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

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  • 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.
STAT Canada Germany
A car 1,552 hours
Ranked 5th. 80% more than Germany
861 hours
Ranked 15th.
Beef 48 minutes
Ranked 12th. 60% more than Germany
30 minutes
Ranked 16th.
Bread 7 minutes
Ranked 12th. The same as Germany
7 minutes
Ranked 14th.
Chicken 16 minutes
Ranked 12th. Twice as much as Germany
8 minutes
Ranked 16th.
Milk 5 minutes
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Germany
2 minutes
Ranked 16th.

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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