These are the world's most paid leaders.

These are the world's most paid leaders.

To identify the 20 leaders with the highest salary in the world, the Economic Bulletin analyses the figures of annual publicly available compensation, the websites of the respective states, as well as data from organisations such as the International Monetary Fund and Facebook World CIA. These are the world's top 20 most paid leaders: 20. [...]

These are the world's top 20 most paid leaders:

20. Édouard Philippe

• Tie: Prime Minister of France

• Annual salary (in USD): $220,505.00

• GDP per captain: $40,145.94

Nineteen. Jimmy Morales.

• Tie: President of the Republic of Guatemala

• Annual salary (in USD): $227,099

• GDP per captain: $7,421.29

18. Leo Varadkar

• Tie: Taosech

• Annual salary (in USD): $234,447

• GDP per captain: $6,548.10

17. Katrín Jacobsdóttir

• Tie: Prime Minister of Ireland

• Annual salary (in USD): $22,619

• GDP per captain: $49,704.76

16. Stefan Löffven

• Tie: Prime Minister of Sweden

• Annual salary (in USD): $244,615

• GDP per captain: $6,519.75

15. Lars Lékke Rasmussen

• Tie: Prime Minister of Denmark

• Annual salary (in USD): $2249,774

• GDP per captain: $6,329.81

14. Adrian Hasler

• Tie: Prime Minister of the Principity of Liechtenstein

• Annual salary (in USD): US$254,660

• GDP per captain: N/A

13. Charles Michel

• Tie: Prime Minister of Belgium

• Annual salary (in USD): $262,964

• GDP per captain: $4,497.40

Twelve. Justin Trudeau

• Tie: Prime Minister of Canada

• Annual salary (in USD): $267,041

• GDP per captain: $144,14.80

11. Cyril Ramaphosa

• Tie: President of the Republic of South Africa

• Annual salary (in USD): $273,470.00

• GDP per captain: $112,317.97

10. Xavier Bettel

• Tie: Prime Minister of Luxembourg

• Annual salary (in USD): $278,035

• GDP per captain: $393,891.49

9. Sebastian Kurz

• Tie: Chancelor of Austria

• Annual salary (in USD): $328,584

• GDP per captain: $445,478.96

8. Mohammed Old Abdel Aziz

• Tie: President of Mauritania

• Annual salary (in USD): $330,000

• GDP per captain: $3,655.37

7. Yacindda Ardern

• Tie: Prime Minister of New Zealand

• Annual salary (in USD): $339,862

• GDP per captain: $335,244.99

6. Angela Merkel

• Tie: Chancelor of Germany

• Annual salary (in USD): $369,727

• GDP per captain: $6,719.29

5. Scott Morrison

• Tie: Prime Minister of Australia

• Annual salary (in USD): $378,415

• GDP per captain: $646,554.63

4. Donald Trump

• Tie: President of the United States

• Annual salary (in USD): $400,000

• GDP per captain: $54,440.90

3. Uel Maurer

• Tie: President of the Swiss Connection

• Annual salary (in USD): $462,958

• GDP per captain: $156,473.64

2. Carrie Lam

• Tie: Hong Kong's Chief Executive

• Annual salary (in USD): $568,400

• GDP per captain: $757,081.14

1. Lee Hseen Loong

• Tie: Prime Minister of Singapore

• Annual salary (in USD): $1,610,000

• GDP per captain: $88,810.78

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