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Global Minimum Wage & Purchasing Power Index by Country — 2025

About this data

Comprehensive dataset covering 62 countries with statutory minimum wages normalized to monthly USD equivalents, PPP-adjusted values, GDP per capita, and wage-to-GDP ratios. Data sourced from ILO, national labor ministries, World Bank GDP indicators, and IMF PPP conversion factors. Includes 10 fields per country: local currency amounts, USD nominal and PPP conversions, economic context metrics, and source annotations. Covers all major economies across 9 world regions.

Schema

Name	Type	Description
country	string
region	string
minimum_wage_monthly_local	string
local_currency	string
minimum_wage_monthly_usd	string
minimum_wage_monthly_ppp_usd	string
gdp_per_capita_usd	string
wage_to_gdp_pct	string
data_year	string
source_notes	string

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