Labor > Working time to buy Stats: compare key data on Belgium & Canada

A car: Hours worked by average worker to buy a car. Indicative of the purchasing power of the currency of the country.
Beef: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy one kilo of beef. The comparison of income levels only becomes meaningful if the cost of buying the necessities and luxuries of life is also considered.
Bread: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy bread.
Chicken: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy one kilo of chicken. The comparison of income levels only becomes meaningful if the cost of buying the necessities and luxuries of life is also considered.
Milk: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy 1 litre of milk.

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STAT	Belgium	Canada
A car	1,500 hours Ranked 7th.	1,552 hours Ranked 5th. 3% more than Belgium
Beef	82 minutes Ranked 4th. 71% more than Canada	48 minutes Ranked 12th.
Bread	9 minutes Ranked 7th. 29% more than Canada	7 minutes Ranked 12th.
Chicken	21 minutes Ranked 10th. 31% more than Canada	16 minutes Ranked 12th.
Milk	4 minutes Ranked 10th.	5 minutes Ranked 6th. 25% more than Belgium

SOURCES: 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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