Compare with population:
Website hover over country for population number: http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/Wage consideration for international (but main consumer American) garment assembly, price of fabric, price and considerations of distribution from country.
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Numbers vary according to various sources. Based on 40-hour work week, 52 weeks per year, except in some countries where the work week is shorter like France, etc. Numbers are based on a legal monthly rate in most countries, with a weekly or hourly fixed rate in some. Some countries have a lower rate for people under age 25.
EUROPE
(2017 rates)
- Denmark: €42.5
- Belgium: €39.6
- Luxembourg: €37.6
- Sweden: €36.6
- France: €36.0
- Netherlands: €34.8
- Germany: €34.1
- Austria: €34.1
- Finland: €32.7
- Ireland: €31.0
- Italy: €28.2
- United Kingdom: €25.7
- Spain:€21.20
- Slovenia: €17.0
- Cyprus: €16.0
- Greece: €14.5
- Portugal: €14.10
- Malta: €13.8
- Estonia: €11.70
- Czech Republic: €11.30
- Slovakia: €11.10
- Croatia: €10.60
- Poland: €9.4
- Hungary: €9.1
- Latvia: €8.1
- Lithuania: €8.0
- Romania: €6.3
- Bulgaria: €4.9
More recent rates, taken from wikipedia 2020:
Note: Italy's is around 7 Euro.
Can be compared with 'net monthly' and 'gross monthly' adult incomes:
LATIN AMERICA
(Aprox. 2019 data)
