FACTOID # 10: In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.
 
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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     Belgium: 68 hours 
# 2     Australia: 50 hours 
# 3     Italy: 44 hours 
# 4     Austria: 42 hours 
= 5     Ireland: 32 hours 
= 5     Germany: 32 hours 
# 7     United Kingdom: 28 hours 
= 8     France: 22 hours 
= 8     Norway: 22 hours 
= 8     Switzerland: 22 hours 
= 11     Finland: 20 hours 
= 11     New Zealand: 20 hours 
= 13     United States: 15 hours 
= 13     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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