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Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009

2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009 covers 87 countries on 3 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 4,817.8; Niger is lowest, at 123.4. The middle country reads 1,169.0. Against 2008, 71 values changed (56 up, 15 down), 16 countries joined, 6 left.

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Average Monthly Earnings of Employees · Data for 2009

HighestLuxembourg

4,817.8

LowestNiger

123.4

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 87 countries · select a heading to sort

Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe4,817.83,750.35,575—
2BelgiumBELWestern Europe4,345.93,607.64,993—
3NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe4,067.62,922.65,030—
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe4,051.93,230.34,817—
5IcelandISLNorthern Europe3,951.13,056.64,833—
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe3,820.22,908.44,569—
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe3,662.03,217.94,089—
8SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,659.13,068.54,192—
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe3,596.02,986.04,197—
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe3,548.62,538.14,457—
11FinlandFINNorthern Europe3,451.12,914.73,997—
12United StatesUSANorthern America3,354.72,826.43,864—
13IrelandIRLNorthern Europe3,173.72,554.83,782—
14Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3,116.22,872.23,155—
15United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia3,017.32,248.03,206—
16South KoreaKOREastern Asia3,005.82,164.93,407—
17GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,854.82,121.43,499—
18CyprusCYPWestern Asia2,751.62,235.23,238—
19CanadaCANNorthern America2,747.82,330.83,169—
20AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2,631.52,043.03,168—
21SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2,541.52,377.32,685—
22QatarQATWestern Asia2,451.11,920.72,669—
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2,445.61,900.13,000—
24MaltaMLTSouthern Europe2,408.32,067.02,601—
25New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2,388.21,945.52,818—

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg4,817.8
  2. 2Belgium4,345.9
  3. 3Netherlands4,067.6
  4. 4Norway4,051.9
  5. 5Iceland3,951.1

Lowest

  1. 87Niger123.4
  2. 86Egypt163.7
  3. 85Cambodia232.4
  4. 84Tajikistan236.8
  5. 83Uganda302.7

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,169.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (2021 PPP $)

    HighestLuxembourg3,750.3

    LowestEgypt54.4

    Middle country: 1,302.1

  • Men (2021 PPP $)

    HighestLuxembourg5,575

    LowestEgypt185

    Middle country: 1,663

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +16 / −6countries joined / left
  • 71values changed, of 71 in both
  • 56 · 15rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ United Arab Emirates+ Chile+ Republic of the Congo+ Hong Kong+ Japan+ South Korea+ Macau+ Niger+ Nicaragua+ New Zealand+ Qatar+ Saudi Arabia+ Türkiye+ Uganda+ Vietnam+ Kosovo− Bahrain− Costa Rica− Guatemala− Nepal− Serbia− South Africa

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2009.

  • The position is ours

    ILO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 110 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Break in series.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2009). Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/average-monthly-earnings/2009

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07Questions

Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest average monthly earnings in Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009?

Luxembourg, at 4,817.8, of the 87 countries in the file.

What year does Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009 cover?

87.

Where can I download Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2009 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, 2024.

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