Real Wage Growth Rate (%)

Raw value is the latest usable annual real wage growth rate in percent, based on comparable wage observations deflated by consumer-price inflation. Higher real wage growth receives a higher score.
1 Mali39.8 % 39.8 % 100
1 Mauritius36.4 % 36.4 % 100
1 Rwanda32.5 % 32.5 % 100
4 Bulgaria25.3 % 25.3 % 99
4 Mongolia24.3 % 24.3 % 99
6 Turkey19.9 % 19.9 % 98
6 Zambia17.2 % 17.2 % 98
8 Russia11.3 % 11.3 % 97
9 Italy10.3 % 10.3 % 96
10 Sri Lanka9.4 % 9.4 % 95
10 Tajikistan9.3 % 9.3 % 95
10 Guyana9 % 9 % 95
13 Portugal8.3 % 8.3 % 94
14 Chile7.8 % 7.8 % 93
14 United States7.6 % 7.6 % 93
14 Belarus7.4 % 7.4 % 93
17 El Salvador7.1 % 7.1 % 92
17 Honduras6.9 % 6.9 % 92
17 Mexico6.8 % 6.8 % 92
20 Colombia6.6 % 6.6 % 91
20 Georgia6.5 % 6.5 % 91
20 Latvia6.5 % 6.5 % 91
23 Tanzania5.6 % 5.6 % 89
23 China5.5 % 5.5 % 89
23 Greece5.5 % 5.5 % 89
23 Lithuania5.5 % 5.5 % 89
23 Brazil5.4 % 5.4 % 89
28 Costa Rica5 % 5 % 88
28 Kazakhstan5 % 5 % 88
28 Uzbekistan5 % 5 % 88
31 Serbia4.5 % 4.5 % 86
32 Azerbaijan4 % 4 % 83
32 Chinese Taipei4 % 4 % 83
32 Croatia4 % 4 % 83
32 Kyrgyzstan4 % 4 % 83
32 Ecuador3.9 % 3.9 % 83
37 Malta3.8 % 3.8 % 82
38 Philippines3.6 % 3.6 % 81
38 Albania3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Andorra3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Australia3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Guatemala3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Kenya3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Korea Republic3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Moldova3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Montenegro3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 New Zealand3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 North Macedonia3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Samoa3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Singapore3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 United Arab Emirates3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 United Kingdom3.5 % 3.5 % 81
38 Vietnam3.5 % 3.5 % 81
54 Dominican Republic3.2 % 3.2 % 79
54 Estonia3.2 % 3.2 % 79
54 France3.2 % 3.2 % 79
54 Spain3.1 % 3.1 % 79
58 Algeria3 % 3 % 78
58 Anguilla3 % 3 % 78
58 Antigua and Barbuda3 % 3 % 78
58 Bahrain3 % 3 % 78
58 Bermuda3 % 3 % 78
58 British Virgin Islands3 % 3 % 78
58 Canada3 % 3 % 78
58 Cayman Islands3 % 3 % 78
58 Gibraltar3 % 3 % 78
58 Hong Kong3 % 3 % 78
58 Iran3 % 3 % 78
58 Ivory Coast3 % 3 % 78
58 Kosovo3 % 3 % 78
58 Macau3 % 3 % 78
58 Morocco3 % 3 % 78
58 Nicaragua3 % 3 % 78
58 Qatar3 % 3 % 78
58 Saint Kitts and Nevis3 % 3 % 78
58 San Marino3 % 3 % 78
58 Saudi Arabia3 % 3 % 78
58 Seychelles3 % 3 % 78
58 Trinidad and Tobago3 % 3 % 78
58 Tunisia3 % 3 % 78
58 Turkmenistan3 % 3 % 78
58 Turks and Caicos Islands3 % 3 % 78
83 Myanmar2.8 % 2.8 % 77
83 Uruguay2.8 % 2.8 % 77
85 Madagascar2.7 % 2.7 % 76
85 Hungary2.6 % 2.6 % 76
87 Aruba2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Barbados2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Cape Verde2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Cook Islands2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Curacao2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Djibouti2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Dominica2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Ethiopia2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Faroe Islands2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Fiji2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Grenada2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Guam2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Iraq2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Kuwait2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Liechtenstein2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Monaco2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Nepal2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 New Caledonia2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Oman2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Papua New Guinea2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Puerto Rico2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Saint Lucia2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Saint-Martin2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Sint Maarten2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Slovenia2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Suriname2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 Tahiti2.5 % 2.5 % 75
87 U.S. Virgin Islands2.5 % 2.5 % 75
116 Greenland2.2 % 2.2 % 73
117 American Samoa2 % 2 % 72
117 Benin2 % 2 % 72
117 Burkina Faso2 % 2 % 72
117 Cameroon2 % 2 % 72
117 Comoros2 % 2 % 72
117 Congo2 % 2 % 72
117 Congo DR2 % 2 % 72
117 Equatorial Guinea2 % 2 % 72
117 French Guiana2 % 2 % 72
117 Gabon2 % 2 % 72
117 Gambia2 % 2 % 72
117 Guadeloupe2 % 2 % 72
117 Guinea2 % 2 % 72
117 Haiti2 % 2 % 72
117 Japan2 % 2 % 72
117 Liberia2 % 2 % 72
117 Marshall Islands2 % 2 % 72
117 Martinique2 % 2 % 72
117 Mauritania2 % 2 % 72
117 Mayotte2 % 2 % 72
117 Montserrat2 % 2 % 72
117 Mozambique2 % 2 % 72
117 Nauru2 % 2 % 72
117 Niue2 % 2 % 72
117 Northern Mariana Islands2 % 2 % 72
117 Palau2 % 2 % 72
117 Réunion2 % 2 % 72
117 Saint Pierre and Miquelon2 % 2 % 72
117 São Tomé and Príncipe2 % 2 % 72
117 Swaziland2 % 2 % 72
117 Togo2 % 2 % 72
117 Vanuatu2 % 2 % 72
117 Wallis and Futuna2 % 2 % 72
117 Zanzibar2 % 2 % 72
151 Paraguay1.9 % 1.9 % 71
152 Czech Republic1.7 % 1.7 % 70
152 Israel1.7 % 1.7 % 70
152 Peru1.6 % 1.6 % 70
155 Burundi1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Chad1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Eritrea1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Guinea-Bissau1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Libya1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Malawi1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Micronesia1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Niger1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Sierra Leone1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Solomon Islands1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Tuvalu1.5 % 1.5 % 69
155 Western Sahara1.5 % 1.5 % 69
167 Bangladesh1.2 % 1.2 % 67
167 Luxembourg1.2 % 1.2 % 67
167 South Africa1.1 % 1.1 % 67
170 Afghanistan1 % 1 % 66
170 Central African Republic1 % 1 % 66
170 Cuba1 % 1 % 66
170 Kiribati1 % 1 % 66
170 Korea DPR1 % 1 % 66
170 Palestine1 % 1 % 66
170 Somalia1 % 1 % 66
170 South Sudan1 % 1 % 66
170 Sudan1 % 1 % 66
179 Ireland0.9 % 0.9 % 65
179 Norway0.9 % 0.9 % 65
179 Austria0.8 % 0.8 % 65
182 Jordan0.7 % 0.7 % 64
182 Switzerland0.6 % 0.6 % 64
184 Yemen0.5 % 0.5 % 63
185 Romania0.4 % 0.4 % 62
186 Armenia0.2 % 0.2 % 61
186 Belgium0.2 % 0.2 % 61
186 Cyprus0.2 % 0.2 % 61
186 Nigeria0.2 % 0.2 % 61
190 Poland-0.1 % -0.1 % 60
191 India-0.2 % -0.2 % 59
191 Maldives-0.3 % -0.3 % 59
191 Netherlands-0.3 % -0.3 % 59
194 Cambodia-0.6 % -0.6 % 58
195 Denmark-0.7 % -0.7 % 57
196 Iceland-1.9 % -1.9 % 52
196 Namibia-1.9 % -1.9 % 52
196 Argentina-2 % -2 % 52
196 Panama-2 % -2 % 52
196 Syria-2 % -2 % 52
201 Jamaica-2.3 % -2.3 % 51
202 Zimbabwe-2.5 % -2.5 % 50
203 Sweden-2.7 % -2.7 % 49
204 Ukraine-2.9 % -2.9 % 48
204 Bosnia and Herzegovina-3 % -3 % 48
204 Germany-3 % -3 % 48
204 Indonesia-3 % -3 % 48
208 Thailand-3.3 % -3.3 % 47
209 Brunei-3.6 % -3.6 % 46
210 Pakistan-4 % -4 % 44
211 Bolivia-4.4 % -4.4 % 42
211 Finland-4.6 % -4.6 % 42
213 Malaysia-4.8 % -4.8 % 41
214 Bhutan-4.9 % -4.9 % 40
214 Lebanon-5 % -5 % 40
216 Slovakia-5.3 % -5.3 % 39
216 Timor-Leste-5.3 % -5.3 % 39
218 Egypt-5.9 % -5.9 % 36
219 Laos-6.9 % -6.9 % 32
220 Tonga-7.6 % -7.6 % 30
221 Botswana-8.7 % -8.7 % 26
222 Lesotho-10.1 % -10.1 % 22
223 Senegal-10.3 % -10.3 % 21
224 Venezuela-17.3 % -17.3 % 10
224 Uganda-17.5 % -17.5 % 10
226 Belize-20.3 % -20.3 % 8
226 Bahamas-20.4 % -20.4 % 8
228 Angola-32.9 % -32.9 % 3
229 Ghana-36.8 % -36.8 % 2

Last rating: June 17th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is annual real wage growth in percent. Real means nominal wage increases are adjusted for consumer-price inflation. A positive value means labour income rises after price increases; a negative value means wage purchasing power falls.

The direct data anchor is ILOSTAT SDG 8.5.1, average hourly earnings of employees in local currency. Nomadino uses only the total value across sex and skill groups so the raw value is not driven by a subgroup.

Nomadino calculates the annualised change between two comparable wage years from the same ILOSTAT source. It then deflates this nominal change with World Bank indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG for consumer-price inflation. In simplified form: real wage growth = ((1 + nominal wage growth) / (1 + consumer-price inflation) - 1) times 100.

If ILOSTAT already contains a newer wage year but the matching World Bank inflation value is not yet available, Nomadino uses the latest wage-year pair with complete inflation coverage. This keeps the raw value inflation-adjusted and internationally comparable instead of mixing a current nominal value with a missing price anchor.

For countries and territories without a usable ILOSTAT/inflation pair, Nomadino uses maintained replacement values. They are checked against national wage series, the Eurostat Labour Cost Index wage and salary component, OECD wage series, administering states, regional comparators and existing Nomadino wage values. Replacements give a realistic placement but are not treated as official point measurements.

This indicator does not measure wage level. A low-wage country can have strong short-term real wage growth, while a high-wage country can stagnate in real terms under inflation. Average net salary, purchasing-power index, unemployment rate and salary-to-rent ratio therefore remain separate indicators.

The score rises monotonically with the visible percentage. Strong real wage losses sit near the bottom, values around 0% sit around the middle, 1% to 3% real growth is good, 4% to 5% is strong, and exceptionally high real gains reach the upper end of the scale.