I would like to see the actual data on rent and utilities and so on. Because I have feeling something is awfully off there... Or data is hugely skewed.
Sources: Prices via World Bank ICP 2021 component parities (plus local operator fares for transit, tariffs for utilities, and rental medians/listings where available). Pay via OECD Taxing Wages (net) for OECD countries; ILOSTAT gross series as a clearly-flagged proxy elsewhere.
I’ll add a small component breakdown table under the chart (rent/utilities/food/transit per country) so you can see exactly what influences the hours. If you have a better official rent/utilities series for a specific country, link it and I’ll rerun that row and note the change.
So if I take FIN
FIN,FIN,205.01243308313187,5874.057235184511,28.6522,OECD_net,Provisional US basket anchor (TARGET_US_WTEI=140). Replace with official basket to finalize.,39
In what currency is the basket_month_local(5874.057235184511)? Or is it somehow modified value?
The value just seems wrong as it is significantly higher than median. 3584€ in 2023...
Basket (single renter, new lease): 1-BR market rent, basic utilities, staple groceries (~2.1–2.4k kcal/day), local monthly transit.
Formula: hours = monthly basket price ÷ typical net hourly pay.
Sources: Prices via World Bank ICP 2021 component parities (plus local operator fares for transit, tariffs for utilities, and rental medians/listings where available). Pay via OECD Taxing Wages (net) for OECD countries; ILOSTAT gross series as a clearly-flagged proxy elsewhere.
Data files (with country rows you can check):
Global table: https://www.thepricer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wtei_pu... OECD slice (net pay, full range): https://www.thepricer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wtei_oe... Extended (gross-basis, non-comparable): https://www.thepricer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wtei_ex...
I’ll add a small component breakdown table under the chart (rent/utilities/food/transit per country) so you can see exactly what influences the hours. If you have a better official rent/utilities series for a specific country, link it and I’ll rerun that row and note the change.