Work hours to buy…

Work hours to buy Apple Watch Ultra 3, ranked by country

For each country below, this is how many hours someone earning the local median wage must work to afford Apple Watch Ultra 3. 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 17 hours) and most demanding in Burundi (about 6,146 hours) across 164 countries with sourced wage data.

#	Country	Work hours
1	Switzerland	17
2	Luxembourg	19
3	Belgium	23
4	Denmark	24
5	Iceland	24
6	Norway	25
7	Netherlands	27
8	United Arab Emirates *	27
9	Austria	29
10	Finland	29
11	United States of America	30
12	Ireland	34
13	Canada	34
14	Sweden	35
15	New Zealand	37
16	Singapore	37
17	Qatar *	44
18	United Kingdom	44
19	Germany	45
20	Australia	45
21	Israel	47
22	Slovenia	48
23	Spain	51
24	Iran *	52
25	Hong Kong	53
26	Japan	56
27	Estonia	57
28	Czechia	60
29	Cyprus	61
30	Croatia	65
31	New Caledonia	71
32	Lithuania	72
33	Latvia	73
34	France	74
35	Saudi Arabia *	75
36	Kuwait *	80
37	Italy	81
38	Greenland *	81
39	Puerto Rico	82
40	South Korea	83
41	The Bahamas	83
42	Poland	90
43	Brunei *	92
44	Romania	102
45	Slovakia	105
46	Portugal	105
47	Hungary	123
48	Oman *	130
49	Republic of Serbia	135
50	Bulgaria	136
51	Mauritania	138
52	Greece	139
53	Uruguay	139
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	144
55	Palestine	153
56	Russia *	158
57	Costa Rica	162
58	Malaysia *	164
59	Montenegro *	171
60	Trinidad and Tobago	176
61	Chile	193
62	Jamaica *	201
63	Panama *	207
64	Turkey	227
65	Argentina	229
66	North Macedonia *	249
67	Lebanon	256
68	Albania *	267
69	Belize	269
70	Belarus *	271
71	China *	290
72	Mexico	293
73	Ecuador	295
74	Djibouti	308
75	Brazil	315
76	Fiji	322
77	Peru	325
78	Kosovo *	327
79	Paraguay	329
80	Moldova	330
81	Mongolia	352
82	Colombia	353
83	Dominican Republic	355
84	Libya *	358
85	Uzbekistan *	366
86	Bolivia	368
87	El Salvador	384
88	Azerbaijan *	385
89	Kazakhstan *	389
90	Jordan	393
91	Thailand	401
92	Guyana	412
93	Vanuatu *	422
94	Ukraine *	422
95	Guatemala	423
96	Morocco *	444
97	Iraq *	449
98	Georgia	455
99	Honduras	463
100	Gabon *	477
101	Suriname	479
102	Nicaragua *	511
103	Philippines	533
104	Algeria *	538
105	South Africa	589
106	East Timor	594
107	Equatorial Guinea *	674
108	Cambodia	683
109	Haiti *	691
110	Bhutan	726
111	Kyrgyzstan *	743
112	Tunisia	754
113	Namibia	764
114	Guinea	795
115	Solomon Islands *	796
116	Armenia	810
117	Tajikistan *	814
118	eSwatini	842
119	Ivory Coast	869
120	Botswana	902
121	Papua New Guinea *	921
122	Nepal	952
123	Zimbabwe *	998
124	Indonesia	1,000
125	Sudan	1,019
126	Cameroon *	1,050
127	Laos	1,051
128	Ghana	1,077
129	Chad	1,151
130	Eritrea *	1,153
131	Senegal	1,180
132	Afghanistan	1,196
133	Mali	1,225
134	Sri Lanka	1,241
135	Myanmar	1,276
136	Liberia	1,329
137	Syria *	1,385
138	Mozambique	1,390
139	Benin	1,437
140	Guinea-Bissau	1,440
141	India	1,457
142	Bangladesh	1,502
143	Zambia	1,531
144	Egypt	1,539
145	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,554
146	United Republic of Tanzania	1,598
147	Togo	1,661
148	Niger	1,729
149	Pakistan	1,780
150	Republic of the Congo *	1,796
151	Malawi *	1,833
152	Burkina Faso	1,862
153	Ethiopia	1,954
154	Sierra Leone *	2,018
155	Lesotho	2,195
156	Gambia	2,244
157	Central African Republic *	2,289
158	Angola	2,407
159	Uganda	2,505
160	Rwanda	2,628
161	Kenya	3,015
162	Madagascar	3,015
163	Nigeria	3,665
164	Burundi	6,146

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.