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World Service,24 Mar 2012,10 mins

What is the world's average salary?

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If there were perfect income equality worldwide so that everybody earned the same amount of money, how much would we each earn? And what is the average employee wage across the world? Tim Harford answers both these questions. And he attempts to rank the world's top military forces. (Image: Foreign currency notes. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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