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Percentage of employees earning a certain proportion of the statutory minimum wage

This graph, taken from the Minimum wages in 2019 annual review, looks at the percentage of employees earning a certain proportion of the statutory minimum wage. Overall, Poland has the highest proportion of workers earning the minimum wage (13.7%), Czechia has the lowest (2%).

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