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Statutory Minimum Wage, 2010

2010, 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, 2010 covers 133 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 1,763.3; Uganda is lowest, at 7.2. The middle country reads 302.8. Against 2009, 128 values changed (86 up, 42 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.

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Statutory Minimum Wage · Data for 2010

HighestLuxembourg

1,763.3

LowestUganda

7.2

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, 2010, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 133 countries · select a heading to sort

Statutory Minimum Wage, 2010: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1,763.31,725Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,606.31,416Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1,588.22,470Australian dollar (AUD)National floor
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1,551.41,388Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,512.91,462Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
FranceFRAWestern Europe1,496.81,344Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1,385.32,210New Zealand dollar (NZD)For adults
United StatesUSANorthern America1,257.01,257United States dollar (USD)Singular national minimum wage
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,228.3956British pound (GBP)Singular national minimum wage
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1,100.4863Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
CyprusCYPWestern Asia1,093.1835Euro (EUR)Occupational (unskilled workers)
CanadaCANNorthern America1,070.11,387Canadian Dollar (CAD)—
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1,050.2734Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
JapanJPNEastern Asia1,045.5126,533Yen (JPY)Regional
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,032.7660Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,023.0928,860South Korean won (KRW)Singular national minimum wage
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia1,007.1132,000CFP franc (XPF)Minimum
SpainESPSouthern Europe922.3739Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
IsraelISRWestern Asia882.73,850New Shekel (ILS)Singular national minimum wage
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe791.0554Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean710.51,560East Caribbean dollar (XCD)Singular national minimum wage
ParaguayPRYSouth America705.61,507,484Guarani (PYG)National floor for adults
IranIRNSouthern Asia696.83,030,000Iranian rial (IRR)Singular national minimum wage
OmanOMNWestern Asia689.5140Omani rial (OMR)Singular national minimum wage
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia682.8761Turkish lira (TRY)Singular national minimum wage

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg1,763.3
  2. Netherlands1,606.3
  3. Australia1,588.2
  4. Belgium1,551.4
  5. Ireland1,512.9

Lowest

  1. Uganda7.2
  2. Burundi7.4
  3. Rwanda10.3
  4. Georgia25.2
  5. Kyrgyzstan34.7

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 302.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Minimum wage per month, local currency

    HighestIran3,030,000

    LowestGeorgia20

    Middle country: 2,210

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

  • +5 / −1countries joined / left
  • 128values changed, of 128 in both
  • 86 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Kuwait+ Maldives+ New Caledonia+ Timor-Leste+ Uzbekistan− Sri Lanka

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 2010.

  • 14 empty cells

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

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2010). Statutory Minimum Wage, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/minimum-wage/2010

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