FACTOID # 8: The average Irish worker must work twice as long as the average Brit to buy a car.
 
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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Belgium: 68 hours 
#2   Australia: 50 hours 
#3   Italy: 44 hours 
#4   Austria: 42 hours 
#5   Germany: 32 hours 
#6   Ireland: 32 hours 
#7   United Kingdom: 28 hours 
#8   Switzerland: 22 hours 
#9   France: 22 hours 
#10   Norway: 22 hours 
#11   New Zealand: 20 hours 
#12   Finland: 20 hours 
#13   United States: 15 hours 
#14   Japan: 15 hours 
#15   Denmark: 13 hours 
Weighted average: 29.7 hours  


DEFINITION: Hours worked by average worker to buy a television set. Indicative of the purchasing power of the currency of the country.

SOURCE: International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002)

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