01,219,795Guarani (PYG)—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe644.9450Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
BahamasBHSCaribbean631.0693Bahamian dollar (BSD)—
IranIRNSouthern Asia586.71,500,000Iranian rial (IRR)—
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia550.09,129Philippine peso (PHP)Regional
PanamaPANCentral America544.0264Balboa (PAB)—
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia521.8531Turkish lira (TRY)Singular national minimum wage

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Mauritania1,664.4
  2. Luxembourg1,586.5
  3. Netherlands1,444.0
  4. Australia1,404.1
  5. France1,351.6

Lowest

  1. Uganda9.3
  2. Kyrgyzstan10.2
  3. Burundi10.9
  4. Tajikistan17.4
  5. Georgia30.5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 238.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Minimum wage per month, local currency

    HighestIran1,500,000

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 1,716

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 101values changed, of 102 in both
  • 77 · 24rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bangladesh

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 2006.

  • 61 empty cells

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

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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) (2006). Statutory Minimum Wage, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/minimum-wage/2006

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