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Labour cost |
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Measures hourly wage cost (index) in major agglomerations (see
Method & data) |
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Rank |
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Index, hourly wage
cost (South Korea = 100.0) |
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1 |
Indonesia |
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14.0 |
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2 |
Philippines |
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17.2 |
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3 |
India |
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18.7 |
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4 |
Thailand |
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20.2 |
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5 |
Mexico |
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23.2 |
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6 |
China |
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29.2 |
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7 |
Romania |
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33.8 |
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8 |
Argentina |
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35.9 |
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9 |
Malaysia |
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38.3 |
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10 |
Slovakia |
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50.8 |
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11 |
Russia |
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53.3 |
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12 |
Hungary |
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54.8 |
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13 |
Poland |
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56.1 |
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14 |
Hong Kong |
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59.8 |
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15 |
Turkey |
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64.9 |
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16 |
Brazil |
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65.8 |
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17 |
Czech Rep |
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70.5 |
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18 |
South Africa |
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74.6 |
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19 |
Taiwan |
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76.3 |
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20 |
Singapore |
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80.4 |
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21 |
Slovenia |
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86.2 |
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22 |
South Korea |
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100.0 |
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Updated: March 2008 (data unavailable for
Israel, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia) |
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