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. |
Countries covered
|
The Database has information for 206 countries, of which 19 have no Statutory Minimum Wage. |
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 20,000 rates |
