This bar chart shows how long a cleaner in McDonalds has to work before he can afford to purchase a Big Mac, in eleven Asia/Pacific countries. It also shows the actual cost of a Big Mac, in US$, in those countries.
The most striking thing about this chart is that the workers in the South Asian countries of Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka have to work the longest hours in order to be able to buy a Big Mac . Workers in Pakistan have to work 14 hours, followed by India, 9, and Sri Lanka 6. The workers in the richest countries, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, as you would expect, have to work the shortest time, each less than one hour. One surprising fact is that workers in a very poor country, the Philippines, have to work just over two hours in order to buy a Big Mac. The actual cost of a Big Mac is highest in South Korea, followed by Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The most obvious point to note is that workers in the poorer countries have to work longer hours than those in the richer countries in order to purchase a Big Mac.
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