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This is a list of salaries of heads of state and government per year, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems. Often a leader is both in presidential systems. Some states have semi-presidential systems, where the head of government role is fulfilled by both the listed head of government and the head of state.

Member states and observers of the United Nations, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the European Union

GDP per capita means 2020 nominal GDP per capita in 2021 local currency units provided by the International Monetary Fund.[1]

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State Head of state annual salary Head of government annual salary Head of state annual salary
(USD from 2019 IMF exchange rate)
Head of government annual salary
(USD from 2019 IMF exchange rate)
Head of state
salary divided by 2020 GDP per capita
Head of government
salary divided by 2020 GDP per capita
Reference
 Afghanistan ؋2,745,000 (Leader) ؋2,379,000 (Prime Minister) 36,030 31,230 58 51 [2]
 Albania L3,084,000 (President) L2,744,760 (Prime Minister) 28,074 24,986 6 5 [3][4]
 Algeria د.ج 8,400,000 (President) د.ج 6,000,000 (Prime Minister) 70,000 50,000 20 14 [5]
 Andorra N/A (monarch) 65,748 (Prime Minister) N/A (monarch) 73,603 N/A (monarch) 2 [6]
 Angola Kz 7,681,200 (President) 21,054 7 [7]
 Antigua and Barbuda EC$108,630 (Governor-General[a]) EC$150,000 (Prime Minister) 40,233 56,000 [8][9]
 Argentina AR$2,496,000 (President) 51,840 [10]
 Armenia ֏ 15,840,000 (President) ֏ 14,280,000 (Prime Minister) 32,970 29,720 [11][12]
 Australia A$495,000 (Governor-General[a]) A$564,360 (Prime Minister) 354,000 392,811 [13][14]
 Austria US$378,666 (President) 328,160 (Chancellor) 378,666 338,094 [15][14]
 Azerbaijan 180,000 (President) 28,872 (Prime Minister) 110,000 16,984 [16][17]
 Bahamas B$37,000 (Governor-General[a]) B$86,000 (Prime Minister) 37,000 86,000 [18][19]
 Bahrain N/A (monarch) .د.ب 90,000 (Prime Minister) N/A (monarch) 200,000 N/A (monarch) [20]
 Bangladesh 1,440,000 (President) 1,380,000 (Prime Minister) 17,100 16,400 [21]
 Barbados Bds$ 232,047 (President) Bds$ 213,334 (Prime Minister) 116,024 106,667 [22]
 Belarus 33,600 USD (President) [23]
 Belgium N/A (monarch) 221,000 (Prime Minister) N/A (monarch) N/A (monarch) [14]
 Belize 26,241 USD (Governor-General[a]) 45,500 USD (Prime Minister) [24][25]
 Benin 29,810 USD (President) [26][27]
 Bhutan Druk Gyalpo 37,365 USD (Prime Minister) [28]
 Bolivia 39,924 USD (President) [29]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42,650 USD (Presidency) [30]
 Botswana P 1,075,056 (President) 99,950 [26][31]
 Brazil 102,524 USD (President, 2019) [32][33]
 Brunei N/A (monarch) N/A (monarch) N/A (monarch)
 Bulgaria 79,000 USD (President) 50,000 USD (Prime Minister) [34]
 Burkina Faso 33,810 USD (President) 17,477 USD (Prime Minister) [26][35]
 Burundi 47,300 USD (President) [26]
 Cambodia King 30,000 USD (Prime Minister) [36]
 Cameroon 620,976 USD (President) [26]
 Canada 290,000 USD (Governor-General)[a] 279,000 USD (Prime Minister) [37]
 Cape Verde 20,380 USD (President) [26]
 Central African Republic 42,524 USD (President) [38]
 Chad 16,640 USD (President) [39]
 Chile 196,000 USD (President) [15]
 China 22,000 USD (Party General Secretary and President) 22,000 USD (Premier) [40][41]
 Colombia 134,676 USD (President) [29]
 Comoros 117,060 USD (President) [26]
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 51,500 USD (President) [26]
 Republic of Congo 108,400 USD (President) [26]
 Costa Rica 113,520 USD (President) [29]
 Croatia 44,375 USD (President) 39,422 USD (Prime Minister) [30][42]
 Cyprus 90,025 USD (President) [43]
 Czech Republic 149,516.64 USD (President) 120,702.48 USD (Prime Minister) [44][45]
 Kingdom of Denmark 11,350,744 USD (King) royal grant 249,774 USD (Prime Minister) [46][47][15]
 Djibouti 10,000 USD (President) [48]
 Dominica 33,671 USD (President) 21,666 USD (Prime Minister) [49][25]
 Dominican Republic 120,000 USD (President) [50][29]
 East Timor 30,000 USD (President) 27,000 USD (Prime Minister) [51]
 Ecuador 75,132 USD (President) [52][29]
 Egypt 70,400 USD (President) [53]
 El Salvador 62,172 USD (President) [29]
 Equatorial Guinea 152,680 USD (President) [26]
 Eritrea 6,000 USD (President) [54]
 Estonia 74,595 USD (President) 74,595 USD (Prime Minister) [55][15]
 Ethiopia 45,270 USD (President) 3,600 USD (Prime Minister) [26][54]
 European Union 447,336 USD (President of the European Council) 364,000 USD (President of the European Commission) [56][57]
 Fiji 62,784 USD (President) 113,495 USD (Prime Minister) [58]
 Finland 141,367 USD (President) 163,906 USD (Prime Minister) [59][60]
 France 194,300 USD (President) 220,500 USD (Prime Minister) [32][15]
 Gabon 65,000 USD (President) [53]
 Gambia, The 65,000 USD (President) [53]
 Georgia 90,890 USD (President) 90,890 USD (Prime Minister) [61]
 Germany 268,448 USD (President) 369,727 USD (Chancellor) [62][15]
 Ghana 76,000 USD (President) [53]
 Greece 154,739 USD (President) 82,405 USD (Prime Minister) [23][15]
 Grenada 55,014 USD (Governor General[a]) 29,859 USD (Prime Minister) [63]
 Guatemala 178,680 USD (President) [29]
 Guinea 22,390 USD (President) [26]
 Guinea-Bissau 6,360 USD (President) [64]
 Guyana 91,700 USD (President) 98,300 USD (Prime Minister) [65][66]
 Haiti 3,782 USD (President) [67]
 Honduras 49,908 USD (President) [29]
 Hong Kong 568,400 USD (Chief Executive) [68]
 Hungary 127,159 USD (President) 115,206 USD (Prime Minister)
 Iceland 317,000 USD (President) 242,619 USD (Prime Minister) [69][15]
 India 84,500 USD (President) 66,000 USD (Prime Minister) [70][71]
 Indonesia 51,600 USD (President) [72]
 Iran 0 USD (Supreme Leader) 20,400 USD (President) [73][74]
 Iraq 809,673 USD (President) 96,000 USD (Prime Minister) [16][75]
 Ireland 401,000 USD (President) 237,000 USD (Taoiseach) [76][77]
 Israel 173,000 USD (President) 657,144 (Prime Minister) [14]
 Italy 275,147 USD (President) 131,608 USD (Prime Minister) [32][23]
 Ivory Coast 100,000 USD (President) [53]
 Jamaica 70,400 USD (Governor-General[a]) 57,545 USD (Prime Minister) [78][79][80]
 Japan 3,075,316 USD (Emperor) royal grant 316,521 USD (Prime Minister) [15][32][81]
 Jordan 847,457 USD (King) 253,800 USD (Prime Minister) [82][83]
 Kazakhstan 20,400 USD (President) 2,630 USD (Prime Minister) [84][85][86]
 Kenya 192,200 USD (President) 173,300 USD (Deputy President) [87][53][26]
 Kiribati 89,246 USD (President) 71,397 USD (Vice Precident) [88]
 Kuwait 165,000,000 USD (Emir) royal allocation Prime Minister [89][90]
 Kyrgyzstan 18,800 USD (President) 12,800 USD (Prime Minister)
 Laos 1,630 USD (Party General Secretary and President) [91]
 Latvia 70,718 USD (President) 59,644 USD (Prime Minister) [15]
 Lebanon 150,000 USD (President) 141,900 USD (Prime Minister) [92]
 Lesotho 52,778 USD (King) privy purse 36,650 USD (Prime Minister) [93][26]
 Liberia 90,000 USD (President) [53]
 Libya 105,000 USD (President) [53]
 Liechtenstein 0 USD (Prince) 254,660 USD (Prime Minister) [47][94]
 Lithuania 86,136 USD (President) 50,100 (Prime Minister) [53]
 Luxembourg 12,333,102 USD (Grand Duke) royal grant 278,000 USD (Prime Minister) [47][15]
 Madagascar President
 Malawi 74,300 USD (President) [26]
 Malaysia 263,500 USD (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) 61,844 USD (Prime Minister) [95][96][97]
 Maldives 77,768 USD (President) [98]
 Mali 68,900 USD (President) 23,280 USD (Prime Minister) [26][99]
 Malta 70,955 USD (President) 56,900 USD (Prime Minister) [100][101]
 Marshall Islands 60,000 USD (President) [102]
 Mauritania 300,000 USD (President) [103][75]
 Mauritius 93,783 USD (President) 187,968 USD (Prime Minister) [104][105]
 Mexico 67,903 USD (President) [106]
 Micronesia 32,000 USD (President) 30,000 USD (Vice President) [107]
 Moldova 9,264 USD (President) 6,433 USD (Prime Minister) [108]
 Monaco 52,063,000 USD (Prince) royal grant 202,000 USD (Minister of State) [47][109]
 Mongolia 11,620 USD (President) 11,390 USD (Prime Minister) [110][111]
 Montenegro 33,440 USD (President) 15,522 USD (Prime Minister) [30][112]
 Morocco 488,604 USD (King) 62,500 USD (Prime Minister) [26][113]
 Mozambique 46,800 USD (President) [26]
 Myanmar 40,980 USD (President) 32,784 USD (Vice President) [114]
 Namibia 99,241 USD (President) 76,339 USD (Prime Minister) [115][26]
 Nauru 74,411 USD (President) [116]
   Nepal 17,584 USD (President) 9,033 USD (Prime Minister) [117]
 Netherlands 6,082,736 USD (King) royal grant 193,844 USD (Prime Minister) [118][47][15]
 New Zealand 260,245 USD (Governor-General[a]) 325,546 USD (Prime Minister) [citation needed]
 Nicaragua 38,316 USD (President) [29]
 Niger President Prime Minister
 Nigeria 69,000 USD (President) [26]
 North Korea Party General Secretary and President of State Affairs Premier
 North Macedonia 17,250 USD (President) 15,600 USD (Prime Minister) [30][112]
 Norway 33,237,000 USD (King) royal grant 210,714 USD (Prime Minister) [47][15]
 Oman 7,238,000 USD (Sultan) privy purse 1975 [119]
 Pakistan 65,794 USD (President) 13,553 USD (Prime Minister) [120][121][122]
 Palau 90,000 USD (President) [123][124]
 Palestine 120,000 USD (President) 48,000 USD (Prime Minister) [125][126]
 Panama 84,000 USD (President) [29]
 Papua New Guinea 56,249 USD (Governor General[a]) 107,532 USD (Prime Minister) [127][128]
 Paraguay 103,044 USD (President) [29]
 Peru 56,530 USD (President) 51,537 USD (Prime Minister) [129][29][130]
 Philippines 95,554 USD (President) [131]
 Poland 70,026 USD (President) 57,772 USD (Prime Minister) [15]
 Portugal 96,469 USD (President) 72,352 USD (Prime Minister) [15]
 Qatar 36,000,000 USD (Emir) royal grant [75]
 Romania 61,296 USD (President) 61,296 USD (Prime Minister) [132]
 Russia 136,000 USD (President) 105,000 USD (Prime Minister) [32][84]
 Rwanda 85,000 USD (President) [53]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51,000 USD (Governor General[a]) 50,844 USD (Prime Minister) [133]
 Saint Lucia 36,111 USD (Governor General[a]) 50,685 USD (Prime Minister) [134]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45,042 USD (Governor General[a]) 55,724 USD (Prime Minister) [135]
 Samoa 82,000 USD (Head of State) 78,000 USD (Prime Minister) [136]
 San Marino 83,682 USD (Both Captains Regent) [137]
 São Tomé and Príncipe 2,930 USD (President) 2,100 USD (Prime Minister) [138][139]
 Saudi Arabia 9,600,000,000 USD (King) royal allowance 132,400 USD (Ministers) [140][141]
 Senegal 15,210 USD (President) [26]
 Serbia 14,950 USD (President) 13,736 USD (Prime Minister) [30][112]
 Seychelles 23,700 USD (President) 21,800 USD (Vice President) [142][143]
 Sierra Leone 12,220 USD (President) [26]
 Singapore 1,442,000 USD (President) 1,610,000 USD (Prime Minister) [144][145]
 Slovakia 129,284 USD (President) 70,973 USD (Prime Minister) [146][15]
 Slovenia 80,142 USD (President) 87,818 USD (Prime Minister) [15]
 Solomon Islands 16,640 USD (Governor-General[a]) 18,181 USD (Prime Minister) [147][148]
 Somalia 120,000 USD (President) [149]
 South Africa 223,500 USD (President) [32][26]
 South Korea 211,320 USD (President) [15][150]
 South Sudan 60,000 USD (President) [151]
 Spain 304,055 USD (King) royal grant 97,926 USD (Prime Minister) [152][47][15]
 Sri Lanka 7,380 USD (President) 5,600 USD (Prime Minister) [153]
 Sudan 29,320 USD (President) [26]
 Suriname 133,560 USD (President) 116,870 USD (Vice President) [154][155]
 Eswatini 56,051,336 USD (King) royal grant 51,600 USD (Prime Minister) [156][157][26][158]
 Sweden 15,752,000 USD (King) royal grant 244,615 USD (Prime Minister) [47][15]
  Switzerland 507,000 USD (President) 495,000 USD (Federal Council) [159][160]
 Syria 576,000 USD 18,285 USD (Prime Minister) [161]
 Taiwan 180,000 USD (President) 121,500 USD (Premier) [162]
 Tajikistan 13,200 USD (President) [84][85]
 Tanzania 47,300 USD (President) 45,000 USD (Prime Minister) [26][54][163]
 Thailand King 46,000 USD (Prime Minister) [28]
 Togo President
 Tonga 2,129,540 USD (King) royal grant 41,504 USD (Prime Minister) [164][165]
 Trinidad and Tobago 54,600 USD (President) 85,600 USD (Prime Minister) [166][167]
 Tunisia 16,700 USD (President) 33,355 USD (Prime Minister) [26][168]
 Turkey 197,400 USD (President) [32]
 Turkmenistan 10,800 USD (President) [169]
 Tuvalu 17,660 USD (Governor-General[a]) 19,808 USD (Prime Minister) [170]
 Uganda 183,216 USD (President) [26]
 Ukraine 11,600 USD (President) 3,840 USD (Prime Minister) [171]
 United Arab Emirates 4,608,273,000 USD (President) privy purse 261,400 USD (Prime Minister) [172]
 United States 400,000 USD (President) [26]
 United Kingdom 198,317 USD (Prime Minister) [15][173]
 Uruguay 139,608 USD (President) [29]
 Uzbekistan 15,600 USD (President) [84][85]
 Vanuatu 32,295 USD (President) 32,295 USD (Prime Minister) [174]
 Vatican City 0 USD (Pope) [47]
 Venezuela 48,816 USD (President) [29]
 Vietnam 11,103 USD (President) 10,676 USD (Prime Minister) [175]
 Yemen 15,300 USD (President) 12,040 USD (Prime Minister) [176]
 Zambia 63,100 USD (President) 43,800 USD (Vice President) [177][26][178]
 Zimbabwe 146,590 USD (President) [26]
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  1. Vice-regal representative of the Monarch

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