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Every country and region ranked by how many Big Macs an hour of minimum wage buys.

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#▲	Country / region	Burgers / hour	Work time / Big Mac	Min. wage / hour
1	Norway*	3.48	17m 15s	NOK 264
2	Switzerland*	3.37	17m 49s	CHF 24.59
3	Denmark*	3.12	19m 15s	DKK 143
4	Australia	2.94	20m 26s	A$24.95
5	District of Columbia	2.93	20m 28s	$17.95
6	Washington	2.80	21m 26s	$17.13
7	New Zealand	2.78	21m 32s	NZ$23.95
8	Connecticut	2.77	21m 41s	$16.94
9	California	2.76	21m 44s	$16.90
10	Luxembourg	2.63	22m 46s	€16.02
11	Hawaii	2.61	22m 57s	$16.00
12	New York	2.61	22m 57s	$16.00
13	Rhode Island	2.61	22m 57s	$16.00
14	New Jersey	2.60	23m 4s	$15.92
15	Tokyo	2.55	23m 29s	¥1,226
16	Kanagawa	2.55	23m 31s	¥1,225
17	Taiwan	2.51	23m 53s	NT$196
18	Colorado	2.48	24m 13s	$15.16
19	Arizona	2.48	24m 14s	$15.15
20	Maine	2.47	24m 19s	$15.10
21	Oregon	2.46	24m 24s	$15.05
22	Osaka	2.45	24m 28s	¥1,177
23	Delaware	2.45	24m 29s	$15.00
24	Illinois	2.45	24m 29s	$15.00
25	Maryland	2.45	24m 29s	$15.00
26	Massachusetts	2.45	24m 29s	$15.00
27	Missouri	2.45	24m 29s	$15.00
28	Nebraska	2.45	24m 29s	$15.00
29	Netherlands	2.42	24m 48s	€14.71
30	United Kingdom	2.40	24m 58s	£12.71
31	Saitama	2.38	25m 14s	¥1,141
32	Chiba	2.38	25m 16s	¥1,140
33	Aichi	2.38	25m 16s	¥1,140
34	Canada	2.36	25m 27s	CA$18.15
35	Vermont	2.36	25m 28s	$14.42
36	Kyoto	2.34	25m 40s	¥1,122
37	Japan	2.34	25m 41s	¥1,121
38	Ireland	2.33	25m 47s	€14.15
39	Hyogo	2.33	25m 49s	¥1,116
40	Florida	2.29	26m 14s	$14.00
41	Germany	2.29	26m 14s	€13.90
42	Shizuoka	2.29	26m 15s	¥1,097
43	Mie	2.26	26m 29s	¥1,087
44	Hiroshima	2.26	26m 32s	¥1,085
45	Shiga	2.25	26m 40s	¥1,080
46	Michigan	2.24	26m 44s	$13.73
47	Hokkaido	2.24	26m 47s	¥1,075
48	Ibaraki	2.24	26m 49s	¥1,074
49	Tochigi	2.23	26m 58s	¥1,068
50	Gifu	2.22	27m 2s	¥1,065
51	Gunma	2.21	27m 5s	¥1,063
52	Toyama	2.21	27m 7s	¥1,062
53	Nagano	2.21	27m 8s	¥1,061
54	Fukuoka	2.20	27m 15s	¥1,057
55	Ishikawa	2.20	27m 19s	¥1,054
56	Fukui	2.19	27m 21s	¥1,053
57	Yamanashi	2.19	27m 23s	¥1,052
58	Nara	2.19	27m 24s	¥1,051
59	Niigata	2.19	27m 26s	¥1,050
60	Belgium	2.19	27m 26s	€13.30
61	Okayama	2.18	27m 31s	¥1,047
62	Tokushima	2.18	27m 32s	¥1,046
63	Wakayama	2.18	27m 34s	¥1,045
64	Yamaguchi	2.17	27m 37s	¥1,043
65	Miyagi	2.16	27m 45s	¥1,038
66	Kagawa	2.16	27m 48s	¥1,036
67	Oita	2.16	27m 50s	¥1,035
68	Kumamoto	2.15	27m 51s	¥1,034
69	Fukushima	2.15	27m 53s	¥1,033
70	Shimane	2.15	27m 53s	¥1,033
71	Ehime	2.15	27m 53s	¥1,033
72	Yamagata	2.15	27m 55s	¥1,032
73	Iwate	2.15	27m 56s	¥1,031
74	Akita	2.15	27m 56s	¥1,031
75	Nagasaki	2.15	27m 56s	¥1,031
76	Tottori	2.15	27m 58s	¥1,030
77	Saga	2.15	27m 58s	¥1,030
78	Aomori	2.14	27m 59s	¥1,029
79	Kagoshima	2.14	28m 4s	¥1,026
80	Kochi	2.13	28m 9s	¥1,023
81	Miyazaki	2.13	28m 9s	¥1,023
82	Okinawa	2.13	28m 9s	¥1,023
83	Alaska	2.12	28m 15s	$13.00
84	Virginia	2.09	28m 45s	$12.77
85	France	2.02	29m 38s	€12.31
86	Nevada	1.96	30m 36s	$12.00
87	New Mexico	1.96	30m 36s	$12.00
88	South Dakota	1.94	30m 59s	$11.85
89	South Korea	1.88	31m 59s	₩10,320
90	Minnesota	1.86	32m 11s	$11.41
91	Arkansas	1.80	33m 23s	$11.00
92	Ohio	1.80	33m 23s	$11.00
93	Montana	1.77	33m 50s	$10.85
94	Israel	1.77	33m 54s	₪35.40
95	Hong Kong	1.72	34m 48s	HK$43.10
96	United Arab Emirates*	1.52	39m 31s	AED 28.85
97	West Virginia	1.43	41m 58s	$8.75
98	Slovenia	1.41	42m 40s	€8.55
99	Poland	1.38	43m 23s	PLN 31.40
100	Romania	1.34	44m 49s	RON 23.37
101	Saudi Arabia*	1.21	49m 24s	SAR 23.08
102	United States	1.19	50m 38s	$7.25
103	Alabama	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
104	Georgia	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
105	Idaho	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
106	Indiana	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
107	Iowa	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
108	Kansas	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
109	Kentucky	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
110	Louisiana	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
111	Mississippi	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
112	New Hampshire	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
113	North Carolina	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
114	North Dakota	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
115	Oklahoma	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
116	Pennsylvania	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
117	South Carolina	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
118	Tennessee	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
119	Texas	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
120	Utah	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
121	Wisconsin	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
122	Wyoming	1.18	50m 39s	$7.25
123	Czechia	1.17	51m 20s	CZK 134
124	Lithuania	1.16	51m 44s	€7.05
125	Spain	1.16	51m 47s	€7.04
126	Singapore*	1.13	53m 16s	SGD 8.39
127	Hungary	1.12	53m 40s	HUF 1,856
128	Oman	1.09	55m 5s	OMR 1.67
129	Cyprus	1.03	58m 7s	€6.28
130	Croatia	1.00	1h 0m	€6.06
131	Bahrain*	0.96	1h 2m	BHD 1.73
132	Malta	0.94	1h 3m	€5.74
133	Estonia	0.93	1h 4m	€5.67
134	Greece	0.87	1h 8m	€5.31
135	Portugal	0.87	1h 8m	€5.31
136	Slovakia	0.87	1h 9m	€5.26
137	Indonesia*	0.78	1h 17m	IDR 33,057
138	Latvia	0.74	1h 21m	€4.50
139	Panama	0.69	1h 27m	PAB 3.02
140	Bulgaria	0.68	1h 27m	BGN 7.31
141	Türkiye	0.66	1h 30m	TRY 169
142	Serbia	0.64	1h 33m	RSD 371
143	Guatemala	0.64	1h 34m	GTQ 20.99
144	Malaysia	0.63	1h 34m	MYR 8.72
145	China*	0.62	1h 36m	CN¥15.81
146	Shanghai	0.62	1h 36m	CN¥15.81
147	Chile	0.62	1h 37m	CLP 2,962
148	Jiangsu	0.60	1h 39m	CN¥15.35
149	Zhejiang	0.60	1h 39m	CN¥15.35
150	Costa Rica	0.60	1h 40m	CRC 1,794
151	Honduras	0.58	1h 42m	HNL 78.24
152	Beijing	0.57	1h 44m	CN¥14.65
153	Guangdong	0.57	1h 45m	CN¥14.54
154	Tianjin	0.57	1h 45m	CN¥14.48
155	Jordan	0.56	1h 47m	JOD 1.39
156	South Africa	0.55	1h 48m	ZAR 30.23
157	Shandong	0.54	1h 50m	CN¥13.85
158	Hubei	0.54	1h 50m	CN¥13.85
159	Hebei	0.54	1h 51m	CN¥13.73
160	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	0.54	1h 51m	CN¥13.73
161	Shaanxi	0.54	1h 51m	CN¥13.71
162	Tibet Autonomous Region	0.53	1h 52m	CN¥13.62
163	Henan	0.53	1h 52m	CN¥13.56
164	Chongqing	0.53	1h 53m	CN¥13.44
165	Sichuan	0.53	1h 53m	CN¥13.44
166	Anhui	0.52	1h 54m	CN¥13.38
167	Ecuador	0.52	1h 54m	$2.78
168	Moldova	0.52	1h 55m	MDL 36.35
169	Heilongjiang	0.51	1h 56m	CN¥13.10
170	Fujian	0.51	1h 57m	CN¥13.07
171	Hainan	0.51	1h 57m	CN¥12.98
172	Jiangxi	0.51	1h 58m	CN¥12.92
173	Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region	0.51	1h 58m	CN¥12.89
174	Liaoning	0.50	1h 58m	CN¥12.87
175	Jilin	0.50	1h 58m	CN¥12.87
176	Paraguay	0.50	2h 0m	PYG 13,938
177	Hunan	0.50	2h 0m	CN¥12.69
178	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	0.50	2h 0m	CN¥12.69
179	Gansu	0.50	2h 0m	CN¥12.69
180	Yunnan	0.49	2h 2m	CN¥12.52
181	Shanxi	0.49	2h 3m	CN¥12.40
182	Guizhou	0.48	2h 4m	CN¥12.29
183	Qinghai	0.47	2h 7m	CN¥12.00
184	Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	0.47	2h 8m	CN¥11.94
185	Mexico	0.42	2h 21m	MX$46.07
186	Colombia	0.40	2h 29m	COP 9,183
187	El Salvador	0.39	2h 33m	$1.68
188	Dominican Republic	0.38	2h 36m	DOP 157
189	Uruguay	0.38	2h 37m	UYU 129
190	Mauritius	0.38	2h 38m	MUR 91.00
191	Ukraine	0.37	2h 40m	UAH 52.00
192	Thailand	0.37	2h 42m	THB 50.00
193	Brunei Darussalam*	0.37	2h 42m	BND 2.62
194	Brazil	0.36	2h 48m	R$8.50
195	Morocco	0.35	2h 50m	MAD 17.92
196	Azerbaijan	0.35	2h 52m	AZN 2.31
197	Vietnam	0.34	2h 58m	₫25,500
198	Peru	0.32	3h 6m	PEN 5.43
199	Nicaragua	0.31	3h 11m	NIO 54.57
200	Qatar	0.28	3h 32m	QAR 4.81
201	Lebanon	0.28	3h 33m	LBP 134,615
202	Egypt	0.27	3h 42m	EGP 33.65
203	Kuwait	0.26	3h 52m	KWD 0.36
204	Argentina	0.23	4h 21m	ARS 1,839
205	Pakistan	0.18	5h 36m	PKR 192
206	India*	0.14	7h 22m	₹30.81

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