Which country has the highest Median Income?

Luxembourg has the highest Median Income in 2020, at $26,321 INT$, followed by United Arab Emirates ($24,292 INT$) and Norway ($22,684 INT$).

Which country has the lowest Median Income?

DR Congo has the lowest Median Income in 2020, at $395 INT$.

What is the median Median Income across countries?

The median is $2,713 INT$ across the 162 countries with data in 2020.

Where does this median income by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Measuring Global Inequality: Median Income, GDP per Capita, and the GINI Index - Giving What We Can; GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) - World Bank; Online analysis tool for global poverty monitoring - World Bank/PovcalNet; Indicators - World Bank.

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Median Income by Country

Name: Median Income by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Luxembourg has the highest Median Income in 2020 ($26,321 INT$), followed by United Arab Emirates ($24,292 INT$) and Norway ($22,684 INT$). DR Congo has the lowest ($395 INT$).

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

$2,713 INT$

Middle half $1,158 INT$ – $6,454 INT$

Average

$5,153 INT$

162 countries

Highest

$26,321 INT$

Luxembourg

Lowest

$395 INT$

DR Congo

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202 countries · # = rank by Median Income

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1	Luxembourg	$26,321 INT$	$31,376 INT$	$122,067 INT PPP
2	United Arab Emirates	$24,292 INT$	$27,107 INT$	$66,791 INT PPP
3	Norway	$22,684 INT$	$25,272 INT$	$67,111 INT PPP
4	Switzerland	$21,490 INT$	$25,787 INT$	$72,998 INT PPP
5	United States	$19,306 INT$	$25,332 INT$	$64,402 INT PPP
6	Canada	$18,652 INT$	$22,042 INT$	$48,591 INT PPP
7	Austria	$18,405 INT$	$20,718 INT$	$58,523 INT PPP
8	Sweden	$17,625 INT$	$20,193 INT$	$57,489 INT PPP
9	Denmark	$17,432 INT$	$20,304 INT$	$62,682 INT PPP
10	Netherlands	$17,154 INT$	$19,690 INT$	$62,597 INT PPP
11	Australia	$17,076 INT$	$21,329 INT$	$54,184 INT PPP
12	Iceland	$17,017 INT$	$19,300 INT$	$55,797 INT PPP
13	Germany	$16,845 INT$	$19,730 INT$	$58,686 INT PPP
14	France	$16,372 INT$	$19,409 INT$	$49,482 INT PPP
15	Finland	$16,332 INT$	$18,742 INT$	$53,297 INT PPP
16	Belgium	$16,157 INT$	$17,917 INT$	$56,120 INT PPP
17	United Kingdom	$14,793 INT$	$18,133 INT$	$48,230 INT PPP
18	Malta	$14,543 INT$	$16,509 INT$	$49,972 INT PPP
19	Ireland	$14,520 INT$	$17,938 INT$	$97,800 INT PPP
20	Japan	$14,255 INT$	$17,095 INT$	$42,426 INT PPP
21	Taiwan	$13,605 INT$	$16,355 INT$	—
22	Italy	$13,170 INT$	$15,547 INT$	$44,436 INT PPP
23	Cyprus	$13,053 INT$	$15,663 INT$	$42,569 INT PPP
24	South Korea	$12,507 INT$	$14,316 INT$	$47,881 INT PPP
25	Slovenia	$11,878 INT$	$13,056 INT$	$41,767 INT PPP
26	Spain	$11,786 INT$	$13,822 INT$	$39,328 INT PPP
27	Israel	$10,866 INT$	$13,271 INT$	$40,955 INT PPP
28	Estonia	$10,651 INT$	$12,540 INT$	$40,672 INT PPP
29	Czechia	$10,046 INT$	$11,394 INT$	$44,839 INT PPP
30	Poland	$8,885 INT$	$10,155 INT$	$37,089 INT PPP
31	Portugal	$8,439 INT$	$10,316 INT$	$35,967 INT PPP
32	Lithuania	$8,267 INT$	$10,479 INT$	$41,263 INT PPP
33	Slovakia	$7,991 INT$	$8,408 INT$	$35,328 INT PPP
34	Latvia	$7,971 INT$	$9,727 INT$	$32,741 INT PPP
35	Lebanon	$7,712 INT$	$9,091 INT$	$16,260 INT PPP
36	Hungary	$7,684 INT$	$8,613 INT$	$35,584 INT PPP
37	Uruguay	$7,533 INT$	$9,888 INT$	$25,725 INT PPP
38	Malaysia	$7,512 INT$	$10,200 INT$	$27,475 INT PPP
39	Croatia	$7,196 INT$	$8,008 INT$	$31,594 INT PPP
40	Greece	$6,936 INT$	$8,131 INT$	$29,533 INT PPP
41	Belarus	$6,507 INT$	$7,359 INT$	$24,872 INT PPP
42	Chile	$6,293 INT$	$9,304 INT$	$25,351 INT PPP
43	Panama	$6,254 INT$	$9,453 INT$	$27,017 INT PPP
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$5,925 INT$	$7,131 INT$	$16,370 INT PPP
45	Bulgaria	$5,696 INT$	$7,474 INT$	$27,352 INT PPP
46	Russia	$5,504 INT$	$7,275 INT$	$31,491 INT PPP
47	Costa Rica	$5,457 INT$	$8,440 INT$	$22,100 INT PPP
48	Maldives	$5,409 INT$	$6,435 INT$	$13,425 INT PPP
49	Argentina	$5,319 INT$	$6,935 INT$	$22,393 INT PPP
50	Seychelles	$5,314 INT$	$8,044 INT$	$31,056 INT PPP
51	Turkey	$5,251 INT$	$7,267 INT$	$29,209 INT PPP
52	Romania	$5,206 INT$	$5,949 INT$	$34,194 INT PPP
53	Brazil	$4,559 INT$	$7,654 INT$	$16,102 INT PPP
54	Saint Lucia	$4,519 INT$	$6,946 INT$	$14,912 INT PPP
55	Ukraine	$4,434 INT$	$5,010 INT$	$15,541 INT PPP
56	Serbia	$4,416 INT$	$5,252 INT$	$21,013 INT PPP
57	Iran	$4,360 INT$	$5,924 INT$	$15,119 INT PPP
58	Thailand	$4,356 INT$	$5,670 INT$	$19,164 INT PPP
59	Paraguay	$4,334 INT$	$6,373 INT$	$14,309 INT PPP
60	Montenegro	$4,193 INT$	$5,123 INT$	$20,625 INT PPP
61	Dominican Republic	$4,060 INT$	$5,873 INT$	$18,998 INT PPP
62	North Macedonia	$3,857 INT$	$4,279 INT$	$19,962 INT PPP
63	Mauritius	$3,832 INT$	$4,969 INT$	$21,622 INT PPP
64	Peru	$3,678 INT$	$4,977 INT$	$12,563 INT PPP
65	Kazakhstan	$3,661 INT$	$4,313 INT$	$29,040 INT PPP
66	Bolivia	$3,631 INT$	$4,787 INT$	$9,581 INT PPP
67	Ecuador	$3,525 INT$	$5,046 INT$	$11,527 INT PPP
68	Tunisia	$3,366 INT$	$4,076 INT$	$11,918 INT PPP
69	Mexico	$3,315 INT$	$4,929 INT$	$19,354 INT PPP
70	Palestine	$3,275 INT$	$3,964 INT$	$5,956 INT PPP
71	Colombia	$3,259 INT$	$5,201 INT$	$15,519 INT PPP
72	Jordan	$3,185 INT$	$4,025 INT$	$9,579 INT PPP
73	Vietnam	$3,149 INT$	$3,881 INT$	$11,609 INT PPP
74	Moldova	$3,133 INT$	$3,590 INT$	$13,527 INT PPP
75	El Salvador	$3,095 INT$	$3,989 INT$	$9,393 INT PPP
76	Jamaica	$2,899 INT$	$4,429 INT$	$9,764 INT PPP
77	Trinidad and Tobago	$2,868 INT$	$3,711 INT$	$26,731 INT PPP
78	Mongolia	$2,800 INT$	$3,409 INT$	$13,693 INT PPP
79	Tonga	$2,782 INT$	$3,677 INT$	$6,676 INT PPP
80	Gabon	$2,779 INT$	$3,544 INT$	$14,477 INT PPP
81	Morocco	$2,716 INT$	$3,721 INT$	$7,705 INT PPP
82	Venezuela	$2,710 INT$	$3,741 INT$	—
83	Nicaragua	$2,697 INT$	$3,913 INT$	$6,274 INT PPP
84	Algeria	$2,612 INT$	$2,996 INT$	$12,677 INT PPP
85	Albania	$2,578 INT$	$3,141 INT$	$16,288 INT PPP
86	Samoa	$2,537 INT$	$3,418 INT$	$6,451 INT PPP
87	Fiji	$2,460 INT$	$3,261 INT$	$10,716 INT PPP
88	Bhutan	$2,446 INT$	$3,189 INT$	$12,475 INT PPP
89	Cape Verde	$2,354 INT$	$3,326 INT$	$6,853 INT PPP
90	Sri Lanka	$2,277 INT$	$3,162 INT$	$12,941 INT PPP
91	Georgia	$2,273 INT$	$2,814 INT$	$16,791 INT PPP
92	Armenia	$2,216 INT$	$2,810 INT$	$14,706 INT PPP
93	Tuvalu	$2,099 INT$	$2,802 INT$	$5,122 INT PPP
94	Guatemala	$2,036 INT$	$3,103 INT$	$10,947 INT PPP
95	Guyana	$2,003 INT$	$2,729 INT$	$16,819 INT PPP
96	Syria	$1,996 INT$	$2,606 INT$	$3,738 INT PPP
97	Tajikistan	$1,994 INT$	$2,437 INT$	$3,654 INT PPP
98	Namibia	$1,962 INT$	$4,023 INT$	$9,354 INT PPP
99	Honduras	$1,959 INT$	$3,109 INT$	$5,385 INT PPP
100	Iraq	$1,951 INT$	$2,293 INT$	$10,574 INT PPP
101	Belize	$1,927 INT$	$3,246 INT$	$9,639 INT PPP
102	Myanmar	$1,909 INT$	$2,296 INT$	$5,741 INT PPP
103	Kyrgyzstan	$1,892 INT$	$2,235 INT$	$5,179 INT PPP
104	Ghana	$1,779 INT$	$2,422 INT$	$6,047 INT PPP
105	Mauritania	$1,760 INT$	$2,094 INT$	$5,741 INT PPP
106	Suriname	$1,659 INT$	$2,593 INT$	$16,947 INT PPP
107	South Africa	$1,624 INT$	$4,081 INT$	$12,671 INT PPP
108	Botswana	$1,596 INT$	$2,907 INT$	$15,292 INT PPP
109	Philippines	$1,581 INT$	$2,199 INT$	$8,238 INT PPP
110	Kiribati	$1,489 INT$	$1,858 INT$	$2,711 INT PPP
111	Egypt	$1,485 INT$	$1,847 INT$	$15,232 INT PPP
112	Micronesia	$1,413 INT$	$1,858 INT$	$3,684 INT PPP
113	Djibouti	$1,403 INT$	$1,869 INT$	$5,527 INT PPP
114	Comoros	$1,401 INT$	$2,050 INT$	$3,245 INT PPP
115	Pakistan	$1,399 INT$	$1,797 INT$	$5,048 INT PPP
116	Azerbaijan	$1,393 INT$	$3,851 INT$	$15,164 INT PPP
117	Gambia	$1,383 INT$	$1,784 INT$	$2,531 INT PPP
118	Vanuatu	$1,379 INT$	$1,781 INT$	$3,118 INT PPP
119	Sudan	$1,277 INT$	$1,592 INT$	$3,349 INT PPP
120	Cameroon	$1,245 INT$	$1,841 INT$	$4,365 INT PPP
121	Haiti	$1,162 INT$	$1,540 INT$	$3,103 INT PPP
122	Lesotho	$1,157 INT$	$1,659 INT$	$2,559 INT PPP
123	Nepal	$1,155 INT$	$1,428 INT$	$4,236 INT PPP
124	Yemen	$1,150 INT$	$1,503 INT$	—
125	Bangladesh	$1,131 INT$	$1,414 INT$	$6,641 INT PPP
126	Eswatini	$1,097 INT$	$2,091 INT$	$9,329 INT PPP
127	Laos	$1,065 INT$	$1,389 INT$	$7,913 INT PPP
128	Solomon Islands	$1,028 INT$	$1,333 INT$	$2,405 INT PPP
129	Ivory Coast	$987 INT$	$1,358 INT$	$5,544 INT PPP
130	Timor-Leste	$970 INT$	$1,147 INT$	$6,132 INT PPP
131	Zimbabwe	$932 INT$	$1,429 INT$	$4,179 INT PPP
132	Ethiopia	$907 INT$	$1,107 INT$	$2,407 INT PPP
133	Sao Tome and Principe	$901 INT$	$1,620 INT$	$5,145 INT PPP
134	Republic of the Congo	$892 INT$	$1,375 INT$	$4,771 INT PPP
135	Chad	$880 INT$	$1,182 INT$	$2,186 INT PPP
136	Papua New Guinea	$876 INT$	$1,162 INT$	$3,900 INT PPP
137	Kenya	$874 INT$	$1,197 INT$	$4,793 INT PPP
138	Senegal	$844 INT$	$1,137 INT$	$3,753 INT PPP
139	Guinea	$843 INT$	$1,036 INT$	$3,332 INT PPP
140	Nigeria	$825 INT$	$1,021 INT$	$7,415 INT PPP
141	Uganda	$804 INT$	$1,166 INT$	$2,532 INT PPP
142	South Sudan	$793 INT$	$1,121 INT$	—
143	Sierra Leone	$765 INT$	$1,004 INT$	$2,719 INT PPP
144	Liberia	$753 INT$	$945 INT$	$1,660 INT PPP
145	Burkina Faso	$748 INT$	$1,002 INT$	$2,381 INT PPP
146	Niger	$738 INT$	$937 INT$	$1,497 INT PPP
147	Turkmenistan	$706 INT$	$963 INT$	$15,091 INT PPP
148	Tanzania	$702 INT$	$992 INT$	$3,291 INT PPP
149	Benin	$699 INT$	$989 INT$	$3,245 INT PPP
150	Mali	$689 INT$	$861 INT$	$2,724 INT PPP
151	Togo	$683 INT$	$964 INT$	$2,384 INT PPP
152	Angola	$665 INT$	$1,066 INT$	$7,827 INT PPP
153	Rwanda	$621 INT$	$925 INT$	$2,285 INT PPP
154	Uzbekistan	$591 INT$	$752 INT$	$8,452 INT PPP
155	Zambia	$545 INT$	$1,045 INT$	$3,157 INT PPP
156	Mozambique	$529 INT$	$947 INT$	$1,412 INT PPP
157	Central African Republic	$491 INT$	$891 INT$	$1,066 INT PPP
158	Guinea-Bissau	$486 INT$	$797 INT$	$2,340 INT PPP
159	Malawi	$484 INT$	$733 INT$	$1,513 INT PPP
160	Burundi	$475 INT$	$640 INT$	$958 INT PPP
161	Madagascar	$398 INT$	$567 INT$	$1,490 INT PPP
162	DR Congo	$395 INT$	$548 INT$	$1,089 INT PPP
—	India	—	$1,314 INT$	$6,966 INT PPP
—	China	—	$4,246 INT$	$18,267 INT PPP
—	Indonesia	—	$2,510 INT$	$11,729 INT PPP
—	Afghanistan	—	—	$2,562 INT PPP
—	Saudi Arabia	—	—	$47,518 INT PPP
—	Somalia	—	—	$1,454 INT PPP
—	Cambodia	—	—	$5,942 INT PPP
—	Libya	—	—	$10,955 INT PPP
—	Hong Kong	—	—	$58,187 INT PPP
—	Singapore	—	—	$101,518 INT PPP
—	Oman	—	—	$35,163 INT PPP
—	New Zealand	—	—	$45,513 INT PPP
—	Kuwait	—	—	$41,462 INT PPP
—	Puerto Rico	—	—	$36,859 INT PPP
—	Qatar	—	—	$82,149 INT PPP
—	Equatorial Guinea	—	—	$13,677 INT PPP
—	Bahrain	—	—	$53,436 INT PPP
—	Macau	—	—	$57,078 INT PPP
—	Brunei	—	—	$69,788 INT PPP
—	Bahamas	—	—	$27,205 INT PPP
—	Barbados	—	—	$16,555 INT PPP
—	Curacao	—	—	$21,722 INT PPP
—	Grenada	—	—	$14,361 INT PPP
—	Aruba	—	—	$28,855 INT PPP
—	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	—	—	$15,337 INT PPP
—	Antigua and Barbuda	—	—	$22,370 INT PPP
—	Andorra	—	—	$52,096 INT PPP
—	United States Virgin Islands	—	—	$41,749 INT PPP
—	Cayman Islands	—	—	$66,119 INT PPP
—	Dominica	—	—	$14,244 INT PPP
—	Bermuda	—	—	$85,146 INT PPP
—	Faroe Islands	—	—	$61,651 INT PPP
—	Greenland	—	—	$64,999 INT PPP
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	—	—	$19,530 INT PPP
—	Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	—	$27,326 INT PPP
—	Sint Maarten	—	—	$38,901 INT PPP
—	Marshall Islands	—	—	$6,137 INT PPP
—	San Marino	—	—	$55,207 INT PPP
—	Palau	—	—	$17,390 INT PPP
—	Nauru	—	—	$10,811 INT PPP

What correlates with Median Income (2020)?

Pearson r against 1,435 other country metrics sharing at least 98 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Median Income tend to score higher on these

GNI per Capita AtlasGNI per Capita by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 128
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Consumer Spending per CapitaConsumer Spending by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 126
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GDI Male Est. GNI per CapitaGender Development Index by Country
r = +0.94 · very strong · n = 157
Plot
GDP per Person (US$)Economic Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 156
Plot
GDI Female Est. GNI per CapitaGender Development Index by Country
r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 157
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GDP per Capita - UNGDP per Capita by Country
r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 161
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Median Income tend to score lower on these

RichAds 2024Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.85 · very strong · n = 120
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Lunio 2020Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 127
Plot
Failed States IndexFailed States
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 155
Plot
Marketing Experts 2023Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 126
Plot
Fragile States Index
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 156
Plot
Individuals Making Under $10kWealth Inequality by Country
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 147
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Median Income?: Luxembourg has the highest Median Income in 2020, at $26,321 INT$, followed by United Arab Emirates ($24,292 INT$) and Norway ($22,684 INT$).
Which country has the lowest Median Income?: DR Congo has the lowest Median Income in 2020, at $395 INT$.
What is the median Median Income across countries?: The median is $2,713 INT$ across the 162 countries with data in 2020.
Where does this median income by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Measuring Global Inequality: Median Income, GDP per Capita, and the GINI Index - Giving What We Can; GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) - World Bank; Online analysis tool for global poverty monitoring - World Bank/PovcalNet; Indicators - World Bank.

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