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Statutory Minimum Wage, 2019

2019, 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, 2019 covers 159 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 2,224.19; Burundi is lowest, at 5.70. The middle country reads 485.72. Against 2018, 157 values changed (117 up, 40 down), 1 country joined.

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Statutory Minimum Wage · Data for 2019

HighestLuxembourg

2,224.19

LowestBurundi

5.70

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, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 159 countries · select a heading to sort

Statutory Minimum Wage, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2,224.192,090Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2,050.883,210Australian dollar (AUD)National floor
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,048.841,561Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,963.171,636Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1,958.373,068New Zealand dollar (NZD)For adults
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1,948.921,594Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1,925.531,501Euro (EUR)Lowest occupational minimum wage
AndorraANDSouthern Europe1,898.221,286Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1,897.32300,000Icelandic króna (ISK)Sectoral; lowest occupational minimum wage
FranceFRAWestern Europe1,883.831,521Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,800.101,360British pound (GBP)Singular national minimum wage
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,773.351,745,150South Korean won (KRW)Singular national minimum wage
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,706.321,656Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
OmanOMNWestern Asia1,628.98325Omani rial (OMR)Singular national minimum wage
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,537.411,050Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,513.02300Bahraini dinar (BHD)—
CanadaCANNorthern America1,475.331,933Canadian Dollar (CAD)—
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1,434.51887Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
JapanJPNEastern Asia1,345.65156,173Yen (JPY)Regional
CyprusCYPWestern Asia1,338.13870Euro (EUR)Occupational (unskilled workers)
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia1,292.64158,431CFP franc (XPF)Minimum
United StatesUSANorthern America1,257.001,257United States dollar (USD)Singular national minimum wage
IsraelISRWestern Asia1,249.295,300New Shekel (ILS)Singular national minimum wage
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,238.16762Euro (EUR)Singular national minimum wage
PolandPOLEastern Europe1,228.612,250Zloty (PLN)Singular national minimum wage

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg2,224.19
  2. Australia2,050.88
  3. Germany2,048.84
  4. Netherlands1,963.17
  5. New Zealand1,958.37

Lowest

  1. Burundi5.70
  2. Rwanda8.92
  3. Georgia20.88
  4. Sudan31.34
  5. Syria41.76

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 485.72. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Minimum wage per month, local currency

    HighestIran15,170,000

    LowestGeorgia20

    Middle country: 3,031

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 158 in both
  • 117 · 40rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Libya415.43 → 350.98−64.44
  • Iran677.26 → 632.61−44.64
  • Lebanon930.45 → 902.01−28.44
  • Panama883.42 → 856.11−27.31
  • Bahamas797.58 → 774.46−23.11
+ Iceland

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 2019.

  • 8 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) (2019). Statutory Minimum Wage, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/minimum-wage/2019

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