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Countries with the Highest Wages & Purchasing Power 2026

Comparing 229 countries by average wages and real purchasing power. Find destinations where your income goes furthest and earning potential is strongest.

#	Country	Score
1	Liechtenstein	95.6
2	Monaco	93.4
3	Qatar	91.6
4	Singapore	89.8
5	Switzerland	89
6	Norway	88.3
7	United States	87.4
8	Australia	87.4
9	Bermuda	87.1
10	Kuwait	86.7
11	United Arab Emirates	86.7
12	Faroe Islands	86.4
13	Korea Republic	86.3
14	Luxembourg	86.2
15	Cayman Islands	85.1
16	Denmark	84.9
17	Ireland	84.4
18	Greenland	84.3
19	Saudi Arabia	84.3
20	New Zealand	83.5
21	Netherlands	82.5
22	Macau	82.5
23	Germany	82.4
24	Japan	82.3
25	Brunei	81.8
26	Canada	81.8
27	Hong Kong	81.5
28	Austria	81.3
29	Sweden	81
30	Iceland	80.4
31	Bahrain	80.3
32	Andorra	79.7
33	San Marino	79.7
34	Israel	79.4
35	United Kingdom	79.1
36	Belgium	79.1
37	France	78.8
38	Chinese Taipei	78.4
39	British Virgin Islands	76.9
40	Gibraltar	76.9
41	Finland	75.4
42	Anguilla	74.7
43	Slovenia	74.6
44	Oman	74
45	Italy	72.6
46	Poland	72.5
47	Czech Republic	70.5
48	Malaysia	69.6
49	Spain	68.6
50	Saint-Martin	68.4
51	Malta	68.1
52	Cyprus	68
53	Lithuania	67.8
54	Turks and Caicos Islands	67.1
55	Estonia	66.7
56	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	66.6
57	Bulgaria	66.5
58	Chile	66.3
59	Russia	66.3
60	Hungary	66.1
61	Guam	65.4
62	Curacao	65.2
63	Kazakhstan	64.9
64	Croatia	64.8
65	Costa Rica	64.5
66	Puerto Rico	64
67	Sint Maarten	63.2
68	Romania	63
69	Portugal	62.7
70	Latvia	62.7
71	Trinidad and Tobago	62.2
72	Aruba	61.9
73	Tahiti	61.8
74	Slovakia	61.3
75	New Caledonia	61.2
76	Belarus	61.1
77	Cook Islands	61.1
78	Greece	60.7
79	Uruguay	60.5
80	U.S. Virgin Islands	60.3
81	Réunion	59.8
82	Turkey	59.2
83	Northern Mariana Islands	58.8
84	Panama	58.7
85	French Guiana	58.6
86	Seychelles	57.9
87	Saint Kitts and Nevis	57.3
88	China	57.1
89	Martinique	56.8
90	Brazil	56.5
91	Guadeloupe	56.3
92	Serbia	55.9
93	Mauritius	55.7
94	Mexico	55.6
95	Paraguay	55.6
96	Bahamas	55.5
97	Guyana	55.3
98	Montserrat	55.1
99	Ecuador	54.7
100	Antigua and Barbuda	54.3
101	Wallis and Futuna	53.5
102	Dominican Republic	53
103	Mongolia	52.3
104	Thailand	51.3
105	El Salvador	50.9
106	Colombia	50.8
107	North Macedonia	49.4
108	Suriname	49.4
109	Georgia	49.4
110	Guatemala	49.3
111	Azerbaijan	49
112	Peru	48.9
113	Argentina	48.5
114	Barbados	48.4
115	Mayotte	48.3
116	Maldives	48
117	American Samoa	47.7
118	Dominica	47.1
119	Moldova	47
120	Iraq	46.8
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.7
122	Sri Lanka	46.5
123	South Africa	46.4
124	Palau	46.3
125	Niue	45.9
126	Vietnam	45.5
127	Saint Lucia	45.3
128	Bolivia	45.1
129	Equatorial Guinea	44.7
130	Philippines	44.3
131	Morocco	44.3
132	Montenegro	43.9
133	Ukraine	43.5
134	Uzbekistan	43.4
135	Egypt	43.4
136	Armenia	42.8
137	Kosovo	42.7
138	Turkmenistan	42.7
139	Grenada	42.4
140	Algeria	42.4
141	Honduras	42.4
142	Indonesia	41.6
143	Bhutan	41.4
144	India	41.1
145	Nicaragua	40.9
146	Fiji	40.9
147	Iran	40.4
148	Namibia	40.2
149	Jordan	40.2
150	Gabon	40.1
151	Jamaica	40
152	Albania	39.7
153	Botswana	39.7
154	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	39.1
155	Belize	39
156	Ivory Coast	38.7
157	Kyrgyzstan	38.7
158	Tunisia	38.2
159	Nauru	38
160	Kenya	37.9
161	Bangladesh	37.7
162	Libya	37.1
163	Tanzania	36.8
164	Pakistan	35.9
165	Vanuatu	35.6
166	Palestine	35.2
167	Cape Verde	34.9
168	Zambia	34.3
169	Nigeria	34
170	Tajikistan	33.6
171	Congo	33.4
172	Cambodia	32.9
173	Swaziland	32.9
174	Mali	32.8
175	Laos	32.8
176	Benin	32.3
177	Samoa	32.2
178	Nepal	32.2
179	Togo	31.9
180	Ghana	31
181	Mauritania	30.4
182	Cameroon	30
183	Burkina Faso	29.6
184	Papua New Guinea	29
185	Ethiopia	28.9
186	Timor-Leste	28.9
187	Solomon Islands	28.7
188	Niger	28.6
189	Senegal	28.6
190	Myanmar	28.4
191	Djibouti	28.2
192	Madagascar	28
193	Marshall Islands	27.8
194	Comoros	27.8
195	Rwanda	27.5
196	Haiti	27.2
197	Micronesia	27.2
198	Tonga	26.7
199	Mozambique	26.6
200	Gambia	26.3
201	Tuvalu	26.3
202	Malawi	26.2
203	Guinea-Bissau	26.2
204	Yemen	25.9
205	Western Sahara	25.6
206	Zanzibar	25.5
207	Chad	25.4
208	Lebanon	25.3
209	Zimbabwe	25
210	Liberia	24.8
211	Burundi	24.6
212	Guinea	23.7
213	Eritrea	23.6
214	Angola	23.1
215	Sierra Leone	23
216	Uganda	22.9
217	São Tomé and Príncipe	22.7
218	Korea DPR	22.7
219	South Sudan	22.5
220	Congo DR	21.6
221	Cuba	21.3
222	Central African Republic	21
223	Sudan	20.9
224	Kiribati	20.1
225	Lesotho	19.5
226	Afghanistan	18.6
227	Venezuela	17.6
228	Somalia	15.7
229	Syria	15.6

How the Wages and Purchasing Power Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across six indicators. Nomadino calculates: wages and purchasing power score = purchasing power index × 0.30 + average monthly net salary × 0.22 + salary-to-rent ratio × 0.18 + unemployment rate × 0.12 + wage growth × 0.10 + monthly minimum wage × 0.08.

Purchasing power index: 30%
Average monthly net salary: 22%
Salary-to-rent ratio: 18%
Unemployment rate: 12%
Wage growth rate: 10%
Monthly minimum wage: 8%

Nomadino uses normalized indicator scores on a 0 to 100 scale, where higher means better income and purchasing-power conditions. The purchasing power index receives the highest weight because it directly shows how much income is worth after local prices. Average monthly net salary is also weighted strongly because it measures the actual earnings level. The salary-to-rent ratio receives a high weight because housing is often the largest recurring cost, and wage levels without housing costs can be misleading.

The unemployment rate captures the risk of finding work at all; lower unemployment is already converted into a higher score. Wage growth remains included as a trend indicator, but receives a lower weight because short-term years can be volatile. The minimum wage describes the income floor, but should not dominate the ranking because it is not representative for all employees, freelancers, expats or higher-skilled jobs. If an indicator is removed with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights, preserving the relative importance of the active indicators.