Beer Affordability

Purchasing Power Parity for the Everyday Pint: Measuring grocery 0.5L domestic beer prices against median local hourly wages.

Most affordable beers

Lowest minutes of labor required for 0.5L supermarket beer

  1. #1 Monaco 0.5L: $1.95 • Wage: $54.14/hr 2.16m
  2. #2 Liechtenstein 0.5L: $2.41 • Wage: $54.13/hr 2.67m
  3. #3 Germany 0.5L: $1.13 • Wage: $19.33/hr 3.51m
  4. #4 Switzerland 0.5L: $2.67 • Wage: $41.48/hr 3.86m
  5. #5 Luxembourg 0.5L: $2.33 • Wage: $32.22/hr 4.34m
  6. #6 Denmark 0.5L: $1.92 • Wage: $24.16/hr 4.77m
  7. #7 United States 0.5L: $2.08 • Wage: $24.91/hr 5.01m

Most expensive beers

Highest minutes of labor required for 0.5L supermarket

  1. #1 Gambia 0.5L: $1.55 • Wage: $0.35/hr 265.71m
  2. #2 Syria 0.5L: $1.19 • Wage: $0.38/hr 187.89m
  3. #3 Nepal 0.5L: $2.31 • Wage: $1.20/hr 115.50m
  4. #4 Cameroon 0.5L: $1.44 • Wage: $0.87/hr 99.31m
  5. #5 Egypt 0.5L: $1.39 • Wage: $0.86/hr 96.98m
  6. #6 Vanuatu 0.5L: $2.91 • Wage: $1.97/hr 88.63m
  7. #7 Nigeria 0.5L: $0.67 • Wage: $0.50/hr 80.40m

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