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| Country | Location | Type of estimate: Benchmark (B); National Reference Value (NRV); Sub-national Estimate (SNE) | Year of latest update | Year of original estimate | Local currency (ISO 4217) | Gross Living wage in local currency | Net Living wage in local currency | Gross Living wage in USD (2023) | Net Living Wage in USD (2023) | Living income in local currency | Living income in USD (2023) | RePEc No |
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| Argentina | Non-metropolitan urban | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | ARS | 232,709 | 193,149 | N/A | N/A | |||
| Argentina | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | ARS | 265,611 | N/A | |||||
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | B | 2023 | 2016 | BDT | 25,497 | 25,462 | 235 | 234 | 40,228 | 370 | 2022-04-28 |
| Bangladesh | Satellite Cities surrounding Dhaka | B | 2023 | 2016 | BDT | 21,091 | 19,245 | 194 | 224 | 33,309 | 307 | 2022-04-28 |
| Belize | Rural | B | 2023 | 2018 | BZD | 1,027 | 993 | 514 | 496 | 1,578 | 789 | 2022-04-11 |
| Brazil | Belém metropolitan area | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,496 | ||
| Brazil | East Rondonia | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,997 | ||
| Brazil | North Coast Espirito Santo | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,283 | ||
| Brazil | Northwest Espírito Santo | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,283 | ||
| Brazil | South Bahia | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,669 | ||
| Brazil | Southeast Pará | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,274 | ||
| Brazil | Southwest Pará | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,274 | ||
| Brazil | Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,920 | ||
| Brazil | Zona da Mata Mineira | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | BRL | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,283 | ||
| Brazil | State of São Paulo (non-metropolitan urban) | B | 2023 | 2020 | BRL | 3,213 | 2,795 | 662 | 576 | 4,695 | 968 | 23-04-31 |
| Brazil | Minas Gerais South/Southwestern Region (urban) | B | 2023 | 2015 | BRL | 2,621 | 2,280 | 540 | 470 | 3,899 | 804 | 23-04-32 |
| Burkina Faso | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | CFA | 104,436 | 173 | |||||
| Cambodia | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2021 | KHR | 947,792 | 928,836 | 230 | 225 | |||
| Cameroon | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | CFA | 125,475 | 109,731 | 207 | 181 | 182,349 | 301 | |
| Cameroon | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2023 | CFA | 169,894 | 149,228 | 281 | 247 | |||
| Chad | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | XAF | 81,578 | 77,457 | 135 | 128 | |||
| Chile | Non-metropolitan urban | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | CLP | 782,549 | 644,820 | 977 | 805 | |||
| China | Chengdu | B | 2023 | 2015 | CNY | 3,166 | 2,457 | 442 | 343 | 4,373 | 611 | 2022-04-20 |
| China | Hangzhou | B | 2023 | 2015 | CNY | 5,030 | 3,898 | 702 | 544 | 6,938 | 969 | 2022-04-21 |
| China | Shanghai | B | 2023 | 2015 | CNY | 5,114 | 4,219 | 714 | 589 | 7,510 | 1,049 | 2022-04-22 |
| China | Shenzhen | B | 2023 | 2015 | CNY | 3,719 | 2,889 | 519 | 403 | 5,143 | 718 | 2022-04-23 |
| China | Suzhou | B | 2023 | 2015 | CNY | 4,543 | 3,612 | 634 | 504 | 6,431 | 898 | 2022-04-24 |
| China | Zhengzhou | B | 2023 | 2015 | CNY | 3,612 | 2,807 | 504 | 392 | 4,995 | 697 | 2022-04-19 |
| Colombia | Rural Coffee-growing region | B | 2023 | 2021 | COP | 2,141,831 | 1,757,352 | 509 | 447 | 3,034,546 | 688 | 2022-04-33 |
| Colombia | Caribbean coast (urban) | B | 2023 | 2018 | COP | 2,111,077 | 1,940,329 | 502 | 460 | 3,123,929 | 724 | 2023-04-06 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | SNE | 2023 | 2023 | COP | 3,144,579 | 2,893,012 | 764 | 703 | 4,889,191 | 1,187 | |
| Congo | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | CFA | 112,707 | 107,392 | 186 | 177 | |||
| Costa Rica | Limón and Heredia Provinces (rural) | B | 2023 | 2017 | CRC | 484,917 | 437,156 | 898 | 810 | 681,963 | 1,263 | 2023-04-11 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | CFA | 143,236 | 132,493 | 237 | 219 | |||
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2021 | CDF | 486,979 | 209 | |||||
| Dominican Republic | Cibao Norte (New Northern Region) (rural) | B | 2023 | 2022 | DOP | 27,209 | 25,601 | 494 | 464 | 43,208 | 784 | 23-04-26 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | B | 2023 | 2022 | DOP | 36,943 | 34,421 | 670 | 624 | 58,877 | 1,068 | |
| Dominican Republic | Northern region (rural) | B | 2022 | 2013 | DOP | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ecuador | Southern Coastal Region (rural) | B | 2023 | 2016 | USD | 489 | 450 | 489 | 450 | 724 | 724 | 23-04-29 |
| Egypt | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | EGP | 7,418 | 5,938 | 240 | 192 | |||
| El Salvador | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | USD | 539 | 484 | 539 | 484 | |||
| El Salvador | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | USD | 407 | 365 | 407 | 365 | |||
| Ethiopia | Guji Zone, Rural Oromia region | SNE | 2021 | 2021 | ETB | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Ethiopia | Ziway (urban) | B | 2023 | 2015 | ETB | 14,611 | 10,332 | 268 | 190 | 17,082 | 314 | 2022-04-25 |
| Gabon | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2021 | FCFA | 224,151 | 205,098 | 370 | 338 | |||
| Gabon | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2021 | FCFA | 297,008 | 271,762 | 490 | 448 | |||
| Ghana | Lower Volta Region (peri-urban) | B | 2023 | 2017 | GHC | 2,922 | 2,313 | 266 | 211 | 4,118 | 375 | 2023-04-07 |
| Guatemala | Central Valley Area (rural) | B | 2023 | 2016 | GTQ | 3,659 | 3,482 | 467 | 444 | 5,332 | 680 | 2022-04-13 |
| Guatemala | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | GTQ | 4,800 | 4,540 | 612 | 579 | |||
| Honduras | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | HNL | 9,920 | 9,573 | 403 | 389 | |||
| Honduras | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | HNL | 7,959 | 7,680 | 324 | 312 | |||
| India | Rural Andhra Pradesh | B | 2023 | 2022 | INR | 16,999 | 15,924 | 207 | 194 | 26,531 | 323 | 23-04-05 |
| India | Rural Madhya Pradesh, Chhindwara | B | 2023 | 2021 | INR | 13,279 | 12,440 | 161 | 151 | 20,799 | 253 | 2022-04-37 |
| India | Rural Madhya Pradesh, Ratlam | B | 2023 | 2021 | INR | 14,114 | 13,221 | 172 | 161 | 22,105 | 269 | 2022-04-37 |
| India | Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (rural) | B | 2023 | 2018 | INR | 13,914 | 13,034 | 169 | 158 | 22,548 | 274 | 23-04-01 |
| India | Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu | B | 2023 | 2016 | INR | 18,482 | 17,314 | 225 | 210 | 27,355 | 333 | 23-04-02 |
| India | Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh (rural) | B | 2023 | 2015 | INR | 13,535 | 12,679 | 165 | 154 | 19,600 | 238 | 23-04-03 |
| Jordan | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | JOD | 365 | 338 | 515 | 477 | |||
| Kenya | Rural Kericho | B | 2023 | 2022 | KSH | 30,531 | 27,323 | 218 | 195 | 47,541 | 340 | |
| Kenya | Lake Naivasha Region (urban) | B | 2023 | 2014 | KSH | 35,518 | 30,916 | 254 | 221 | 52,251 | 374 | |
| Madagascar | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | MGA | 651,972 | 146 | |||||
| Malawi | Southern Region (rural) | B | 2023 | 2014 | MWK | 164,872 | 148,654 | 161 | 145 | 236,359 | 231 | |
| Mexico | Ensenada, Baja California | B | 2023 | 2021 | MXN | 18,545 | 15,751 | 1,076 | 914 | 26,934 | 1,262 | 2022-04-30 |
| Mexico | Michoacan (non-metropolitan urban) | B | 2023 | 2020 | MXN | 13,750 | 12,050 | 798 | 699 | 19,642 | 1,139 | 2022-04-05 |
| Mexico | Nayarit | B | 2023 | 2021 | MXN | 13,272 | 11,315 | 770 | 656 | 18,896 | 1,096 | 2022-01-01 |
| Mexico | San Quintín, Baja California (rural and towns) | B | 2023 | 2021 | MXN | 17,466 | 14,932 | 1,013 | 866 | 25,236 | 1,464 | |
| Mexico | Yucatan | B | 2023 | 2022 | MXN | 11,927 | 10,610 | 692 | 615 | 18,037 | 1,046 | 2022-01-01 |
| Morocco | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | MAD | 2,580 | 2,406 | 263 | 245 | |||
| Mozambique | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | MZN | 8,093 | 6,987 | 127 | 109 | |||
| Mozambique | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | MZN | 11,567 | 181 | |||||
| Nicaragua | Managua Free Trade Zone | B | 2023 | 2019 | NIO | 15,733 | 13,687 | 432 | 376 | 22,995 | 631 | |
| Nicaragua | Northwest Nicaragua (rural) | B | 2023 | 2017 | NIO | 12,726 | 11,310 | 349 | 310 | 18,322 | 503 | 2023-04-06 |
| Nigeria | Rural | NRV | 2022 | 2020 | NGN | 232,948 | 383 | |||||
| Pakistan | Sialkot (rural) | B | 2023 | 2015 | PKR | 39,938 | 39,938 | 139 | 139 | 65,777 | 230 | |
| Pakistan | Sialkot (urban) | B | 2022 | 2015 | PKR | 43,709 | 43,389 | 153 | 151 | 67,170 | 234 | 23-04-34 |
| Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (rural) | B | 2022 | 2021 | PKR | 58,600 | 58,280 | 204 | 203 | 86,255 | 301 | 2022-04-32 |
| Panama | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | USD | 610 | 543 | 610 | 543 | |||
| Papua New Guinea | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | PGK | 1,760 | 490 | |||||
| Peru | San Martín (cocoa and coffee-growing areas and towns) | B | 2023 | 2022 | PEN | 1,853 | 1,445 | 2,371 | 505 | 2022-01-03 | ||
| Peru | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | PEN | 2,475 | 678 | |||||
| Peru | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | PEN | 1,960 | 1,529 | 537 | 419 | |||
| Philippines | Rural Ilocos Sur Province | 2023 | 2022 | PHP | 16,944 | 15,669 | 303 | 280 | 25,165 | 450 | ||
| Rwanda | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | RWF | 221,932 | 217 | |||||
| Rwanda | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | RWF | 215,096 | 165,469 | 188 | 144 | |||
| South Africa | Western Cape Province (rural) | B | 2023 | 2013 | ZAR | 5,354 | 5,300 | 285 | 282 | 8,692 | 462 | |
| Sri Lanka | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | LKR | 113,987 | 104,868 | 348 | 320 | |||
| Sri Lanka | Estate Sector | B | 2023 | 2015 | LKR | 47,464 | 43,334 | 145 | 132 | 76,266 | 233 | 2022-04-18 |
| Tanzania | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | TZS | 513,261 | 221 | |||||
| Tanzania | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | TZS | 342,926 | 305,543 | 148 | 132 | |||
| Tanzania | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | TZS | 462,868 | 404,855 | 199 | 174 | |||
| Thailand | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | THB | 14,235 | 13,523 | 406 | 386 | |||
| Togo | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2023 | XOF | 92,764 | 88,758 | 155 | 148 | 149,206 | 249 | |
| Togo | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2023 | XOF | 122,967 | 117,608 | 205 | 196 | |||
| Tunisia | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | TND | 1,002 | 828 | 324 | 268 | |||
| Turkey | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2020 | TRY | 10303 | 457 | |||||
| Turkey | Urban | NRV | 2023 | 2021 | TRY | 13,087 | 9,332 | 581 | 414 | |||
| Uganda | Lake Victoria Basin (rural) | B | 2023 | 2019 | UGX | 848,837 | 649,744 | 228 | 175 | 1,156,544 | 311 | |
| Vietnam | Economic Zone 4 (rural) | B | 2023 | 2016 | VND | 6,169,935 | 5,460,392 | 262 | 232 | 10,156,329 | 432 | 2022-01-07 |
| Vietnam | Economic Zone 1 (HCMC/urban) | B | 2023 | 2016 | VND | 8,606,008 | 7,616,317 | 366 | 324 | 13,404,719 | 570 | 2022-01-08 |
| Vietnam | Economic Zone 2 | B | 2023 | 2022 | VND | 7,884,064 | 6,977,396 | 335 | 297 | 12,280,218 | 522 | 2022-01-09 |
| Vietnam | Economic Zone 3 | B | 2023 | 2022 | VND | 7,656,606 | 6,776,096 | 326 | 288 | 11,925,931 | 507 | 2022-01-10 |
| Zambia | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | ZMK | 2,726 | 2,562 | 146 | 137 | |||
| Zimbabwe | Rural | NRV | 2023 | 2022 | ZWL | 247 | 208 | 247 | 208 |