Argentina is the country where more wages are needed to buy a 0 km

Argentina is at the top of the ranking in terms of difficulty buying a new car. An investigation has helped to acquire an average model in the country you need 26.5 salariesagainst the USA 4.3, Germany 5.9 or Brazil 22.8.

The work was carried out by the Institute of Economics of the Argentine University of Empresa (UADE), which took as a parameter a Volkswagen Golf 1.4. The comparison was made with the price of the vehicle in dollars and in twelve countries. In Argentina, it costs U $ S 23,810, a value located in the world average (between US $ 20,000 and US $ 25,000).

This is a price very similar to that of countries like Spain (23400 U $ S), Germany (23,112 U $ S), Venezuela (U $ 22,800) and United Kingdom (24,850 U $ S). Well above average was located Brazil (US $ 29,219) and below India (11,300 U $ S).

However, despite parity in price with other nations, Argentina is the place where more wages are needed to be able to compare it. They are 26.5. The second was located South Africa, with 23.2 and third Brazil, with 22.8 salaries.

The list continued as follows: India (22.2 salaries), Venezuela (19) Spain (10) Russia (9.6), Japan (8.3) United Kingdom (7.2) Germany (5.9), Australia (5.1) and United States (4.3).

Argentina leads the rankings among the top reasons devaluation, which has deteriorated the purchasing power of wages. All this in a context of crisis in the automotive industry, with a 50% decrease in sales for the first four months of the year.

If it's about tax burden in the price of cars, the country also leads. According to a report by the Association of Manufacturers (Adefa) and Autoparts (Afac), the 54.8% of the value of 0 km corresponds to taxes.

In this area, the following countries are: Brazilwith a tax burden of 30.4%; Italywith an 18%; Spainwith 17.3%; France and Russiawith 16.7%; Germanywith 16%; Britainwith 9.9%; and United States with 7.5%.