Ukraine ranks last among European countries in terms of the affordability of purchasing GTA VI, according to a visualization by Maven Mapping, which compares the number of working hours required to buy the game based on the average hourly wage.
According to the study, the average Ukrainian worker would need about 31.12 hours to buy the new Grand Theft Auto game. That’s nearly four full workdays based on a standard eight-hour workday.
By comparison, in Northern and Western European countries, purchasing GTA VI is equivalent to just a few hours of work. In Denmark, it takes about 1.7 hours; in Norway, 1.77 hours; in the Netherlands, 2.2 hours; in Germany, 2.32 hours; and in France, 2.67 hours.
In Central and Southeastern Europe, the figure is significantly higher. In Croatia, it takes about 4.94 hours to buy the game; in Serbia, 16.95 hours; in Romania, 17.64 hours; in Montenegro—17.92 hours, in Bulgaria—18.77 hours, in Turkey—23.52 hours, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina—23.89 hours.
Ukraine, with a figure of 31.12 hours, ranks at the very bottom of the list. This reflects not so much the price of a specific game as the gap in purchasing power between the Ukrainian market and the wealthier countries of Europe. While for a worker in Denmark or Germany such a purchase is comparable to a few hours of work, for a Ukrainian it represents an expense equivalent to nearly half a workweek.
Such rankings are not official economic statistics, as they depend on the selected game price, the method used to calculate wages, and exchange rates. However, they clearly illustrate how global prices for digital goods are perceived in countries with different income levels.
Source: Maven Mapping – https://www.threads.com/@maven.mapping/post/DaACB90iNhn/number-of-hours-needed-to-buy-gta-vi/
