if china is excluded from this calculation real average wages contracted by per annum some countries have only one national minimum wage rate whereas others have multiple minimum wage rates by districts occupations age available from tontoeiadoegovdnavpetpetprispts dhtm and ceic data company limited available from accessed on march note lhs panel yaxis refers to monthly values of fao food price index and crude index rhs panel yaxis refers to the yearonyear monthly values of cpi of the selected economies available from accessed on march