Africa Minimum Wage (Hourly) Ranking

Rank Country Name City Continent Price
1 KenyaKenya Nairobi Africa $2
2 MoroccoMorocco Rabat Africa $2
3 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Durban Africa $2
4 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica CapeTown Africa $2
4 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Pretoria Africa $2
6 MoroccoMorocco Casablanca Africa $2
6 MoroccoMorocco Marrakech Africa $2
8 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Johannesburg Africa $2
9 GhanaGhana Accra Africa $2
10 EgyptEgypt Luxor Africa $1
11 KenyaKenya Mombasa Africa $1
12 TanzaniaTanzania DarEsSalaam Africa $1
13 NigeriaNigeria Lagos Africa $1
14 BurkinaFasoBurkinaFaso Ouagadougou Africa $1
15 NigeriaNigeria Abuja Africa $0
16 EgyptEgypt Cairo Africa $0
17 EthiopiaEthiopia AddisAbaba Africa $0
18 NigeriaNigeria PortHarcourt Africa $0
Rank Country Name City Continent Price
1 NigeriaNigeria PortHarcourt Africa $0
2 EthiopiaEthiopia AddisAbaba Africa $0
3 EgyptEgypt Cairo Africa $0
4 NigeriaNigeria Abuja Africa $0
5 BurkinaFasoBurkinaFaso Ouagadougou Africa $1
6 NigeriaNigeria Lagos Africa $1
7 TanzaniaTanzania DarEsSalaam Africa $1
8 KenyaKenya Mombasa Africa $1
9 EgyptEgypt Luxor Africa $1
10 GhanaGhana Accra Africa $2
11 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Johannesburg Africa $2
12 MoroccoMorocco Casablanca Africa $2
12 MoroccoMorocco Marrakech Africa $2
14 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica CapeTown Africa $2
14 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Pretoria Africa $2
16 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Durban Africa $2
17 MoroccoMorocco Rabat Africa $2
18 KenyaKenya Nairobi Africa $2
Source: Original research by AI 2026
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