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Labour cost

Measures total hourly wage cost for skilled industrial workers in major urban areas (indicator metadata)

Rank

Country

Hourly wage cost (USD, 0.00 - 15.00)

1

Cambodia

0.87

2

Vietnam

1.16

3

Bangladesh

1.25

4

Pakistan

1.39

5

India

1.42

6

Ukraine

1.58

7

Indonesia

1.67

8

Morocco

1.96

9

Philippines

2.09

10

Egypt

2.46

11

Tunisia

2.60

12

Thailand

3.26

13

Belarus

3.28

14

South Africa

3.41

15

Mexico

3.49

16

Malaysia

3.63

17

Bulgaria

4.28

18

Turkey

4.40

19

Hungary

4.71

20

Romania

5.15

21

China

5.30

22

Brazil

5.34

23

Russia

6.66

24

Portugal

8.64

25

Slovakia

9.29

26

Argentina

9.57

27

Czech Rep

10.25

28

Poland

11.26

29

Estonia

12.26

30

Lithuania

13.06

Updated: June 2018

 

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