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Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	Japan:	15 minutes
# 2	United States:	14 minutes
# 3	Austria:	13 minutes
# 4	Italy:	12 minutes
= 5	France:	11 minutes
= 5	Ireland:	11 minutes
# 7	Belgium:	9 minutes
= 8	Finland:	8 minutes
= 8	New Zealand:	8 minutes
= 8	Norway:	8 minutes
= 8	Australia:	8 minutes
= 12	Canada:	7 minutes
= 12	Germany:	7 minutes
= 12	Switzerland:	7 minutes
# 15	Denmark:	5 minutes
# 16	United Kingdom:	4 minutes
	Weighted average:	9.2 minutes

DEFINITION: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy bread.

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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david
3rd December 2004

is it because the bread is cheaper in UK or wages are more or money value is more or quantity of bread is less?

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