Characteristics of minimum wage workers

Women, young people, as well as workers from other groups have usually a higher representation among workers earning the minimum wage or below it.

Note: Estimates are based on 71 countries: 13 from Latin America and the Caribbean, 2 from North America, 11 from Africa, 14 from Asia and the Pacific, 22 from Northern, Southern and Western Europe, and 9 from Eastern Europe and Central Asia. For more information, see Appendix IV.

Source: ILO estimates. Get the data