This is the list of highest-paid leaders in the world: I will not believe who passes Kosovo!

The leader among the highest paid politicians in the world is the American president, Barack Obama, who has an annual salary of 400 thousand dollars, while the Chinese communist leader, Xi Jinping, ranked 12th with the lowest annual salary of 22 thousand dollars.

Obama, in addition to annual salary there are also some tax exemptions of 50 thousand dollars, reports CNN, adding that the salary of the President of the United States has doubled since 2001 when George W. Bush was president.

After Obama coming Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has an annual salary of 260 thousand dollars, while as third in the list of highest-paid leaders in most developed countries is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with an annual income of 234,383 dollars, reports Telegraph.

South African President, Jacob Zuma, receives 223,600 dollars a year, while British Prime Minister David Cameron, 214,782 dollars - including MP's salary.

The country's sixth president meets Japanese, Shinzo Abe, with 202.700 dollars per year, while French President François Hollande, would rank even better if his salary would not be reduced to 30 percent after coming to power. These annual income totaling 194,300 dollars him.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, is in eighth place after last week cut his salary by 10 percent due to the economic crisis. He now paid 136,000 dollars a year.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, earns 124,600 dollars; Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff - 120 thousand dollars; while Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, a little more than 30 thousand dollars a year.

Although manages the second largest economy world, Chinese President Xi Jinping ranked last, in 12th place of the list. Although his salary has increased by 60 percent at the beginning of the year, he now paid 22 thousand dollars a year.

Although Kosovo's economy ranks among the last in Europe, it can be proud that its leaders are paid more than the Chinese president and Indian prime minister.

President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, who has the highest salary of all government officials, paid 2,873 euros a month for her work, or 34,478 euros per year (36,456 dollars). President of the Assembly, Kadri Veseli, has a monthly salary of 2,700 euros, or 32,400 euros per year (34,261 dollars). Meanwhile, Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, has an annual salary of 17,318 euros (18,312 dollars), or 1,443 euros per month.