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In Luxembourg or France, if you work as an unskilled labourer in a factory, you would be making Rs 630 ($10.66) an hour or Rs 5,040 ($85.28) a day for an eight-hour shift.
There are nine countries that pay higher minimum wage compared to the US - a person makes minimum salary of $7.11 (Rs 420) an hour there, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Let’s take a look at countries that pay the highest minimum wage in the world.
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Pedetrians walk in the centre of the city of Luxembourg.Photographs: Yves Herman/Reuters
Luxembourg
Rank: 1
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $10.66
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $9.92
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 0.72 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: A view shows boats along the Port de l'Arsenal near the Place de la Bastille (Bastille Square) in Paris.Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
France
Rank: 2
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $10.60
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $9.18
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 1.44 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: The Sydney Opera House is reflected in a harbourside hotel window in The Rocks district of Sydney.Photographs: Jason Reed/Reuters
Australia
Rank: 3
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $10.21
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $9.69
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 0.52 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: A modern sculpture by Belgian artist Tom Frantzen shows former Belgian King Leopold II surrounded by animals and African warriors in the park of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren.Photographs: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Belgium
Rank: 4
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $9.97
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $9.83
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 0.15 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Men enjoy the afternoon sun at the Brouwersgracht canal in Amsterdam.Photographs: Michael Kooren/Reuters
Netherlands
Rank: 5
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $9.48
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $9.64
Average annual increase 2003-2013: -0.17 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: A woman cycles past the "Coffee To Get Her" restaurant near Dublin city centre which becomes a bar and club in the evenings.Photographs: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Ireland
Rank: 6
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $9.01
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $7.80
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 1.45 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: People buy fruits at a fruit and vegetable market in front of the Te Papa Museum in Wellington.Photographs: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters
New Zealand
Rank: 7
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $8.62
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $6.75
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 2.48 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben are silhouetted against the sky in London.Photographs: Luke MacGregor/Reuters
United Kingdom
Rank: 8
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $7.88
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $7.10
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 1.05 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Commuters make their way across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.Photographs: Keith Bedford/Reuters
Canada
Rank: 9
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $7.85
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $6.40
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 2.06 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: The Space Needle and Mount Rainier are pictured at dusk in Seattle, Washington.Photographs: Jason Redmond/Reuters
United States
Rank: 10
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $7.11
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $6.44
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 1.00 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Tourists photograph each other in the Austrian world heritage village of Hallstatt.Photographs: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
Austria
Rank: 11
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $6.61
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: NA
Average annual increase 2003-2013: NA
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Maiko, (apprentice geisha) perform during an annual spring dance performance at the Kaburenjo theatre in the Miyagawa district of Kyoto.Photographs: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
Japan
Rank: 11
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $6.61
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $5.79
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 1.33 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Statue of a dragon is seen on the dragon bridge over river Ljubljanica.Photographs: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters
Slovenia
Rank: 13
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $6.56
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $4.81
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 3.15 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: People rest on benches outside a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat, one of Israel's most popular holiday spots.Photographs: Amir Cohen/Reuters
Israel
Rank: 14
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $5.31
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $5.07
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 0.48 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Buddhists pray in front of a statue of Buddha during a prayer meeting to celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha at the Jogye temple in Seoul.Photographs: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
South Korea
Rank: 15
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $5.22
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $3.37
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 4.48 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: People visit the mausoleum where the tomb of Spain's former dictator General Francisco Franco lies in the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen), near Madrid.Photographs: Reuters
Spain
Rank: 16
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $4.76
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $4.24
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 1.16 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Ariel view of the neo-Gothic Palace of Culture.Photographs: Katarina Stoltz/Reuters
Poland
Rank: 17
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $4.73
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $3.14
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 4.17 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: A clown entertains people at central Syntagma square in Athens.Photographs: Oleg Popov/Reuters
Greece
Rank: 18
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $4.56
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $5.10
Average annual increase 2003-2013: -1.11 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: The sixth century Byzantinian monument of St. Sofia (Ayasofya) and the 16th century Ottoman era Blue Mosque are seen behind the Topkapi Palace.Photographs: Reuters
Turkey
Rank: 19
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $4.30
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $2.94
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 3.88 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: Traditional chimnies of rural houses in the Portuguese Southern province of Algarve.Photographs: Nacho Doce/Reuters
Portugal
Rank: 20
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $3.99
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $3.57
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 1.13 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: St. Stephens' Basilica is pictured behind a Christmas market in downtown Budapest.Photographs: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters
Hungary
Rank: 21
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $3.92
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $3.20
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 2.05 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: A view Strane pod Tatrami village from the Roma settlement below the Tatra mountains.Photographs: Petr Josek/Reuters
Slovakia
Rank: 22
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $3.29
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $1.90
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 5.61 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: People enjoy the sunny spring weather as they ride a pedal-boat on the Vltava river in Prague.Photographs: David W Cerny/Reuters
Czech Republic
Rank: 23
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $3.26
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $3.16
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 0.32 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: A nocturnal view of the 'Artilleria' funicular railway in the port cityPhotographs: Carlos Barria/Reuters
Chile
Rank: 24
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $3.01
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $2.30
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 2.71 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: View of Estonia's capital Tallinn.Photographs: Ints Kalnins/Reuters
Estonia
Rank: 25
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $2.87
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $1.87
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 4.35 per cent
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Countries with the highest minimum wage in the world
Image: People walk in front of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.Photographs: Edgard Garrido/Reuters
Mexico
Rank: 26
Real hourly minimum wage 2013: $0.83
Real hourly minimum wage 2003: $0.82
Average annual increase 2003-2013: 0.05 per cent
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