Average Income World Map
Dollars converted from local currency using the world bank atlas method which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Average income world map. The smallest budget per capita exists in the democratic republic of the congo. The average wage is a measure of total income after taxes divided by total number of employees employed. However it turns out that on a county level the income of the top 1 varies wildly based on location. This map shows the average income of the top 1 by location to be considered in a top 1 earner in the united states the magic number that must be reached is 521 411 per household.
Low lower middle upper middle and high income. The majority of people earn less than the average wage for an alternative measure the median household income uses median instead of average. The world by income classified according to world bank estimates of 2016 gni per capita current us dollars atlas method low income less than 1 005 lower middle income 1 006 3 955 upper middle income 3 956 12 235 high income more than 12 235 no data. Average income around the world the worldwide highest income is earned in monaco.
For this purpose it uses gross national income gni per capita data in u s. In our comparison over 78 countries the usa comes 9th with an average income of 65 760 usd.