Median income
The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the average income due to the income distribution. The median can be calculated for household income, personal income or disposable income. The measurement of income from individuals and households, which is necessary to produce statistics such as the median, can pose challenges and can yield results inconsistent with aggregate national accounts data. For example, an academic study on the Census income data claims that when correcting for underreporting, U.S. median gross household income was 15% higher in 2010.[2]
By country
The following table shows the daily median income according to the Poverty and Inequality Platform of the World bank.[1]
| Country | Daily median income in USD (2021 PPP) |
Annual growth (%) |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 12.84 | 3.9 | 2020 |
| Angola | 3.88 | 2018 | |
| Argentina | 19.13 | 3.2 | 2024 |
| Armenia | 7.73 | 0.1 | 2023 |
| Australia | 59.90 | 2020 | |
| Austria | 71.44 | -1.7 | 2023 |
| Bangladesh | 6.17 | 2022 | |
| Belarus | 18.39 | 0.6 | 2020 |
| Belgium | 62.89 | 3.0 | 2023 |
| Belize | 14.94 | 2018 | |
| Benin | 4.20 | 2021 | |
| Bhutan | 15.90 | 2022 | |
| Bolivia | 16.85 | 2.7 | 2023 |
| Brazil | 15.74 | 6.1 | 2023 |
| Bulgaria | 30.18 | 9.4 | 2023 |
| Burkina Faso | 3.37 | 2021 | |
| Burundi | 2.01 | 2020 | |
| Cameroon | 4.99 | 2021 | |
| Canada | 66.45 | -1.2 | 2021 |
| Central African Republic | 1.92 | 2021 | |
| Chad | 3.66 | 2022 | |
| Chile | 22.83 | 2022 | |
| China | 13.36 | -0.2 | 2022 |
| Colombia | 10.95 | 5.8 | 2023 |
| Costa Rica | 20.92 | 10.6 | 2024 |
| Croatia | 36.73 | 16.2 | 2023 |
| Cyprus | 52.14 | 5.8 | 2023 |
| Czech Republic | 39.07 | -1.0 | 2023 |
| DR Congo | 1.32 | 2020 | |
| Denmark | 60.72 | -0.5 | 2023 |
| Djibouti | 4.70 | 2017 | |
| Dominican Republic | 17.48 | 11.5 | 2024 |
| Ecuador | 12.09 | -2.6 | 2024 |
| Egypt | 7.61 | 2021 | |
| El Salvador | 11.88 | 5.6 | 2023 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 7.13 | 2022 | |
| Estonia | 36.52 | -0.9 | 2023 |
| Ethiopia | 3.49 | 2021 | |
| Fiji | 7.16 | 2019 | |
| Finland | 56.48 | -0.1 | 2023 |
| France | 57.21 | 0.3 | 2023 |
| Gabon | 11.31 | 2017 | |
| Georgia | 8.77 | 4.2 | 2024 |
| Germany | 67.23 | 6.5 | 2020 |
| Greece | 28.91 | 3.7 | 2023 |
| Grenada | 13.92 | 2018 | |
| Guatemala | 8.73 | 2023 | |
| Guinea | 5.65 | 2018 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 3.45 | 2021 | |
| Honduras | 8.35 | 11.0 | 2024 |
| Hungary | 22.14 | 6.5 | 2017 |
| Iceland | 60.63 | -0.2 | 2019 |
| India | 5.54 | 2022 | |
| Indonesia | 6.32 | 2.5 | 2024 |
| Iran | 10.19 | 4.0 | 2023 |
| Iraq | 10.89 | 2023 | |
| Ireland | 50.49 | 0.8 | 2023 |
| Israel | 35.40 | 1.2 | 2021 |
| Italy | 48.79 | -2.3 | 2023 |
| Ivory Coast | 4.75 | 2021 | |
| Jamaica | 14.29 | 2021 | |
| Japan | 42.24 | 5.1 | 2020 |
| Kazakhstan | 12.24 | 3.4 | 2021 |
| Kenya | 3.14 | -0.5 | 2022 |
| Kiribati | 5.89 | 2019 | |
| Kosovo | 10.45 | 18.8 | 2022 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6.34 | 7.9 | 2023 |
| Laos | 5.26 | 2018 | |
| Latvia | 32.95 | 4.2 | 2023 |
| Lebanon | 8.18 | 2022 | |
| Lesotho | 3.58 | 2017 | |
| Lithuania | 37.60 | 2.1 | 2023 |
| Luxembourg | 89.49 | 2.3 | 2023 |
| Madagascar | 2.24 | 2021 | |
| Malawi | 1.92 | 2019 | |
| Malaysia | 29.55 | 2021 | |
| Maldives | 15.01 | 2019 | |
| Mali | 3.67 | 2021 | |
| Malta | 53.52 | -1.0 | 2022 |
| Marshall Islands | 10.16 | 2019 | |
| Mauritania | 6.06 | 2019 | |
| Mauritius | 13.51 | 2017 | |
| Mexico | 12.49 | 2022 | |
| Moldova | 11.65 | 0.1 | 2023 |
| Mongolia | 12.03 | 2022 | |
| Montenegro | 17.78 | 10.8 | 2021 |
| Mozambique | 1.48 | 2022 | |
| Myanmar | 5.44 | 2017 | |
| Nepal | 8.03 | 2022 | |
| Netherlands | 69.09 | 1.5 | 2021 |
| Niger | 2.66 | 2021 | |
| Nigeria | 3.39 | 2022 | |
| North Macedonia | 15.52 | 8.7 | 2019 |
| Norway | 77.76 | 2.5 | 2023 |
| Pakistan | 4.45 | 2018 | |
| Palestine | 12.05 | 2023 | |
| Panama | 18.58 | 3.8 | 2024 |
| Paraguay | 14.92 | 4.1 | 2024 |
| Peru | 10.67 | 4.1 | 2024 |
| Philippines | 5.67 | 2023 | |
| Poland | 38.84 | 1.6 | 2023 |
| Portugal | 33.68 | 4.6 | 2023 |
| Qatar | 73.36 | 2017 | |
| Romania | 29.85 | 7.5 | 2023 |
| Russia | 33.62 | 9.4 | 2023 |
| Rwanda | 3.51 | 2023 | |
| Senegal | 5.04 | 2021 | |
| Serbia | 19.18 | 3.4 | 2022 |
| Seychelles | 21.00 | 2018 | |
| Sierra Leone | 3.36 | 2018 | |
| Slovakia | 24.46 | -1.0 | 2023 |
| Slovenia | 49.24 | 1.8 | 2023 |
| South Korea | 54.40 | 5.2 | 2021 |
| Spain | 47.30 | 2.1 | 2023 |
| Sri Lanka | 7.91 | 2019 | |
| Suriname | 14.44 | 2022 | |
| Sweden | 55.60 | -0.7 | 2023 |
| Switzerland | 72.29 | -1.1 | 2022 |
| Syria | 4.76 | 2022 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.97 | 2017 | |
| Taiwan | 46.23 | -0.9 | 2021 |
| Tajikistan | 7.61 | 0.1 | 2024 |
| Tanzania | 2.96 | 2018 | |
| Thailand | 16.35 | -2.4 | 2023 |
| The Gambia | 4.86 | 2020 | |
| Togo | 3.87 | 2021 | |
| Tonga | 11.00 | 2021 | |
| Tunisia | 13.04 | 2021 | |
| Turkey | 19.94 | 4.0 | 2022 |
| Uganda | 2.56 | 2019 | |
| Ukraine | 13.70 | -4.0 | 2020 |
| United Arab Emirates | 76.52 | 2018 | |
| United Kingdom | 54.65 | 1.2 | 2021 |
| United States of America | 70.00 | 3.0 | 2023 |
| Uruguay | 26.84 | 3.7 | 2024 |
| Uzbekistan | 13.78 | 9.8 | 2024 |
| Vanuatu | 5.17 | 2019 | |
| Vietnam | 13.32 | 2022 | |
| Zambia | 1.68 | 2022 | |
| Zimbabwe | 3.05 | 2019 |
Median equivalised household disposable income
The median equivalised household disposable income is the median of the disposable income which is equivalised by dividing income by the square root of household size; the square root is used to acknowledge that people sharing accommodation benefit from pooling at least some of their living costs.[3]
See also
- List of U.S. states and territories by income
- Disposable household and per capita income
- List of countries by average wage
- List of countries by wealth per adult
- List of countries by GNI per capita growth
- List of countries by GDP per capita
References
- ^ a b "Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP): Percentiles". World Bank. 2026. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ^ Fixler, Dennis; Johnson, David S. (September 30, 2012). Accounting for the Distribution of Income in the U.S. National Accounts (PDF). NBER Conference on Research in Income and Wealth. Table 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2020.
- ^ "Household income". OECD. 2024-06-20. Retrieved 2025-09-18.