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Switzerland Has The Highest 'Minimum Wage' In The World

Minimum wages vary widely around the world, but comparing headline wage rates alone can obscure how much workers can actually buy with them.

This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, compares monthly minimum wages using 2024 data from the International Labour Organization. Figures are expressed in purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted U.S. dollars, making wages more comparable based on what they can buy locally.

Where no single national minimum exists, ILOSTAT uses other applicable wage floors to make comparisons across countries.

The Countries With the Highest Minimum Wages

Switzerland tops the dataset at $3,804 per month, based on a regional rather than nationwide minimum wage. Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands follow at roughly $2,900. Eight of the top 10 countries are in Europe, while Australia and New Zealand are the only two outside the region.

South Korea stands out at $2,362, the highest figure in Asia. The U.S. sits much lower at $1,257 per month, ranking 25th overall. The ILO uses the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour rather than the $10.69 average state minimum in 2024.

RankCountryMonthly Minimum Wage, PPP-Adjusted 1🇨🇭 Switzerland$3,804 2🇩🇪 Germany$2,928 3🇬🇧 UK$2,902 4🇳🇱 Netherlands$2,876 5🇦🇺 Australia$2,819 6🇧🇪 Belgium$2,752 7🇮🇸 Iceland$2,730 8🇳🇿 New Zealand$2,673 9🇫🇷 France$2,465 10🇮🇪 Ireland$2,433 11🇰🇷 South Korea$2,362 12🇸🇲 San Marino$2,339 13🇨🇦 Canada$2,324 14🇪🇸 Spain$2,248 15🇵🇱 Poland$2,141 16🇯🇵 Japan$1,839 17🇷🇴 Romania$1,799 18🇴🇲 Oman$1,757 19🇬🇷 Greece$1,735 20🇵🇹 Portugal$1,713 21🇮🇱 Israel$1,630 22🇧🇭 Bahrain$1,590 23🇭🇺 Hungary$1,409 24🇨🇿 Czechia$1,319 25🇺🇸 U.S.$1,257 26🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR$1,186 27🇨🇷 Costa Rica$1,093 28🇧🇴 Bolivia$1,078 29🇨🇱 Chile$1,076 30🇲🇾 Malaysia$1,035 31🇧🇸 Bahamas$1,017 32🇫🇯 Fiji$1,010 33🇩🇲 Dominica$1,000 34🇮🇩 Indonesia$993 35🇵🇾 Paraguay$986 36🇬🇹 Guatemala$963 37🇵🇦 Panama$943 38🇧🇿 Belize$940 39🇭🇳 Honduras$929 40🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago$909 41🇵🇼 Palau$889 42🇪🇬 Egypt$863 43🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina$850 44🇨🇴 Colombia$843 45🇩🇴 Dominican Republic$826 46🇹🇭 Thailand$822 47🇯🇴 Jordan$809 48🇲🇦 Morocco$773 49🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$766 50🇸🇨 Seychelles$766 51🇧🇾 Belarus$766 52🇸🇻 El Salvador$760 53🇲🇺 Mauritius$753 54🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis$740 55🇬🇩 Grenada$705 56🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda$702 57🇻🇳 Viet Nam$693 58🇯🇲 Jamaica$670 59🇷🇺 Russia$662 60🇦🇿 Azerbaijan$654 61🇮🇶 Iraq$626 62🇿🇦 South Africa$620 63🇬🇾 Guyana$619 64🇲🇽 Mexico$599 65🇧🇧 Barbados$592 66🇲🇳 Mongolia$591 67🇲🇻 Maldives$587 68🇵🇰 Pakistan$570 69🇦🇷 Argentina$568 70🇳🇮 Nicaragua$565 71🇧🇷 Brazil$559 72🇱🇾 Libya$553 73🇨🇳 China$544 74🇬🇦 Gabon$529 75🇵🇪 Peru$526 76🇨🇬 Congo$517 77🇹🇳 Tunisia$513 78🇳🇵 Nepal$490 79🇰🇿 Kazakhstan$483 80🇦🇲 Armenia$476 81🇩🇿 Algeria$473 82🇮🇷 Iran$466 83🇻🇺 Vanuatu$458 84🇼🇸 Samoa$440 85🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea$425 86🇰🇼 Kuwait$408 87🇵🇭 Philippines$400 88🇦🇫 Afghanistan$393 89🇧🇩 Bangladesh$379 90🇲🇿 Mozambique$379 91🇶🇦 Qatar$363 92🇰🇪 Kenya$361 93🇧🇼 Botswana$354 94🇱🇧 Lebanon$344 95🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire$320 96🇺🇿 Uzbekistan$311 97🇱🇸 Lesotho$306 98🇰🇮 Kiribati$289 99🇱🇦 Laos$286 100🇸🇷 Suriname$283 101🇨🇻 Cape Verde$282 102🇸🇳 Senegal$280 103🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea$268 104🇧🇯 Benin$261 105🇹🇱 Timor-Leste$252 106🇹🇩 Chad$252 107🇹🇯 Tajikistan$252 108🇳🇬 Nigeria$245 109🇲🇷 Mauritania$244 110🇹🇬 Togo$235 111🇮🇳 India$233 112🇹🇿 Tanzania$228 113🇧🇫 Burkina Faso$226 114🇦🇴 Angola$225 115🇸🇧 Solomon Islands$219 116🇰🇲 Comoros$218 117🇨🇲 Cameroon$212 118🇲🇬 Madagascar$210 119🇲🇱 Mali$208 120🇱🇰 Sri Lanka$200 121🇳🇪 Niger$196 122🇧🇹 Bhutan$180 123🇭🇹 Haiti$167 124🇬🇳 Guinea$153 125🇨🇫 Central African Republic$133 126🇸🇱 Sierra Leone$121 127🇬🇭 Ghana$100 128🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan$91 129🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau$83 130🇬🇲 Gambia$67

After adjusting for purchasing power, the U.S. federal minimum wage is less than half Germany’s, despite the U.S. having one of the highest average incomes in the world.

Minimum-wage systems aren’t identical across countries. The U.S. figure uses the federal minimum, while Canada’s figure represents the median of provincial rates. As a result, the figures should be read as standardized country comparisons rather than the wage floor faced by every worker.

Countries where wage floors are set primarily through collective bargaining, including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Austria, and Italy, are shown as having no comparable data.

Why the U.S. Minimum Wage Ranks 25th

One reason for America’s position is that the federal minimum wage hasn’t increased in 17 years. It has remained at $7.25 an hour since July 2009, the longest stretch without an increase since the federal minimum wage was established.

Inflation has steadily eroded what that $7.25 paycheck can buy. To match the purchasing power of the federal minimum wage when it took effect in 2009, workers would need to earn $11.47 an hour today. In other words, its purchasing power has fallen by roughly 37% since 2009.

Many Americans earn above the federal wage floor. Thirty states and Washington, D.C., have minimum wages above $7.25, while some cities set even higher rates. Still, the long federal freeze helps explain why the U.S. sits significantly below many other high-income economies.

How Cost of Living Reshuffles the Ranking

Adjusting for local prices produces some surprising comparisons. Poland ranks 15th globally at $2,141 per month, close to Spain at $2,248 and ahead of Japan at $1,839.

In Latin America, Costa Rica leads at $1,093, just $164 below the U.S. federal minimum on a purchasing-power basis. Last year, Costa Rica raised private-sector minimum wages using a formula that considers both the cost of living and productivity growth.

These figures offer a better sense of what minimum wages can buy locally, but they don’t account for taxes or benefits. Because the adjustments are national, they can also mask large differences in housing costs between cities and regions.

To learn more about this topic, check out this graphic comparing minimum wages across countries and U.S. states, adjusted for living costs.

Tyler Durden Thu, 08/27/2026 - 04:15

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Full-Face Veils Banned In Portugal After President Signs 'Burqa Law'

Via Remix News,

Portuguese President António José Seguro has officially signed into law a bill banning face-concealing attire in public spaces, with the move seen targeting the full-face Islamic veils like the burqa and niqab.

Addressing the national debate, President Seguro framed the decision around human interaction, stating:

"The face should be considered a central element of human identity and communication."

However, the former Socialist Party leader acknowledged the controversial nature of the ban, recognizing it as a matter of significant cultural and social sensitivity.

The law was largely backed by the country's right-wing politicians and labeled the "burqa law" by Portuguese media.

It passed parliament in July with the votes of right-wing parties, with the left firmly in opposition.

The new legal framework strictly limits garments designed to hide one's identity in public spaces.

It also penalizes forcing individuals to cover their faces based on gender, religion, or age.

Violators face financial penalties ranging from €150 to €3,000.

There are, however, some exceptions.

Wearing items that cover the face, such as medical masks, professional/artistic gear, and extreme weather wear, are all examples of exceptions under the law.

Read more here...

Tyler Durden Thu, 08/27/2026 - 03:30

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White Prisoners In UK Being Forced To Convert By Muslim Gangs: Report

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

Britain's prisons are becoming recruitment grounds for Islamic gangs, with white inmates converting under threat of violence while the system frees terrorists early, jails protesters longer than child sex attackers, and racks up hundreds of millions housing foreign offenders.

New Ministry of Justice figures have exposed a stark reality inside England and Wales' jails. One in five Muslims behind bars is white - nearly four times the 5.8 per cent rate in the general population.

The number of white Muslim prisoners has climbed from 2,767 in 2022 to 3,218 by the end of June 2025, a 16 per cent rise. Overall Muslim inmates rose 14 per cent in the same period, from 14,037 to 16,051, now making up roughly 18 per cent of the prison population despite Muslims comprising just 6.5 per cent of the country.

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— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) August 25, 2026

Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy laid out the numbers and the implications. "The percentage of Muslims who are white in our prisons is so vastly higher than in the general population it raises serious questions," he said.

Islamist gangs control many of our prisons.

Conversion to Islam is the only way to stay safe from them.

I obtained data showing 1 in 5 Muslim prisoners are white.

That's four times higher than in the general population.

This cannot continue. pic.twitter.com/G87pfD7EoI

— Nick Timothy MP (@NJ_Timothy) August 25, 2026

"We know that experts have warned repeatedly about forced conversions taking place behind bars, driven by Islamic gangs. We need to be honest that something is not right here - Labour must urgently investigate and stamp out forced conversions in prison," he further urged.

Government advisers have documented the pattern for years. Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, described Islamist terrorists operating as "self-styled emirs" who controlled prisoners through "leadership and recruitment."

This included targeting "vulnerable or lonely prisoners, using guidance, sharing of food or material gifts" and "conversion backed by implicit or actual violence."

The London Bridge attacker Usman Khan, while inside, encouraged prisoners to take Muslim names and wear Muslim dress while trying to convert others.

Ian Acheson, who reviewed Islamist extremism in prisons, said conversions often occur "as a pragmatic response to who controls power and space in our prisons." In high-security jails especially, safety is at a premium and large numbers of violent young men seek belonging. "So Islam in this case has gang characteristics."

'We need to have much tighter regulation and control of the prison system'

Fiyaz Mughal, founder of Muslims Against Antisemitism, warns the UK prison system is failing to control violent Muslim gangs, leaving staff and inmates powerless. pic.twitter.com/TVdJzSr6Pa

— GB News (@GBNEWS) December 22, 2025

A 2023 government-commissioned review by Colin Bloom found gangs ordering new arrivals to become Muslim or face consequences. "Failure to identify as a Muslim meant that at best the new prisoner would be denied 'protection' from the dominant Muslim gang on that wing, or at worst the new prisoner would be subjected to violence and intimidation from that same gang."

A lawyer who regularly visits top-security prisons reported the process starts almost immediately. "This is something which will happen hours after arriving on a wing. Immediately they arrive in prison they slot into the gang hierarchy. In some cases there are entire floors dominated by Muslim gangs."

Some conversions are opportunistic - "convenience Muslims" seeking extra time for prayers or better halal food. Others are coerced. Qurans left on beds carry a clear message.

The Ministry of Justice insists it does not tolerate intimidation or faith-based coercion and claims prisons act swiftly. Yet the numbers keep rising, and there are now 140 Muslim chaplains compared with 87 for the Church of England.

This is the same prison system that continues to house thousands of foreign national offenders at enormous cost to the British taxpayer.

Figures show 10,487 foreign national offenders costing £629 million a year - money that could fund 16,500 police officers or 15,000 NHS nurses.

Albania tops the list, followed by Ireland and Poland. Deportations remain slow, tangled in missing documents, uncooperative origin countries, and European Convention on Human Rights claims.

Reform UK's prisons adviser Vanessa Frake called the bill "staggering." She noted the drawn-out process: discarded passports, slow diplomatic correspondence, refusals by origin countries, and Article 8 family-life claims. Even a deal to return 200 Albanian prisoners came with conditions and lower daily payments to Albania than the UK pays to keep them.

While foreign offenders and Islamist networks embed inside the system, the authorities have shown a different urgency when it comes to early release.

Zahid Iqbal, convicted in 2013 for plotting to bomb an Army base using an Al-Qaeda manual, was approved for release three years early despite previous non-compliance and warnings from prison and community managers.

Colin Sutton, Reform UK's crime adviser, called the decision "baffling." "This wasn't a guy in his bedroom cooking something up. This was somebody who arranged training. He had links with al-Qaeda. He was a proper terrorist."

Labour's broader early-release schemes have accelerated the emptying of cells to manage overcrowding. Thousands of offenders, including those convicted of violence, have been freed earlier than previous tariffs allowed. Even after partial pauses and exclusions for certain sex offences, the direction of travel remains clear: capacity management takes priority over consistent public protection.

Contrast that with the treatment of British citizens who protest the consequences of mass migration or speak out online. Lucy Connolly, already imprisoned for a single X post after the Southport attacks, faced the threat of recall to prison for reposting a satirical comment about Donald Trump and Keir Starmer. Probation officials treated the joke as "inciting violence" after an anonymous complaint.

In Essex, protests outside an asylum hotel housing Ethiopian migrant Hadush Kebatu erupted after he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman. Kebatu received 12 months. British protesters involved in the subsequent disorder received far longer terms.

Charlie Land got 32 months. Jonathan Glover got 30 months. Lee Gower, a local father and youth football coach, received two years and nine months. Other locals drew sentences of 22 to 33 months. Combined custodial terms for several of them exceeded 17 years - longer than the perpetrator who triggered the unrest.

 

Judges stressed that violence against police is unacceptable. Yet the sentencing disparity is unmistakable. Locals reacting to a sexual assault on a child by a small-boat arrival spend more time inside than the man who committed the assault.

Meanwhile white prisoners report pressure to convert for survival, foreign national offenders cost hundreds of millions, and convicted terrorists walk early under capacity rules.

Prisons reflect the wider failures of open borders and selective enforcement. Gangs exploit the vacuum. Vulnerable inmates adapt or suffer. Taxpayers foot the bill.

Ordinary Britons who notice and object face the sharp end of the law. The figures on white Muslim prisoners are not a statistical curiosity. They are the measurable result of a system that has lost control of its own institutions.

Tyler Durden Thu, 08/27/2026 - 02:00

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