--- Wendy Lyon <wendy.lyon at gmail.com> wrote:
What did
> my head in was
> meeting a Tajik who said he went there for work
> because he could make
> so much more money there. Tajikistan must be one
> bleak place.
>
Average PPP-adjusted wages for various ex-Soviet republics in 2005 according to the CIA factbook, with wages from other countries thrown in for comparison. Tajikistan isn't listed here, but it's even lower than Moldova. Every monthly wage in Tajikistan (not PPP-adjsted) is about $20.
Former Soviet Republics
Estonia $14,300 (Uruguay $14,500) Lithuania $12,500 (Argentina $12,400) Latvia $11,500 Russia $9,800 (Mexico $9,600) Kazakhstan $7,800 Ukraine $6,300 (Colombia $6,600) Armenia $4,600 (China $5,500) Azerbaijan $3,800 Georgia $3,100 (India $3,100) Moldova $1,900 (Sudan $1,900)
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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