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Meat, which is a source of protein, fats and vitamins, is an important part of the diet for many people. However, isn’t meat in Malaysia too expensive?
We decided to compare the prices of 1 kg of chicken fillet around the continent.
Our ranking consists of 23 APAC countries. It turns out that the continental average price of 1 kg of chicken fillet is $5.11.
The cheapest chicken meat can be found in Pakistan (RM 11.06/kg), Bangladesh (RM 11.78/kg) and Thailand (RM 11.86/kg). On the other hand, citizens of Singapore (RM 45.66/kg), Hong Kong (RM 42.99/kg) and New Zealand (RM 42.83/kg), have to pay the highest prices for their poultry.
In the chicken price ranking, Malaysia ranked as the 12th country out of 23 countries included – in July 2023, the average price of 1 kg of chicken was RM 13.30 ($9.96), over the APAC average.
In order to make the comparison more fair, we calculated how many kilograms of chicken can be bought with the average wage in each country.
The best relation between meat prices and wages can be found in Singapore, where the average wage can get you 506 kg of chicken breast. Much less fits in the Australian (403 kg) and Japanese (360 kg) average wage.
The average wage in Malaysia gets you 204 kg of chicken. This is more than in countries such as Taiwan (202 kg), India (186 kg) and Iraq (142 kg).
No. | Country | Number of kilograms of chicken that can be bought with the average salary |
---|---|---|
1. | Singapore | 506 kg |
2. | Australia | 403 kg |
3. | Japan | 360 kg |
4. | Hong Kong | 323 kg |
5. | New Zealand | 318 kg |
6. | South Korea | 283 kg |
7. | China | 266 kg |
8. | Thailand | 214 kg |
9. | Malaysia | 204 kg |
10. | Taiwan | 202 kg |
11. | India | 186 kg |
12. | Iraq | 142 kg |
13. | Vietnam | 120 kg |
14. | Bangladesh | 99 kg |
15. | Indonesia | 97 kg |
16. | Iran | 94 kg |
17. | Uzbekistan | 93 kg |
18. | Philippines | 76 kg |
19. | Cambodia | 68 kg |
20. | Nepal | 68 kg |
21. | Pakistan | 66 kg |
22. | Kyrgyzstan | 62 kg |
23. | Sri Lanka | 41 kg |
Prices of 1 kg of chicken breast, as well as the average wages in different APAC countries, are from numbeo.com, a platform where hundreds of thousands of users from around the world monitor prices of products and services. For currency conversion, we used the average exchange rate data from Google Finance for July 2023. Prices in Malaysian online supermarkets as of 02.08.2023.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/274522/global-per-capita-consumption-of-meat/
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