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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Labor Statistics > Working time to buy a car (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Ireland: 1,823 hours 
# 2   Finland: 1,681 hours 
# 3   Austria: 1,672 hours 
# 4   France: 1,600 hours 
# 5   Canada: 1,552 hours 
# 6   Norway: 1,517 hours 
# 7   Belgium: 1,500 hours 
# 8   United States: 1,459 hours 
# 9   Australia: 1,244 hours 
# 10   Denmark: 1,206 hours 
# 11   Japan: 1,182 hours 
# 12   New Zealand: 1,175 hours 
# 13   Italy: 989 hours 
# 14   United Kingdom: 956 hours 
# 15   Germany: 861 hours 
# 16   Switzerland: 614 hours 
Weighted average: 1,314.4 hours  



DEFINITION: Hours worked by average worker to buy a car. 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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