Minimum wage worldwide: where can you live off the minimum wage?
We checked which countries have the most favourable ratio of basic grocery prices to minimum wage around the world
People who have been professionally active for many of years rarely think about how much money they have earned throughout those years. That is why in this study, Picodi.com analysts calculated how many years of work are required to make 1 million dollars in different countries while earning an average wage.
102 countries were included in our ranking. If we sum up all the money an average employee takes home, citizens of Switzerland will earn their first million the fastest – 14 years and 3 months. The second place belongs to Singapore with 16 years and 11 months. Citizens of Luxembourg have to work 5 months more – 17 years and 4 months. The USA and Iceland close out the top 5 with 19 years and 10 months and 20 years and 11 months respectively.
In this ranking, the United States ranked 4th – as mentioned above, an employee earning the average wage will need 19 years and 10 months to make a million dollars. With this result, the US overtook countries such as Australia (by 4 years), Canada (by 8 years) and the UK (by 10 years). On the other hand, Singaporean workers will earn their first million 3 years faster (2nd – 16 years and 11 months), and there is a 5-year gap between the US and Switzerland (1st – 14 years and 3 months).
A million dollars is worth over 500 years of work in Nigeria (519 years and 1 month), Uganda (523 years and 3 months), Egypt (603 years and 6 months) and Pakistan (621 years and 3 months).
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The average monthly net wage data comes from Numbeo, where thousands of users worldwide monitor wages through monthly questionnaires. For currency conversion, we used the average exchange rate data from Google Finance for March 2023.
All data used in this study can be found in a chart here (↓.pdf).
Both the infographics as well as the statistical data can be used freely for commercial and non-commercial purposes. We only ask you to credit the author of the research (Picodi.com) with a link to this subpage. In case of any questions, feel free to contact us at research@picodi.com.
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