Minimum Wage by Country 2023

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Interactive Map Introduction Minimum Wage by Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Eswatini Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay People's Republic of China Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Macedonia Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia

Introduction

The minimum wage is the least amount that an employer is legally obliged to pay a worker at an hourly rate or a monthly rate. Minimum wage laws were put in place to combat worker exploitation in sweatshops and to help low-income families meet their basic requirements like food, water, and security. There is a big debate around the concept of minimum wage, with its supporters arguing that it increases standards of living and reduces poverty and inequality while having an overall net benefit for the economy as peoples purchasing power increases. Dissenters argue that it makes the cost of labor too expensive and forces businesses to raise prices and lay off workers, contributing to poor economic performance.

The rate of minimum wage varies from country to country, and within the U.S, from state to state. This variation is due to annual incremental increases by governments upon determining the lowest livable wage, while others stay fixed.

If you want to learn more about minimum wage by country, please refer to the data in the charts.

#	Country	Monthly Minimum Wage
1	Switzerland	$4,215.55
2	Australia	$2,461.53
3	New Zealand	$2,452.02
4	Luxembourg	$2,438.65
5	United Kingdom	$1,952.7
6	Belgium	$1,942.04
7	Ireland	$1,870.59
8	Netherlands	$1,851.3
9	Germany	$1,838.44
10	France	$1,734.69
11	San Marino	$1,680.88
12	Israel	$1,640.77
13	South Korea	$1,593.14
14	Japan	$1,468.73
15	United States of America	$1,256.67
16	Spain	$1,229.84
17	Slovenia	$1,132.61
18	Cyprus	$917.11
19	The Bahamas	$910
20	Greece	$876.87
21	Portugal	$867.04
22	Oman	$845.25
23	Malta	$835.16
24	Lithuania	$769.53
25	Barbados	$736.67
26	Palau	$728
27	Estonia	$689.41
28	Slovakia	$680.98
29	Iran	$632.26
30	Antigua and Barbuda	$631.7
31	Marshall Islands	$624
32	Dominica	$577.78
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$577.78
34	Montenegro	$561.38
35	Trinidad and Tobago	$538.58
36	Latvia	$527.07
37	Argentina	$482.64
38	Seychelles	$465.4
39	Serbia	$423.64
40	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$385.19
41	Jordan	$366.2
42	Guatemala	$365.26
43	Grenada	$337.04
44	Fiji	$329.48
45	Libya	$321.83
46	Belize	$321.75
47	Morocco	$314.7
48	Albania	$282.48
49	Qatar	$274.73
50	Gabon	$270.5
51	Thailand	$249.2
52	Kuwait	$248.64
53	Iraq	$241.38
54	Peru	$239.66
55	Ukraine	$212.72
56	Russia	$212.6
57	Guyana	$211.99
58	Equatorial Guinea	$211.54
59	Papua New Guinea	$207.48
60	Solomon Islands	$204.58
61	Kiribati	$203.12
62	Cambodia	$194
63	Suriname	$181.97
64	Belarus	$178.78
65	Azerbaijan	$176.47
66	Indonesia	$174.96
67	Vietnam	$168.26
68	Armenia	$153.22
69	Philippines	$148.86
70	Mongolia	$147.41
71	Haiti	$145.7
72	Algeria	$140.14
73	Cape Verde	$139.46
74	Comoros	$132.23
75	Kenya	$130.57
76	Nepal	$126.97
77	Pakistan	$116.63
78	East Timor	$115
79	Mozambique	$113.8
80	Lesotho	$109.62
81	Chad	$108.2
82	Kazakhstan	$99.79
83	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$92.47
84	Myanmar	$90.33
85	Senegal	$88.39
86	Uzbekistan	$83.5
87	Afghanistan	$71.6
88	Angola	$71.17
89	Sierra Leone	$65.87
90	Central African Republic	$63.12
91	Bhutan	$62.82
92	India	$62.61
93	Tanzania	$61.48
94	Togo	$56.25
95	Ghana	$56.11
96	Niger	$54.18
97	Tajikistan	$52.46
98	Malawi	$46.7
99	Sri Lanka	$39.75
100	Guinea-Bissau	$34.32
101	Eswatini	$28.41
102	The Gambia	$25.25
103	Kyrgyzstan	$21.9
104	Bangladesh	$16.58
105	Georgia	$6.21
106	Rwanda	$2.54
107	Uganda	$1.63

Monthly Minimum Wage by Country

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$71.6

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Albania

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$282.48

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#48

Algeria

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$140.14

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#72

Angola

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$71.17

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#88

Antigua and Barbuda

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$631.7

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#30

Argentina

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$482.64

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#37

Armenia

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$153.22

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#68

Australia

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$2,461.53

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Azerbaijan

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$176.47

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#65

Bangladesh

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$16.58

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#104

Barbados

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$736.67

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#25

Belarus

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$178.78

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#64

Belgium

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$1,942.04

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Belize

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$321.75

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#46

Bhutan

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$62.82

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#91

Cambodia

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$194

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#62

Cape Verde

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$139.46

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#73

Central African Republic

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$63.12

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#90

Chad

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$108.2

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#81

Comoros

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$132.23

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#74

Cyprus

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$917.11

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#18

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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$92.47

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#83

Dominica

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$577.78

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#32

East Timor

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$115

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#78

Equatorial Guinea

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$211.54

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#58

Estonia

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$689.41

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#27

Eswatini

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$28.41

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#101

Fiji

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$329.48

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#44

France

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$1,734.69

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#10

Gabon

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$270.5

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#50

Georgia

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$6.21

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#105

Germany

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$1,838.44

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Ghana

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$56.11

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#95

Greece

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$876.87

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#20

Grenada

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$337.04

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#43

Guatemala

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$365.26

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#42

Guinea-Bissau

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$34.32

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#100

Guyana

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$211.99

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#57

Haiti

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$145.7

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#71

India

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$62.61

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#92

Indonesia

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$174.96

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#66

Iran

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$632.26

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#29

Iraq

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$241.38

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#53

Ireland

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$1,870.59

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Israel

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$1,640.77

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#12

Japan

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$1,468.73

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#14

Jordan

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$366.2

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#41

Kazakhstan

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$99.79

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#82

Kenya

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$130.57

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#75

Kiribati

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$203.12

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#61

Kuwait

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$248.64

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#52

Kyrgyzstan

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$21.9

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#103

Latvia

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$527.07

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#36

Lesotho

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$109.62

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#80

Libya

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$321.83

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#45

Lithuania

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$769.53

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#24

Luxembourg

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$2,438.65

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Malawi

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$46.7

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#98

Malta

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$835.16

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#23

Marshall Islands

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$624

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#31

Mongolia

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$147.41

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#70

Montenegro

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$561.38

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#34

Morocco

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$314.7

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#47

Mozambique

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$113.8

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#79

Myanmar

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$90.33

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#84

Nepal

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$126.97

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#76

Netherlands

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$1,851.3

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New Zealand

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$2,452.02

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Niger

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$54.18

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#96

Oman

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$845.25

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#22

Pakistan

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$116.63

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#77

Palau

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$728

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#26

Papua New Guinea

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$207.48

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#59

Peru

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$239.66

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#54

Philippines

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$148.86

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#69

Portugal

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$867.04

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#21

Qatar

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$274.73

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#49

Russia

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$212.6

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#56

Rwanda

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$2.54

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#106

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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$577.78

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#33

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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$385.19

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#40

San Marino

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$1,680.88

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#11

Senegal

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$88.39

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#85

Serbia

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$423.64

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#39

Seychelles

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$465.4

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#38

Sierra Leone

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$65.87

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#89

Slovakia

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$680.98

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#28

Slovenia

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$1,132.61

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#17

Solomon Islands

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$204.58

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#60

South Korea

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$1,593.14

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#13

Spain

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$1,229.84

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#16

Sri Lanka

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$39.75

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#99

Suriname

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$181.97

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#63

Switzerland

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$4,215.55

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Tajikistan

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$52.46

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#97

Tanzania

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$61.48

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#93

Thailand

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$249.2

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#51

The Bahamas

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$910

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#19

The Gambia

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$25.25

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#102

Togo

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$56.25

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#94

Trinidad and Tobago

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$538.58

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#35

Uganda

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$1.63

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#107

Ukraine

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$212.72

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#55

United Kingdom

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$1,952.7

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United States of America

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$1,256.67

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#15

Uzbekistan

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$83.5

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#86

Vietnam

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$168.26

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#67