Buying an iPhone 14 Pro 128GB model costs the average American 2% of their annual salary โ the second cheapest price in the world when measured in this way.
But there are countries where the same phone costs more than 100% of the average annual salary …
The lowest price as a proportion of annual salary is in Switzerland, where the figure is 1.8%. The US and Singapore both sit at 2%; the UK is twice as expensive in relative terms, at 4%; other European countries range from 3.5% to more than 10%.
World of Statistics shared the league table of the comparative cost of buying an iPhone in a number of different countries around the world.
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland: 1.8%
๐บ๐ธ United States: 2.0%
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore: 2.0%
๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates: 2.8%
๐ฆ๐บ Australia: 2.9%
๐จ๐ฆ Canada: 3.0%
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong: 3.2%
๐ณ๐ด Norway: 3.3%
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: 3.5%
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: 3.5%
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark: 3.7%
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: 3.9%
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: 3.9%
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom: 4.0%
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland: 4.1%
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea: 4.1%
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: 4.3%
๐ฆ๐น Austria: 4.4%
๐ง๐ช Belgium: 4.6%
๐ซ๐ท France: 4.8%
๐ธ๐ช Sweden: 4.5%
๐ช๐ธ Spain: 6.2%
๐น๐ผ Taiwan: 6.3%
๐ฎ๐น Italy: 7.2%
๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic: 8.0%
๐จ๐ณ China: 9.3%
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: 11.2%
๐ต๐น Portugal: 11.3%
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: 11.8%
๐ญ๐บ Hungary: 14.8%
๐ท๐บ Russia: 16.3%
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: 16.9%
๐น๐ญ Thailand: 18.5%
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina: 23.1%
๐ฎ๐ณ India: 23.4%
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia: 32.2%
๐ต๐ญ Philippines: 34.5%
๐น๐ท Turkey: 34.7%
๐ง๐ท Brazil: 38%
๐ฎ๐ท Iran: 43.9%
๐ป๐ช Venezuela: 59%
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt: 88.4%
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan: 104.1%
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: 105.3%
It should be noted that prices are not directly comparable, as some countries include sales tax, while the US doesn’t.
Additionally, in many developing countries the average salary in the country as a whole is much lower than the average in big cities โ but it’s still an eye-opening look at relative costs.
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