As of 1 January 2025, 22 out of 27 EU countries have national minimum wages, making Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland and Sweden the exceptions. In January 2025, 10 EU countries had minimum wages below €1 000 per month: Bulgaria (€551), Hungary (€707), Latvia (€740), Romania (€814), Slovakia (€816), Czechia (€826), Estonia (€886), Malta (€961), Greece (€968) and Croatia (€970). In 6 others, minimum wages ranged from €1 000 to € 1 500 per month: Cyprus (€1 000), Portugal (€1 015), Lithuania (€1 038), Poland (€1 091), Slovenia (€1 278) and Spain (€1 381). In the remaining 6, minimum wages were above €1 500 per month: France (€1 802), Belgium (€2 070), Germany (€2 161), the Netherlands (€2 193), Ireland (€2 282) and Luxembourg (€2 638). (....)