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Table 1  Low-pay threshold for full-year, full-time workers1

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  2000 2004
$
Australia2 22,300 25,700
Austria 18,500 ..
Belgium 22,600 ..
Canada 24,700 26,700
Denmark 25,700 29,000
Finland 19,600 24,000
Germany 24,400 ..
Ireland 19,300 ..
Spain 15,400 ..
Sweden3 20,100 24,100
United Kingdom4 21,800 27,600
United States 26,600 29,600
1. In Canadian dollars.
2. Based on 2001 and 2003.
3. Based on 2000 and 2005.
4. Based on 1999 and 2004.
Note: Figures based on purchasing power parity. Years other than 2000 or 2004 were adjusted using the Consumer Price Index.
Sources: Luxembourg Income Study; Statistics Canada, purchasing power parities for gross domestic product.