This Article First Appeared In visual capitalist On March 15, 2023
The purpose of a minimum wage is to establish a baseline income level for workers in a given jurisdiction. Ideally, it’s enough to cover basic needs like food and housing, but this isn’t always a guarantee.
To see how the minimum wage differs around the world, we’ve visualized data from Picodi, which includes values for 67 countries as of January 2023.