Which Country Is Most Survivable For Beginners? (Part 1)
Ian E Coleman
Est. 2010
First edition: Wednesday, September 29, 2010
It’s a good question to ask. Most of us choose our country based on where we live. Some of us on a personal favorite, or a personal background of some sort. But what if you were going to start the game, with the intention of choosing a the country that was “best for beginners”?
For this article survivability will be based on 2 things:
1. Foodprices
2. Wages
Let’s look at the stats! (September 29, 2010)
Listed below are the recent price base conversions of the best food price into IEP (Irish Currency) for the sake of comparison
Argentina *0.35 ARS (0.679)
Australia *0.75 AUD (1.223)
Austria *0.66 ATS (1.492)
Belgium *0.31 BEF (0.592)
Bolivia *0.49 BOB (0.539)
Bosnia Herzegovina * 0.30 BAM (0.387)
Brazil *0.29 BRL (0.340)
Bulgaria *0.50 BGN (0.745)
Canada *0.27 CAD (0.464)
Chile *0.41 CLP (0.783)
China *0.55 CNY (0.90😎
Columbia *0.34 COP (0.452)
Croatia *0.48 HRK (0.446)
Czech Republic *0.56 CZK (0.907)
Denmark *0.48 DKK (0.39😎
Estonia *0.34 EEK (0.381)
Finland *0.40 FIM (0.260)
France *0.20 FRF (0.314)
Germany *0.26 DEM (0.600)
Greece *0.41 GRD (0.992)
Hungary *0.31 HUF (0.42😎
India *0.82 INR (1.960)
Indonesia *0.50 IDR (0.755)
Iran *0.75 IRR (1.410)
Ireland *0.84 IEP (0.840)
Israel *0.58 NIS (1.444)
Italy *0.32 ITL (0.285)
Japan *0.44 JPY (0.515)
Latvia *0.59 LVL (0.354)
Lithuania *0.20 LTL (0.262)
Malaysia *0.85 MYR (1.675)
Mexico *0.53 MXN (0.217)
Netherland *0.39 NLG (0.320)
North Korea *0.58 KPW (0.85😎
Norway *0.61 NOK (0.456)
Pakistan *0.33 PKR (1.205)
Paraguay *0.91 PYG (1.602)
Peru *0.50 PEN (0.585)
Philippians *0.40 PHP (0.736)
Poland *0.46 PLN (0.515)
Portugal *0.55 PTE (0.814)
Republic of Moldova *0.55 MDL (0.556)
Romania *0.35 RON (0.452)
Russia *0.31 RUB (0.822)
Serbia *0.68 RSD (0.741)
Singapore *0.50 SGD (0.790)
Slovakia *0.21 SKK (0.63😎
Slovenia *0.45 SIT (0.765)
South Africa *0.56 ZAR (1.165)
South Korea *0.47 KRW (0.620)
Spain *0.31 ESP (0.605)
Sweden *0.70 SEK (0.490)
Switzerland *0.33 CHF (0.650)
Thailand *0.64 THB (0.646)
Turkey *0.30 TRY (0.279)
USA *0.27 USD (0.310)
Ukraine *0.42 UAH (0.764)
UK *0.25 GBP (0.485)
Uruguay *0.50 UYU (1.110)
Venezuela *0.54 VEB (1.145)
TOP FIVE MOST AFFORDABLE QUALITY FOODS
1) 0.217 IEP MEXICO
2) 0.260 IEP FINLAND
3) 0.262 IEP LITHUANIA
4) 0.279 IEP TURKEY
5) 0.285 IEP ITALY
More on this subject to come later! Tell us which country you think is the best.
Ian E Coleman - The Coleman Global
***Other Stories in this Paper***
Introductions: "The Coleman Global Takes Off"
Headline: “Northern Ireland Flops Again”
Facts And Figures: “Which Country Is Most Survivable For Beginners? (2 Part Special)”
Special Report: "New Changes Cause Wave of Dissent"
Special Report: “Ireland On The Ropes”
Comments
Interesting. Facts over opinions is a good thing. Your approach has great potential.
Looking forward to more comparisons and analysis of the stats in the next posts.
Very good work
Took probably a lot of time to convert all these coins into IEP
Food prices in gold terms means very little without knowing wage level but still a time consuming work.
Also you should mind that living in another country speaking a language you don't can be quite challenging and makes it hard to blend into their society.
Ireland of course. Prices be damned.
Seriously, nice work. The language thing can be an issue. I lived in eBolivia for six months while not speaking a word of Spanish. Google translate only goes so far. lol
This is only worthwhile when compared with wages without wages this means absolutely nothing.
You could have the cheapest food prices in the eWorld and the cheapest wages or you could have reasonable food prices and high wages. Without 1 or the other your analysis on where the best country to live will not be complete.
Anyway fair play for putting in the effort to do this. Maybe there are some good export opportunities highlighted here.
I realize about the wages everyone. This is just a preliminary data sheet. I will be comparing wages later when I have some more time. Then maybe I can factor them in somehow. Of course, there are always many factors at work when doing this kind of analysis. I can only provide a loosely useful model.
Thanks to everyone who read this article!