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How the numbers were computed

For the story Minimum wages in the EU.

Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.

The ranking

Ranks in EUR

Rank by value, highest first; equal values share a rank and the next rank is skipped: Greece and Portugal, at EUR 1,073 each, are both 12th, and Croatia is 14th.

  • 22 values, one per country earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.<geo>@2026-S2 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

4.5

Highest value ÷ lowest value: 2,771 ÷ 620 = 4.4694. Rounded to 1 decimal.

  • EUR 2,771: Luxembourg, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.LU@2026-S2 · request r1
  • EUR 620: Bulgaria, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.BG@2026-S2 · request r1

22 / 27

EU countries with a value for 2026-S2: 22 of the 27 EU member states.

  • 22 values, one per country earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.<geo>@2026-S2 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

5

Entities in scope the card lists as structurally missing; Eurostat flag m.

  • no value (flag m): Austria, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.AT@2026-S2 · request r1
  • no value (flag m): Denmark, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.DK@2026-S2 · request r1
  • no value (flag m): Finland, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.FI@2026-S2 · request r1
  • no value (flag m): Italy, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.IT@2026-S2 · request r1
  • no value (flag m): Sweden, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.SE@2026-S2 · request r1

In euro and in purchasing power (PPS)

Ranks, in purchasing power (PPS)

Rank by value, highest first; equal values share a rank and the next rank is skipped; there are no ties in this ranking.

  • 22 values, one per country earn_mw_cur:S.PPS.<geo>@2026-S2 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2

2.3

Highest value ÷ lowest value: 2,164 ÷ 935 = 2.3144. Rounded to 1 decimal.

  • PPS 2,164: Germany, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.PPS.DE@2026-S2 · request r2
  • PPS 935: Estonia, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.PPS.EE@2026-S2 · request r2

1.60

Bulgaria: the value in PPS ÷ the value in euro: 993 ÷ 620 = 1.6016. Rounded to 2 decimals.

  • EUR 620: Bulgaria, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.BG@2026-S2 · request r1
  • PPS 993: Bulgaria, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.PPS.BG@2026-S2 · request r2

0.76

Luxembourg: the value in PPS ÷ the value in euro: 2,108 ÷ 2,771 = 0.7607. Rounded to 2 decimals.

  • EUR 2,771: Luxembourg, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.EUR.LU@2026-S2 · request r1
  • PPS 2,108: Luxembourg, 1 July 2026 earn_mw_cur:S.PPS.LU@2026-S2 · request r2

Requests

  • r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 28 October 2026 · data updated 31 July 2026 · fingerprint: 355b1a54c6de18b9…
  • r2: Eurostat API query · retrieved 28 October 2026 · data updated 31 July 2026 · fingerprint: f75f0228802259ae…