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€1,934.40 (US$2288) per month, and €11.16 (US$13.2) per hour for persons 21 and older; between 30–80% (as low as €3.35 per hour) of this amount for persons aged 15–20. [163] An additional holiday allowance of 8% of the annual wage is paid in May or June, prorated for the time worked in the year.
A 2021 study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that workers would have to make at least $24.90 an hour to be able to afford (meaning 30% of a person's income or less) renting a standard two-bedroom home or $20.40 for a one-bedroom home anywhere in the US. The former is 3.4 times higher than the current federal minimum wage.
Subsequent to the Coinage Act of 1834 the dollar's fine gold equivalent was revised to 23.2 grains; it was slightly adjusted to 23.22 grains (1.505 g) in 1837 (gold-silver ratio ≈16). The same act also resolved the difficulty in minting the "standard silver" of 89.24% fineness by revising the dollar's alloy to 412.5 grains, 90% silver, still ...
Nigeria has a market of 720,000 cars per year, but less than 20% of these are produced domestically. [198] In 2016, Nigeria was the leading cement producer south of the Sahara, ahead of South Africa. [199] Aliko Dangote, Nigeria's richest inhabitant, based his wealth on cement production, as well as agricultural commodities. [200]
Civilian nuclear power supplied 2,602 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in 2023, equivalent to about 9% of global electricity generation, [3] and was the second largest low-carbon power source after hydroelectricity. [166] Nuclear power's contribution to global energy production was about 4% in 2023.
The painting's owner, first-class passenger Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson, filed a claim for $100,000 (equivalent to $2,300,000 in 2023) in compensation for the loss of the artwork. [65] Other intriguing items in the manifest included 12 cases of ostrich feathers, 76 cases of "Dragon's Blood," and 16 cases of calabashes.
The country had 6.36 million visitors in 2015, ranking in terms of the international tourist arrivals as the main destination in South America and second in Latin America after Mexico. [294] Revenues from international tourists reached US$6 billion in 2010, showing a recovery from the 2008–2009 economic crisis . [ 295 ]