Real minimum wages at constant prices — Statutory minimum wages in Estonia
Estonia: Real minimum wages at constant prices — Statutory minimum wages was 12,014 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2025. ▲ Rising
Real minimum wages at constant prices — Statutory minimum wages in Estonia, 1998–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in US dollars, exchange rate converted.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 12,014 US dollars, exchange rate converted for real minimum wages at constant prices — statutory minimum wages in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real minimum wages at constant prices — statutory minimum wages in Estonia peaked at 12,014 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,774 US dollars, exchange rate converted, in 1998.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,913 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 2,774 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 3,052 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 2 |
| 2000s | 5,178 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 3,286 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 6,987 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,332 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 6,463 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 10,790 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,294 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 10,505 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 12,014 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 6 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 4 Australia 31,225 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 5 Germany 29,303 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 6 Belgium 28,590 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 7 New Zealand 28,311 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 8 Canada 24,652 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 9 France 24,432 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 10 Israel 21,400 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 16 - Public finances 43.22 Percentage of GDP (2029)
- Corporate income tax (CIT) - statutory and targeted small business 22 Percentage of taxable income (2026)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 13.92 Percentage of GDP (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 17 - Trade by 12,784 US dollar (2022)
- Environmentally related tax revenue 2.11 Percentage of GDP (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 28 - International trade 36.25 Percentage of merchandise value (2020)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 56.13 Percentage of GDP (2019)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 182.42 Percentage of GDP (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real minimum wages at constant prices — statutory minimum wages in Estonia?
- Real minimum wages at constant prices — statutory minimum wages in Estonia was 12,014 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest real minimum wages at constant prices — statutory minimum wages recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,014 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2025.
- What is the lowest real minimum wages at constant prices — statutory minimum wages recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,774 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 1998.
- How does Estonia rank for real minimum wages at constant prices — statutory minimum wages?
- Estonia ranks 7th out of 9 regions with data for 2025.
- Is real minimum wages at constant prices — statutory minimum wages rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Real minimum wages at constant prices — Statutory minimum wages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Real minimum wages are statutory minimum wages converted into a common hourly and annual pay period for the 30 OECD countries and two other non-member countries for which they are available. Real hourly and annual minimum wages are calculated first by deflating the series using the consumer price index taking 2024 as the base year then converted into common currency units 1) US dollars (USD) and 2) USD using Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for private consumption expenditures in 2024.