The economic powerhouse of our Europe continent has eight of the top 20 largest economies, the biggest single-market area, and some of the richest countries in the world.
In this-map, visualize the average hourly wages across Europe in a heatmap.
The bluer the hue, the higher the hourly salary. Data for this visualization comes from Eurostat and is current up to 2023.
#Luxembourg also has the highest per capita GDP in the world.
#Denmark and #Norway also pay higher (€42/hour) though #Sweden (€26/hour)
#Bulgaria records the lowest average salary in this dataset at €8/hour. ln #Cyprus, not shown on the map, the average hourly rate is €16.3
Mediterranean-based Europeans used to be some of the wealthiest in the world, benefiting greatly from the sea's access across to Northern Africa and the Levant