Countries with the Highest Minimum Wage 2025
About This Dataset
Countries with the Highest Minimum Wage 2025
Countries ranked by their national minimum wage in 2025, converted to an hourly rate in USD for comparison purposes. Luxembourg and Australia consistently offer the highest statutory minimum wages in the world. AI-assisted data.
Analysis
Luxembourg (17.3), Australia (15.6) and New Zealand (14.1) take the top three in Min. Wage (USD/hour) in 2025. Values run from 17.3 at the top to 7.30 at the bottom in Min. Wage (USD/hour), a spread of 10. First and second are separated by 1.70, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Below the top two the field is tightly packed: the remaining 6 run from 14.1 down to 7.30 Min. Wage (USD/hour).
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Luxembourg leads in Min. Wage (USD/hour) with 17.30 in 2025.
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Average Min. Wage (USD/hour) in 2025: 13 · median: 14.
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Gap in 2025: Luxembourg is 2.4× larger than United States.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2025 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Min. Wage (USD/hour)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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