Minimum wages – ratio of national minimum wage to (a) median wage and (b) average wage, EU Member States (Kaitz Index, 2000 and 2023, %) - (a)
Figure 3a: Minimum wages – ratio of national minimum wage to (a) median wage and (b) average wage, EU Member States (Kaitz Index, 2000 and 2023, %)
Minimum wages – ratio of national minimum wage to (a) median wage and (b) average wage, EU Member States (Kaitz Index, 2000 and 2023, %) - (a)
Notes: The Kaitz Index depicted in this figure represents the share of the national minimum wage relative to the median (a) and average (b) wage in the country (values from 0 % to 100 %). The sample includes only full-time workers, which may explain the discrepancies between the Kaitz Index values and those reported using other national-level data. No data were available regarding Cyprus and Malta. Data for Croatia under the 2000 label refer to 2010.
Source: OECD dataset (including only full-time workers).
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