On average world leaders earn six times more than their citizens.<\/p>\n
This is according to research by jobs website Adzuna<\/strong><\/a>, which compared the annual salaries of leaders from 45 nations with the average income of their population.<\/p>\n For the investigation, Adzuna researched the latest media reports on the salaries of the respective politicians, compared with the information from the Wage Indicator Foundation.<\/p>\n For the average income of the populations, the World Bank\u2019s data on gross national income per capita (as of 2017) was used.<\/p>\n Adzuna found that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa ranked in first place – earning R3.6 million – 19 times more than the average South African at R191,572.<\/p>\n In second place is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long of Singapore, who commands a hefty pay packet of R23.3 million, 18 times higher than his compatriots.<\/p>\n Tied for last in the study are China and Vietnam. In both nations, the leaders almost earn on parity with the population. China\u2019s President Xi Jingping earns R289,901, whereas the average worker in China brings home R245,822 per year.<\/p>\n \u201cThis study doesn\u2019t take into account the wealth many of these world leaders accumulated before they entered politics,” said\u00a0Adzuna CEO Raife Watson.<\/p>\n “Our former Prime Minister was a millionaire many times over before he joined the Australian parliament, which is why he had the capacity to donate a million dollars to his own party during an election campaign,”\u00a0Watson said.<\/p>\n