- The salary of the president, prime minister, or chancellor varies, but the average pay gap between world leaders and average citizens in some countries is stark.
- IG Group
- Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto earns more than ten times the average wage of Mexican citizens, while US President
Trump earns more than six times the average American as president — here's how much 32 world leaders make compared to the citizens in their country
The salary of US President Donald Trump (which he has opted to donate so far) is at least six times that of the average American citizen. Mexico and Australia top the list of countries with the biggest pay gap. See the salary differences between OECD country world leaders and their citizens.
Some world leaders don't just take the lead in their country's affairs — they also take the lead when it comes to the size of their paycheck.
While the salary of the president, prime minister, or chancellor varies across countries, they often make more money than the average citizen of their country. For some, the salary difference is much more drastic than others.
IG Group compiled data on the base pay for world leaders in OECD countries and compared the results to the citizens' average salary in each leader's country — and the differences are notable.
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32. Miro Cerar — Prime Minister of Slovenia
Population: 2,064,840
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $34,965
31. Mariano Rajoy — Prime Minister of Spain
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
30. Māris Kučinskis — Prime Minister of Latvia
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $22,389
29. Mateusz Morawiecki — Prime Minister of Poland
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
28. António Costa — Prime Minister of Portugal
Population: 10,324,610
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
27. Peter Pellegrini — Prime Minister of Slovakia
Population: 5,428,700
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
26. Paolo Gentiloni — Prime Minister of Italy
Population: 60,600,590
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
25. Alexis Tsipras — Prime Minister of Greece
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $25,124
24. Mark Rutte — Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
23. Juha Sipilä — Prime Minister of Finland
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
22. Erna Solberg — Prime Minister of Norway
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
21. Katrín Jakobsdóttir — Prime Minister of Iceland
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
20. Xavier Bettel — Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
19. Leo Varadkar — Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
18. Viktor Orbán — Prime Minister of Hungary
Population: 9,817,960
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
17. Lars Løkke Rasmussen — Prime Minister of Denmark
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
16. Benjamin Netanyahu — Prime Minister of Israel
Population: 8,547,100
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $34,023
15. Theresa May — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
14. Édouard Philippe — Prime Minister of France
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
13. Shinzō Abe — Prime Minister of Japan
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
12. Justin Trudeau — Prime Minister of Canada
Population: 36,286,430
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
11. Stefan Löfven — Prime Minister of Sweden
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
10. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — President of Turkey
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
9. Donald Trump — President of the United States
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $60,154
8. Sebastián Piñera — President of Chile
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
7. Sebastian Kurz — Chancellor of Austria
Population: 8,747,360
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
6. Charles Michel — Prime Minister of Belgium
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
5. Angela Merkel — Chancellor of Germany
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
4. Alain Berset — President of Switzerland
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
3. Jacinda Ardern — Prime Minister of New Zealand
Population:
Annual base pay: $339,862
Average citizen's wage: $
2. Malcolm Turnbull — Prime Minister of Australia
Population: 24,127,160
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
1. Enrique Peña Nieto — President of Mexico
Population:
Annual base pay: $
Average citizen's wage: $
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