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Estimated Earned Income, by Country,
2005
(in U.S. dollars)
Roughly derived on the basis of the ratio of the female
nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage, the female and
male shares of the economically active population, total female and male
population, and GDP per capita (in purchasing power parity terms in US
dollars).
| Highest estimated earned income |
Lowest estimated earned income |
| Country |
Female |
Male |
Country |
Female |
Male |
|
Norway
|
$30,749 |
$40,000 |
Yemen
|
$424 |
$1,422 |
|
Sweden
|
29,044 |
36,059 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
|
488 |
944 |
|
Denmark
|
28,766 |
39,288 |
Sierra Leone
|
507 |
1,114 |
|
Iceland
|
28,637 |
40,000 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
558 |
1,103 |
|
Finland
|
26,795 |
37,739 |
Niger
|
561 |
991 |
|
Australia
|
26,311 |
37,414 |
Malawi
|
565 |
771 |
|
United Kingdom
|
26,242 |
40,000 |
Burundi
|
611 |
791 |
|
Netherlands
|
25,625 |
39,845 |
Tanzania
|
627 |
863 |
|
Canada
|
25,448 |
40,000 |
Nigeria
|
652 |
1,592 |
|
Switzerland
|
25,056 |
40,000 |
Eritrea
|
689 |
1,544 |
|
United States
|
25,005 |
40,000 |
Zambia
|
725 |
1,319 |
|
France
|
23,945 |
37,169 |
Benin
|
732 |
1,543 |
|
Hong Kong
|
22,433 |
40,000 |
Madagascar
|
758 |
1,090 |
|
Belgium
|
22,182 |
40,000 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
795 |
2,472 |
|
Germany
|
21,823 |
37,461 |
Ethiopia
|
796 |
1,316 |
|
Ireland
|
21,076 |
40,000 |
Sudan
|
832 |
3,317 |
|
New Zealand
|
20,666 |
29,479 |
Mali
|
833 |
1,234 |
|
Israel
|
20,497 |
31,345 |
Congo |
841 |
1,691 |
|
Luxembourg
|
20,446 |
40,000 |
Togo
|
907 |
2,119 |
|
Singapore
|
20,044 |
39,150 |
Central African Republic
|
933 |
1,530 |
Source: Human Development Report, 2007/2008,
United Nations. Web: hdr.undp.org.
Information Please® Database, © 2008 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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