General Database Information
Full name |
WageIndicator Minimum Wages Database |
Aims |
The WageIndicator Minimum Wages Database includes all minimum wage rates agreed by national governments or wage boards. The information is published on the WageIndicator Minimum Wage pages. |
Data used for... |
To publish minimum wages on the national WageIndicator websites and on the home page of WageIndicator. To compare minimum wages across countries. To generate a historic database of minimum wages. The WageIndicator Minimum Wage Database contains the minimum wage rates for the 200+ countries around the world.
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Countries covered |
The Database has information for 208 countries, of which 19 have no Statutory Minimum Wage. 77 have one national Minimum Wage rate. Another 71 have between 2 and 100 different Minimum Wages. Thirteen countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, South Africa, Sri Lanka, USA) specify Minimum Wage Rates for more than a hundred different categories of workers.
For India this even amounts up to over 13,000 different Minimum Wages, which are specified by state, regions within states, industries, occupations, and skill levels.
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Languages |
Minimum wage web pages are available in the national language of the website and in English. |
Data collection method |
The Database is based on desk research and on information from national correspondents. |
Data time frame |
2014 - ongoing |
Data updating policy |
When wage boards update their rates |
Sampling Frame |
Minimum wage rates published by governments or wage boards. The database started in 2005 for one country, and gradually the number of countries in the database increased. |
Nr. of Observations |
Over 22,000 rates |