These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
- 1/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 20: Juha Sipila, President of Finland
Salary: $153,197 (140,904 euros)
(Reuters) - 2/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 19: Gudni Johanesson, President of Iceland
Salary: $156,374 (16.7 million Icelandic kroner)
(AP) - 3/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 18: Theresa May, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Salary: $185,962 (144,000 pounds)
(Reuters) 
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- 4/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 17: Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
Salary: $187,000 (1.6 million kroner)
(Reuters) - 5/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 16: Francois Hollande, President of France
Salary: $194,530 (178,920 euros)
(Reuters) - 6/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 15: Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands
Salary: $195,601 (180,000 euros)
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- 7/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 14: Enda Kenny, Taoiseach of Ireland
Salary: $201,034 (185,000 euros)
(Reuters) - 8/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 13: Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
Salary: $203,319 (22.6 million yen)
(Reuters) - 9/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 12: Stefan Lofven, Prime Minister of Sweden
Salary: $214,587 (1.9 million kroner)
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- 10/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 11: Lars Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
Salary: $219,205 (1.5 million kroner)
(Reuters) - 11/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 10: Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Belgium
Salary: $230,392 (212,000 euros)
(Reuters) - 12/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 9: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
Salary: $235,041 (216,278 euros)
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- 13/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 8: Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Salary: $245,184 (225,600 euros)
(AP) - 14/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 7: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
$253,123 (345,400 Canadian dollars)
(AFP) - 15/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 6: Christian Kern, Chancellor of Austria
Salary: $330,396 (304,006 euros)
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- 16/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 5: Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia
Salary: $385,965 (517,504 Australian dollars)
(AP) - 17/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 4: Donald Trump, President of The United States
Salary: $400,000
(AP) - 18/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 3: Doris Leuthard, President of Switzerland
Salary: $401,929 (400,000 Swiss francs)
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- 19/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 2: Leung Chun-ying, Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Salary: $578,320 (4.5 million Hong Kong dollars)
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) - 20/20
These are the 20 highest-paid world leaders
No. 1: Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
Salary: $1,717,352 (2.4 million Singapore dollars)
(Reuters)
World leaders…they’re just like us, right? Well, unless you earn a six-figure salary, not so much.
That said, they do make considerably less than the average Fortune 500 CEO. And still, many would say politicians make too much.
Let us know in the comments how you feel about these head of state salaries.
(All values in U.S. dollars unless otherwise specified)
