Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping may rank way above many industrialists and CEOs in the ‘most influential persons’ list but their salaries are much lower when compared to the latter.

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The following bar chart compares salaries of world leaders in 2015.
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Charts by Harry Stevens, Research by HT Business Desk
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