Compare with population:

Website hover over country for population number: http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/

Wage consideration for international (but main consumer American) garment assembly, price of fabric, price and considerations of distribution from country.

Welcome feedback/comments on value of labor compared with Western Culture standard, based on country of experience.

Numbers vary according to various sources. Based on 40-hour work week, 52 weeks per year, except in some countries where the work week is shorter like France, etc. Numbers are based on a legal monthly rate in most countries, with a weekly or hourly fixed rate in some. Some countries have a lower rate for people under age 25.

EUROPE

(2017 rates)

• Denmark: €42.5
• Belgium: €39.6
• Luxembourg: €37.6
• Sweden: €36.6
• France: €36.0
• Netherlands: €34.8
• Germany: €34.1
• Austria: €34.1
• Finland: €32.7
• Ireland: €31.0
• Italy: €28.2
• United Kingdom: €25.7
• Spain:€21.20
• Slovenia: €17.0
• Cyprus: €16.0
• Greece: €14.5
• Portugal: €14.10
• Malta: €13.8
• Estonia: €11.70
• Czech Republic: €11.30
• Slovakia: €11.10
• Croatia: €10.60
• Poland: €9.4
• Hungary: €9.1
• Latvia: €8.1
• Lithuania: €8.0
• Romania: €6.3
• Bulgaria: €4.9

More recent rates, taken from wikipedia 2020:

Note: Italy's is around 7 Euro.

Can be compared with 'net monthly' and 'gross monthly' adult incomes:

LATIN AMERICA

(Aprox. 2019 data)