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Hours of work to earn $1,000 by country

The range here is wild, Colombia needs 86 hours of work to see $1,000, while Mexico takes 78 and Greece 60. Costa Rica sits at 53, Hungary and Chile both at 51, Czechia 48, Slovakia 47, Portugal 45, and Poland 43. Estonia is 42, Latvia and South Korea tie at 38, Türkiye 37, and Israel, Italy, and Japan all come in at 34. Lithuania needs 33, Spain 30, New Zealand 28, Ireland and Slovenia 27, Finland, Canada, and France 25, with the UK and Sweden at 24. The OECD and Our World in Data put this together, ranked from most to least hours.

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Hours of work to earn $1,000 by country

The range here is wild, Colombia needs 86 hours of work to see $1,000, while Mexico takes 78 and Greece 60. Costa Rica sits at 53, Hungary and Chile both at 51, Czechia 48, Slovakia 47, Portugal 45, and Poland 43. Estonia is 42, Latvia and South Korea tie at 38, Türkiye 37, and Israel, Italy, and Japan all come in at 34. Lithuania needs 33, Spain 30, New Zealand 28, Ireland and Slovenia 27, Finland, Canada, and France 25, with the UK and Sweden at 24. The OECD and Our World in Data put this together, ranked from most to least hours.

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