Work hours to buy…

Work hours to buy Nintendo Switch 2, ranked by country

For each country below, this is how many hours someone earning the local median wage must work to afford Nintendo Switch 2. Fewer hours means it is more affordable relative to local pay. Wage figures are real, sourced from the ILO and OECD; the price is the local list price where we have one, otherwise the US price as a reference (both in US dollars).

It is cheapest to earn in Switzerland (about 9.5 hours) and most demanding in Burundi (about 3,461 hours) across 164 countries with sourced wage data.

#	Country	Work hours
1	Switzerland	9.5
2	Luxembourg	13
3	Denmark	13
4	Iceland	14
5	Norway	14
6	Belgium	15
7	United Arab Emirates *	15
8	United States of America	17
9	Netherlands	18
10	Austria	20
11	Canada	20
12	Finland	20
13	Sweden	20
14	New Zealand	21
15	Australia	22
16	Ireland	23
17	United Kingdom	23
18	Germany	23
19	Qatar *	25
20	Singapore	26
21	Israel	27
22	Iran *	29
23	Hong Kong	29
24	Japan	30
25	Slovenia	32
26	Czechia	34
27	Spain	34
28	Estonia	38
29	France	39
30	New Caledonia	40
31	Cyprus	41
32	Saudi Arabia *	42
33	South Korea	43
34	Croatia	44
35	Kuwait *	45
36	Greenland *	46
37	Puerto Rico	46
38	The Bahamas	47
39	Lithuania	48
40	Latvia	49
41	Poland	51
42	Brunei *	52
43	Italy	54
44	Romania	57
45	Hungary	70
46	Slovakia	71
47	Portugal	71
48	Oman *	73
49	Republic of Serbia	76
50	Bulgaria	76
51	Mauritania	78
52	Uruguay	78
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	81
54	Palestine	86
55	Russia *	89
56	Costa Rica	91
57	Malaysia *	92
58	Greece	93
59	Montenegro *	96
60	Trinidad and Tobago	99
61	Chile	109
62	Jamaica *	113
63	Panama *	117
64	Turkey	128
65	Argentina	129
66	China *	137
67	North Macedonia *	140
68	Lebanon	144
69	Albania *	150
70	Belize	152
71	Belarus *	152
72	Mexico	165
73	Ecuador	166
74	Djibouti	173
75	Brazil	178
76	Fiji	182
77	Peru	183
78	Kosovo *	184
79	Paraguay	186
80	Moldova	186
81	Mongolia	198
82	Colombia	199
83	Dominican Republic	200
84	Libya *	202
85	Uzbekistan *	206
86	Bolivia	207
87	El Salvador	216
88	Azerbaijan *	217
89	Kazakhstan *	219
90	Jordan	222
91	Thailand	226
92	Guyana	232
93	Vanuatu *	238
94	Ukraine *	238
95	Guatemala	238
96	Morocco *	250
97	Iraq *	253
98	Georgia	256
99	Honduras	261
100	Gabon *	269
101	Suriname	270
102	Nicaragua *	288
103	Philippines	300
104	Algeria *	303
105	South Africa	332
106	East Timor	334
107	Equatorial Guinea *	379
108	Cambodia	385
109	Haiti *	389
110	Bhutan	409
111	Kyrgyzstan *	418
112	Tunisia	425
113	Namibia	430
114	Guinea	448
115	Solomon Islands *	448
116	Armenia	456
117	Tajikistan *	458
118	eSwatini	474
119	Ivory Coast	490
120	Botswana	508
121	Papua New Guinea *	518
122	Nepal	536
123	Zimbabwe *	562
124	Indonesia	563
125	Sudan	574
126	Cameroon *	591
127	Laos	592
128	Ghana	606
129	Chad	648
130	Eritrea *	649
131	Senegal	665
132	Afghanistan	674
133	Mali	690
134	India	693
135	Sri Lanka	699
136	Myanmar	719
137	Liberia	749
138	Syria *	780
139	Mozambique	783
140	Benin	809
141	Guinea-Bissau	811
142	Bangladesh	846
143	Zambia	862
144	Egypt	867
145	Democratic Republic of the Congo	875
146	United Republic of Tanzania	900
147	Togo	936
148	Niger	974
149	Pakistan	1,002
150	Republic of the Congo *	1,011
151	Malawi *	1,032
152	Burkina Faso	1,049
153	Ethiopia	1,100
154	Sierra Leone *	1,136
155	Lesotho	1,236
156	Gambia	1,264
157	Central African Republic *	1,289
158	Angola	1,355
159	Uganda	1,411
160	Rwanda	1,480
161	Kenya	1,698
162	Madagascar	1,698
163	Nigeria	2,064
164	Burundi	3,461

Work hours = price ÷ the country’s median wage (hourly). The price is the local list price where we have one, otherwise the US price as a reference (both in USD) — it won’t match every local retailer or tax, so treat the numbers as an illustration and check the price where you live.

* Wage is a PIP-calibrated estimate rather than a directly sourced figure.