According to USA Today, the list contained world leaders across the continents, but leaders of absolute monarchies such as Qatar, Brunei Darussalam, and Saudi Arabia were excluded due to lack of available data on their earning.

1. Lee Hsien Loong
The prime minister of Singapore and his annual salary according to report, is $1,610,000.

2. Carrie Lam
The chief executive of Hong Kong and earns annual salary worth $568,400.

3. Ulei Maurer
The president of Switzerland, annually earns $482,958.

4. Donald Trump
The president of the United States. He pays the salary of $400,000 a year. He however, does not take home any of this money based on his promise to donate his entire salary.

5. Scott Morrison
The prime minister of Australia earning an annual salary of $378,414.

6. Angela Merkel
The current chancellor of Germany with annual earning worth $369,727.

7. Jacinda Arden
The prime minister of New Zealand. Her annual salary is worth $339,862.

8. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
The president of Mauritania with annual income of $330,000.

9. Sebastian Kurz
The chancellor of Austria. He currently earns an annual salary of $328,584.

10. Xavier Bethel
The prime minister of Luxembourg with annual income reportedly worth $278,035.

Culled from https://www.legit.ng