Median income by country

Yearly median household income per person in 166 countries, lined up to 2023 and ranked in 2021 purchasing-power dollars (PPP $); the local-currency column is at today's prices. Highest in United Arab Emirates (34,678 PPP $), lowest in DR Congo (551 PPP $); the population-weighted world median is about 6,586 PPP $.

#CountryMedian (PPP $ / year)Local currency (today's prices)
1 United Arab Emirates 34,678 PPP $ AED 106,843
2 Luxembourg 32,069 PPP $ €32,833
3 Norway 28,226 PPP $ NOK 331,688
4 Qatar 26,548 PPP $ QAR 88,519
5 Switzerland 26,316 PPP $ CHF 33,969
6 Netherlands 25,959 PPP $ €23,587
7 Austria 25,358 PPP $ €22,460
8 United States 25,075 PPP $ $30,767
9 Australia 23,426 PPP $ A$41,428
10 Iceland 23,378 PPP $ ISK 4,606,971
11 Canada 23,169 PPP $ CA$34,832
12 Denmark 22,885 PPP $ DKK 186,091
13 Germany 22,709 PPP $ €19,377
14 Belgium 22,694 PPP $ €20,924
15 South Korea 20,884 PPP $ ₩22,074,939
16 Finland 20,810 PPP $ €19,815
17 France 20,612 PPP $ €17,572
18 United Kingdom 20,297 PPP $ £17,119
19 Malta 20,088 PPP $ €14,251
20 Sweden 19,916 PPP $ SEK 205,961
21 Cyprus 19,548 PPP $ €13,827
22 Ireland 18,810 PPP $ €20,216
23 Slovenia 18,089 PPP $ €12,746
24 Italy 17,226 PPP $ €12,996
25 Guyana 16,960 PPP $ GYD 2,052,450
26 Spain 16,615 PPP $ €11,974
27 Japan 15,631 PPP $ ¥1,896,899
28 Czechia 14,209 PPP $ CZK 247,346
29 Poland 14,077 PPP $ PLN 35,021
30 Estonia 13,678 PPP $ €11,129
31 Lithuania 13,653 PPP $ €8,948
32 Croatia 12,997 PPP $ €8,102
33 Russia 12,513 PPP $ RUB 483,040
34 Portugal 12,375 PPP $ €8,434
35 Israel 12,374 PPP $ ₪54,461
36 Latvia 12,041 PPP $ €7,946
37 Malaysia 11,843 PPP $ MYR 20,530
38 Bulgaria 11,014 PPP $ BGN 5,342
39 Greece 10,369 PPP $ €7,131
40 Türkiye 10,304 PPP $ TRY 259,740
41 Romania 10,293 PPP $ RON 28,346
42 Trinidad & Tobago 10,286 PPP $ TTD 47,820
43 Uruguay 9,505 PPP $ UYU 351,065
44 Hungary 9,417 PPP $ HUF 2,236,572
45 Chile 8,712 PPP $ CLP 5,027,542
46 Slovakia 8,473 PPP $ €5,808
47 St. Lucia 8,255 PPP $ EC$16,039
48 Belarus 7,536 PPP $ BYN 8,091
49 Montenegro 7,534 PPP $ €3,871
50 Serbia 7,352 PPP $ RSD 470,584
51 Costa Rica 7,237 PPP $ CRC 2,734,608
52 Seychelles 6,727 PPP $ SCR 69,344
53 Maldives 6,525 PPP $ MVR 76,132
54 Panama 6,364 PPP $ PAB 3,818
55 Azerbaijan 6,303 PPP $ AZN 4,312
56 Bolivia 6,274 PPP $ BOB 24,298
57 Bosnia & Herzegovina 6,227 PPP $ BAM 5,769
58 Thailand 6,179 PPP $ THB 78,647
59 Bhutan 6,154 PPP $ BTN 158,705
60 North Macedonia 6,005 PPP $ MKD 162,328
61 Brazil 5,864 PPP $ R$18,715
62 Belize 5,827 PPP $ BZD 7,651
63 Dominican Republic 5,704 PPP $ DOP 169,729
64 Barbados 5,637 PPP $ BBD 16,758
65 Jamaica 5,602 PPP $ JMD 693,525
66 Grenada 5,544 PPP $ EC$11,136
67 China 5,397 PPP $ CN¥22,452
68 Albania 5,322 PPP $ ALL 298,622
69 Suriname 5,301 PPP $ SRD 110,131
70 Paraguay 5,263 PPP $ PYG 18,593,511
71 Mauritius 5,141 PPP $ MUR 127,458
72 Mexico 5,107 PPP $ MX$68,871
73 Kazakhstan 5,071 PPP $ KZT 1,274,314
74 Vietnam 5,007 PPP $ ₫44,981,008
75 Ukraine 4,864 PPP $ UAH 72,783
76 Tunisia 4,835 PPP $ TND 6,010
77 Jordan 4,699 PPP $ JOD 1,820
78 Mongolia 4,698 PPP $ MNT 7,082,026
79 Uzbekistan 4,576 PPP $ UZS 20,801,719
80 Ecuador 4,428 PPP $ $2,391
81 Moldova 4,392 PPP $ MDL 48,760
82 Palestine 4,383 PPP $ ₪4,013
83 Tonga 4,366 PPP $ TOP 9,884
84 El Salvador 4,298 PPP $ $2,457
85 Iraq 4,087 PPP $ IQD 2,732,355
86 Turkmenistan 3,982 PPP $ TMT 7,644
87 Colombia 3,977 PPP $ COP 7,901,949
88 Marshall Islands 3,868 PPP $ $4,845
90 Peru 3,742 PPP $ PEN 8,785
91 Tuvalu 3,724 PPP $ A$6,169
92 Gabon 3,700 PPP $ FCFA 1,269,089
93 Algeria 3,695 PPP $ DZD 188,647
94 Iran 3,688 PPP $ IRR 1,240,222,495
95 Nicaragua 3,605 PPP $ NIO 60,056
96 Samoa 3,594 PPP $ WST 8,217
97 Morocco 3,517 PPP $ MAD 16,790
98 Guatemala 3,183 PPP $ GTQ 13,340
99 Georgia 3,070 PPP $ GEL 4,145
100 Nepal 3,008 PPP $ NPR 131,869
101 Lebanon 2,964 PPP $ LBP 179,783,633
102 Egypt 2,927 PPP $ EGP 32,107
103 Kiribati 2,868 PPP $ A$3,453
104 Tajikistan 2,862 PPP $ TJS 11,321
105 Armenia 2,855 PPP $ AMD 557,522
106 Sri Lanka 2,798 PPP $ LKR 283,430
107 Honduras 2,763 PPP $ HNL 43,274
108 Fiji 2,752 PPP $ FJD 2,974
109 Nauru 2,722 PPP $ A$4,033
110 Cape Verde 2,705 PPP $ CVE 174,066
111 Equatorial Guinea 2,688 PPP $ FCFA 910,176
112 South Africa 2,589 PPP $ ZAR 24,752
113 Botswana 2,508 PPP $ BWP 16,667
114 Indonesia 2,442 PPP $ IDR 15,145,209
115 Bangladesh 2,401 PPP $ BDT 110,134
116 Comoros 2,395 PPP $ KMF 749,020
117 Kyrgyzstan 2,382 PPP $ KGS 91,827
118 Namibia 2,345 PPP $ NAD 21,373
119 Laos 2,283 PPP $ LAK 17,456,273
120 Mauritania 2,280 PPP $ MRU 34,417
121 São Tomé & Príncipe 2,236 PPP $ STN 38,918
122 Guinea 2,228 PPP $ GNF 9,921,484
123 India 2,176 PPP $ ₹53,583
124 Philippines 2,031 PPP $ ₱51,745
125 Gambia 1,945 PPP $ GMD 49,844
126 Senegal 1,935 PPP $ F CFA 533,901
127 Djibouti 1,929 PPP $ DJF 206,112
128 Myanmar (Burma) 1,898 PPP $ MMK 2,895,275
129 Côte d’Ivoire 1,861 PPP $ F CFA 514,005
130 Cameroon 1,849 PPP $ FCFA 475,583
131 Micronesia 1,752 PPP $ $2,090
132 Vanuatu 1,751 PPP $ VUV 267,711
133 Pakistan 1,643 PPP $ PKR 138,207
134 Syria 1,628 PPP $ SYP 825,407
135 Benin 1,627 PPP $ F CFA 387,128
136 Togo 1,491 PPP $ F CFA 397,872
137 Ghana 1,467 PPP $ GHS 9,690
138 Mali 1,427 PPP $ F CFA 332,170
139 Sudan 1,418 PPP $ SDG 6,095,227
140 Eswatini 1,418 PPP $ SZL 10,704
141 Liberia 1,417 PPP $ LRD 950
142 Sierra Leone 1,386 PPP $ SLE 12,283
143 Ethiopia 1,363 PPP $ ETB 48,932
144 Guinea-Bissau 1,344 PPP $ F CFA 368,339
145 Chad 1,312 PPP $ FCFA 354,015
146 Rwanda 1,304 PPP $ RWF 616,436
147 Burkina Faso 1,292 PPP $ F CFA 301,227
148 Angola 1,286 PPP $ AOA 628,914
149 Kenya 1,268 PPP $ KES 71,863
150 Nigeria 1,255 PPP $ NGN 550,407
151 Zimbabwe 1,229 PPP $ ZWG 13,138
152 Timor-Leste 1,215 PPP $ $657
153 Lesotho 1,213 PPP $ LSL 9,380
154 Tanzania 1,206 PPP $ TZS 986,264
155 Papua New Guinea 1,177 PPP $ PGK 4,058
156 Solomon Islands 1,143 PPP $ SBD 10,726
157 Republic of the Congo 1,068 PPP $ FCFA 302,505
158 Uganda 1,050 PPP $ UGX 1,735,590
159 Niger 1,041 PPP $ F CFA 247,595
160 Madagascar 857 PPP $ MGA 1,450,919
161 Haiti 774 PPP $ HTG 151,313
162 Burundi 755 PPP $ BIF 1,382,847
163 Central African Republic 729 PPP $ FCFA 227,920
164 Malawi 725 PPP $ MWK 673,062
165 Zambia 652 PPP $ ZMW 7,091
166 Mozambique 565 PPP $ MZN 17,892
167 DR Congo 551 PPP $ CDF 876,052

World Bank PIP survey data (income or consumption), log-normal fit; PPP factors carried to 2026 with IMF inflation projections. See methodology.