The Big Mac Index


This is a truly fascinating set of statistics. The Big Mac Index measures the length of time it takes a worker at a MacDonalds to earn enough to buy a burger in the MacDonalds in which they work.

As reported at Rising Hegemon , the figures are as follows:

Australia —17 minutes; New Zealand — 28 minutes; Hong Kong — 41 minutes; Malaysia — 1 hour, 26 minutes; South Korea — 1 hour, 29 minutes; Philippines — 2 hours, 19 minutes; Thailand — 2 hours, 45 minutes; China — 3 hours, 58 minutes; Sri Lanka — 5 hours, 53 minutes; India — 8 hours, 34 minutes; and the winner is Pakistan, where it takes a McDonalds worker 14 hours, 14 minutes to buy a lousy burger.

Rest easy carnivores in the U.S. it only takes you about half an hour to make enough wages to pay for your heart attack special.

The full details are here and here. Some of this information is years old, so the situation may have changed in some countries.

Posted: Tuesday - June 07, 2005 at 09:58 PM          

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