The selected 75 countries


The core of GlobalWageIndicator is the scaling up of the WageIndicator operation to 75 countries, in which 86 percent of the world's population lives. Although the choice of the 75 countries is based on a number of criteria, it is a flexible list. The Latin American teams prefer to include all Central and Latin American countries in one stroke instead of just 10 countries.

  • First the 46 countries (by August 2009) where the WageIndicator is operational are included.
  • Second, large countries -all those with a population over 25 million in 2005- are on the list.
  • Third, medium-sized countries, i.e. with a population over 2.5 million in 2005, and with a high Internet penetration rate (> 200/1000 inhabitants) are selected.
  • Fourth, countries with a population over 5 million and listed in some major cross-country data collections (such as the Luxembourg Income Study or the World Values Survey) are also selected.

Small and/or politically unstable countries are excluded.

These criteria may change over time, and therefore the list of countries presented here too.

Africa  
Countries already in New countries
Angola Nigeria
Botswana
Kenya  
Malawi  
Mozambique  
Namibia  
South Africa  
Tanzania  
Uganda  
Zambia  
Zimbabwe  

The Americas
 
Countries already in New countries
Argentina Canada
Brazil  
Chile  
Colombia  
Costa Rica  
El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Honduras  
Mexico  
Nicaragua  
Paraguay  
Peru  
USA  
   
Arabic speaking realm  
Countries already in New countries
Egypt Iran
  Jordan
  Kuwait
  Morocco
  Saudi Arabia
  UAE
   
   
Europe  
Countries already in New countries
Austria Croatia
Belgium Greece
Bulgaria Israel
Czech Republic Lithuania
Denmark Norway
Finland Switzerland
France Turkey
Germany  
Hungary  
Ireland  
Italy  
Luxembourg  
Netherlands  
Poland  
Portugal  
Romania  
Slovakia  
Slovenia  
Spain  
Sweden  
UK  
   
Post Soviet  
Countries already in New countries
Armenia  
Azarbaijan  
Belarus  
Georgia  
Kazakhstan  
Kyrgyzystan  
Russia  
Tadjikistan  
Turkmenistan  
Ukraine   
Uzbekistan  


Asia, Oceania
Countries already in New countries
Australia Bangladesh
China Japan
Cambodia Malaysia
India Nepal
Indonesia New Zealand
Pakistan Philippines
South Korea Singapore
Vietnam Taiwan
Thailand

 

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