Skip to content W.A. ![\\"Boatos.org-logo-1](\\" content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-Boatos.org-logo-1-2023.png\\") Search for... * About * Contact * Advertise Search for... W.A. ![\\"Boatos.org-logo-1](\\" content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-Boatos.org-logo-1-2023.png\\") Search for... * About * Contact * Advertise Search for... You are in: Home Page > Brazil > **Brazil has the lowest minimum wage in the world South America and Argentina have the biggest #rumor** # Brazil has the lowest minimum wage in South America and Argentina has the highest #rumor * Brazil * 10/20/2020 * by Edgard Matsuki ![\\"Brazil](\\" the-lowest-minimum-wage-in-South-America-and-Argentina-has-the-highest-says rumor.jpg\\") Rumor – List showing the minimum wage of South American countries points out that Argentina and Venezuela have the highest salaries and Brazil has the lowest. It is not new that false news involving Argentina circulates with force in the Internet. In recent times, the vast majority of them talk about “communism” in the neighboring country. However, not all are like that. There is also fake news that exalts our neighbors and “degrade” Brazil. A supposed list of minimum wages for South American countries began to be published circulate on the internet. The list, which points to the “World Bank” as its source, points out that Argentina and Venezuela would have the highest minimum wages on the continent while Brazil would have the lowest of all. Read the text contained in the image: _Official minimum wages in South America. 1. Argentina – 2,826 reais 2. Venezuela – 2,593 reais. 3. Ecuador – 2,497 reais 4. Uruguay – 2,050 reais 5. Colombia – 1,977 reais 6. Bolivia – 1,905 reais 7. Paraguay – 1,880 reais 8. Peru – 1,877 reais 9. Chile – 1,733 reais 10. Suriname 1,682 reais 11. Bolivia – 1,465 reais 12. Guyana – 1,171 reais 13. Brazil – 1,045 reais (Source: Bank World Cup, October 2020._ ## Brazil has the lowest minimum wage in South America and Argentina has the bigger? The supposed list circulated with great force on the internet, mainly in anti-Bolsonaro groups. However, besides it not being true that Brazil has the worst minimum wage on the continent, the data is completely wrong. When looking at the list, we found some things, to say the least, strange. One of them is that Bolivia is on the list twice (in sixth and 11th position). Another is the list points out that Venezuela (which is going through a very serious financial crisis and has the very devalued currency) is in second place. Because of this, we decided to search for the information contained in the list. Of man, we decided to look for the aforementioned source (the World Bank). We couldn't find no list related to the subject “minimum wages in North America South” that has these values. One more search and we discovered that the information contained in the text is all wrong. e-Farsas (site that also checks information on the internet) researched the minimum wage in each of the countries mentioned. The result was the Uruguay, Ecuador and Chile with the highest salaries on the continent. The smallest South American salaries are with Venezuela (the lowest), Suriname and Bolivia. Brazil would have the 9th highest salary and Argentina would have the 8th highest. It's important mention that, with the exception of Brazil, no salary value was correct. In short: the story that points out that Argentina and Venezuela have the largest minimum wages on the continent and Brazil has the lowest is false. The list in The question does not appear on the World Bank website and the values ​​are completely (with the exception of Brazil's minimum wage) are wrong. Ps.: This article is a suggestion from Boatos.org readers. 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Official minimum wages in South America 1 Argentina 2826 reais 2 Venezuela 2593 reais 3 Ecuador 2497 reais