Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong: The World's Highest-Paid Head of State

When it comes to public service and governance in global politics, the salaries of heads of state and prime ministers are often debated. There is a huge disparity in the salaries of leaders around the world. While countries like Singapore pay their ministers and prime ministers multi-million-rupee packages on the lines of the corporate world, in countries with a large and vast population like India and China, the official salaries of leaders in top diplomatic posts are extremely low. The Singaporean government has always argued that high salaries bring the best talent from the private sector into public service and administration, which reduces corruption and keeps governance strong. Let's see how much the annual salaries of the prime minister of Singapore and other world leaders are and where the prime minister of India stands in this international comparison. The current prime minister of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, is the world's highest-paid head of state. The annual salary of the prime minister in Singapore is about $2.2 million (about $1.6 million to $18 million), according to a recent Singapore leadership committee report.