Estimated Earned Income, by Country, 2005
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
(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.
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