Ranking Countries

Minimum wage

Statutory hourly minimum wage, PPP-adjusted USD.

Malta: $1.79 — would rank 52nd among US states

Malta over time

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  1. 1stGermany$17.15
  2. 2ndLuxembourg$16.79
  3. 3rdAustralia$16.49
  4. 4thUnited Kingdom$15.91
  5. 5thFrance$15.78
  6. 6thNetherlands$15.65
  7. 7thNew Zealand$15.5
  8. 8thBelgium$15.18
  9. 9thSpain$13.95
  10. 10thIreland$13.81
  11. 11thCanada$13.45
  12. 12thSlovenia$12
  13. 13thPoland$11.86
  14. 14thSouth Korea$10.57
  15. 15thLithuania$10.39
  16. 16thJapan$9.86
  17. 17thRomania$9.57
  18. 18thPortugal$9.5
  19. 19thTürkiye$9.17
  20. 20thIsrael$8.54
  21. 21stCroatia$8.46
  22. 22ndGreece$7.97
  23. 23rdHungary$7.92
  24. 24thSlovakia$7.64
  25. 25thCzechia$7.6
  26. 26thLatvia$7.39
  27. 27thEstonia$7.29
  28. 28thUnited States$7.25
  29. 29thBulgaria$7.17
  30. 30thCosta Rica$4.97
  31. 31stChile$4.66
  32. 32ndColombia$3.8
  33. 33rdPeru$3.02
  34. 34thBrazil$2.86
  35. 35thMexico$2.83
  36. 36thMalta$1.79