Money is TimeThe Hours Index

Denmark, in hours

What the same things cost the average worker in Denmark, in hours of take-home pay.

iPhone 18 Pro DKK 10,999

66 hours of work

The first week of January, and the next until Thursday 11 am.

Ninth of 28. In Switzerland the same phone takes 30 hours; in Türkiye, 487.

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The sums

The average full-time worker in Denmark earns DKK 537,071 a year before tax and takes home DKK 347,337 after income tax and social security contributions (OECD, 2025, a single worker without children). Divided by 2,080 working hours, an hour of work pays DKK 166.99.

An iPhone 18 Pro: DKK 10,999 ÷ DKK 166.99 = 66 hours. The first week of January, and the next until Thursday 11 am.
A Tesla Model Y: DKK 300,310 ÷ DKK 166.99 = 1,798 hours. January to mid November.
A Big Mac: DKK 46 ÷ DKK 166.99 = 0.28 hours, or 17 minutes.

The Tesla: Tesla's Danish site shows DKK 304,990: this price plus DKK 4,680 of delivery costs. Hours count 52 weeks of 40, whatever people in Denmark actually work. More in what the index leaves out.

Against the other 37

iPhone 18 Pro ninth of 28

  1. 1Switzerland CHF 1,199 30 hours
  2. 5 more
  3. 6United Kingdom £1,199 58 hours
  4. 8Netherlands €1,479 62 hours
  5. 9Denmark DKK 10,999 66 hours
  6. 10Ireland €1,489 69 hours
  7. 11Austria €1,449 71 hours
  8. 16 more
  9. 28Türkiye (see the note) ₺137,999 487 hours

All 28 countries on the index

Tesla Model Y ninth of 37

  1. 1Switzerland CHF 40,990 1,033 hours
  2. 5 more
  3. 7Luxembourg €40,990 1,611 hours
  4. 8Netherlands €39,990 1,670 hours
  5. 9Denmark DKK 300,310 1,798 hours
  6. 10United Kingdom £41,000 1,982 hours
  7. 11Austria €40,990 2,002 hours
  8. 25 more
  9. 37Mexico MX$799,000 8,716 hours

All 37 countries on the index

Big Mac joint ninth of 36

  1. 1Switzerland CHF 7.30 11 minutes
  2. 6 more
  3. 7United Kingdom £5.49 16 minutes
  4. 9Austria €5.63 17 minutes
  5. 9Denmark DKK 46 17 minutes
  6. 9New Zealand NZ$8.80 17 minutes
  7. 9Norway NOK 78 17 minutes
  8. 23 more
  9. 36Colombia (see the note) COP 25,900 102 minutes

All 36 countries on the index

Sources

Pay: OECD, Taxing Wages 2026: net take-home pay of a single worker without children on 100% of the average wage, 2025 (the OECD's own estimate, as for most countries).

Prices, checked 29 September 2026: Apple, the iPhone 18 Pro with 256 GB; Tesla, the cheapest Model Y on sale; The Economist, the Big Mac index, July 2026 (data, CC BY 4.0).

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