It became known who among the leaders of states has the highest salary: the US president is not in the top three
It became known which of the leaders of the states has the highest salary: the president of the USA is outside the top three
The highest-paid world leader is the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, whose annual salary is $1.69 million. About this informs Forbes.
Wong’s salary is almost double the income of Swiss President Viola Amgerd, who ranks second in the ranking with an annual salary of $570,000. In third place is the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, who is paid $413,300 annually.
US President Joe Biden ranks fourth on the list with an annual salary of $400,000. Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz closed the top ten, receiving 293.7 thousand dollars a year.
If we compare leaders’ salaries with GDP per capita, the situation changes dramatically. African countries are the leaders in this category. For example, Kenyan President William Rutto earns $141,000 a year, which is almost 2,000% of the country’s GDP per capita. The leaders of Tanzania and the Republic of South Africa have salaries that are about 1000% of their countries’ GDP per capita.
In contrast, the income of the Prime Minister of Singapore in millions is only slightly more than 1.1% of the country’s GDP per capita.
The lowest salary among world leaders is the head of Sri Lanka, who receives only 3.9 thousand dollars a year.
