Information International distributed a report that included a comparison between the minimum wage in Lebanon and a number of countries in the world, as with the decline in the exchange rate of the lira, the minimum wage became among the lowest in the world.
The report stated:
In comparing the minimum wage in Lebanon with a number of countries in the world (some are similar to Lebanon’s situation and the cost of living, and others are higher or lower), it turns out that Lebanon is in a low rank (it comes after Bangladesh), so Tunisia has a similar status to Lebanon, with a minimum of $ 125.
We show in Table No. 4 the minimum wage in a number of countries compared to Lebanon (recognizing that the comparison with some countries is not scientific due to the difference in economic and social data).
Lebanon, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Angola are among the groups with the lowest minimum wages, followed by Gambia, Yemen, Malawi, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan.
Country minimum wage
France 1796
USA 1395
CYPRUS 863
GREECE 853
BAHREIN 800
SAUDI ARABIA 800
TURKEY 375
IRAN 360
MOROCCOW 325
JORDAN 311
CAMBODIA 282
ALBANIA 240
PHILIPPINE 237
BREZIL 212
KYNIA 207
ALGERIA 170
CONGO 170
CHINA 162
INDIA 148
AZERBEIJAN 146
ARMENIA 143
PAKISTAN 130
TUNISIA 125
EGYPT 115
MORITANIA 111
CHAD 110
BANGLADISH 95
CUBA 80
LEBANON 72
AFGHANISTAN 67
SRYLANKA 62
ANGOLA 57
GAMBIA 52
YEMEN 35
MALAWI 27
ETHYOPIA 26
ARETRYA 24
SUDAN 12
