Data story · Minimum wages
Europe’s minimum wage gap
The highest statutory floor, Luxembourg at €2,771/mo, is 16.4× the lowest published, Ukraine at €169/mo. And several countries — Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Italy — have no statutory minimum at all: wages there are set by collective agreements, which is a system difference, not missing data.
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| # | Country | Minimum wage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | €2,771/mo |
| 2 | Ireland | €2,391/mo |
| 3 | Germany | €2,343/mo |
| 4 | Netherlands | €2,338/mo |
| 5 | Belgium | €2,234/mo |
| 6 | France | €1,867/mo |
| 7 | Slovenia | €1,482/mo |
| 8 | Spain | €1,425/mo |
| 9 | Lithuania | €1,153/mo |
| 10 | Poland | €1,119/mo |
| ⋮ and at the other end | ||
| 24 | Bulgaria | €620/mo |
| 25 | Moldova | €313/mo |
| 26 | Ukraine | €169/mo |
How to read this figure
The gross statutory minimum wage per month, converted to euros by Eurostat. Some countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Italy…) have NO statutory minimum — wages are set by collective agreements — so absence here is a system difference, not missing data.
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