FACTOID # 3: 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.
 
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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Italy: 9 minutes 
#2   Japan: 8 minutes 
#3   France: 6 minutes 
#4   Australia: 6 minutes 
#5   Canada: 5 minutes 
#6   Austria: 5 minutes 
#7   New Zealand: 5 minutes 
#8   Belgium: 4 minutes 
#9   Norway: 4 minutes 
#10   Ireland: 4 minutes 
#11   Finland: 3 minutes 
#12   Switzerland: 3 minutes 
#13   United Kingdom: 3 minutes 
#14   United States: 3 minutes 
#15   Denmark: 2 minutes 
#16   Germany: 2 minutes 
Weighted average: 4.5 minutes  


DEFINITION: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy 1 litre of milk.

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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