Poslednjih godina inflacija je ozbiljno umanjila bilo koje povećanje plata koje je realizovano u OECD zemljama. Za brojne radnike u ovo je već decenijama unazad realnost. Stagnacija realnih plata viđena je i u razvijenim zemljama sa visokim prihodima poput Japana, Italije i Španije u poslednje tri decenije. U Meksiku, realne plate su veoma niske.
Kao što se vidi u statistici stvarnih plata OECD-a za 2023. godinu, koja uključuje zemlje članice i pridružene zemlje, Meksiko je imao najnižu prosečnu godišnju platu sa punim radnim vremenom pre oporezivanja od 38 ispitanih zemalja na samo 20.090 dolara u 2023. (izračunato po paritetu kupovne moći). To znači da je prosečna plata porasla za svega 14% od 1990. godine nakon prilagođavanja inflaciji. Ipak, niži rast prosečnih plata imali su Španija (12,6%), Holandija (6,32%) i Japan (1,68%), dok je jedino Italija sa padom prosečne plate u posmatranom periodu od 2,6%. Praksa je da se naglo povećanje cena češće dešava u manje razvijenim zemljama, ali poslednja kriza je pokazala da divlja inflacija može i razvijene ekonomije dovesti u ozbiljnu stagnaciju.
Japan je 1990. godine imao uporedivu prosečnu platu sa razvijenim ekonomijama, poput Kanade, Australije ili Nemačke. To više nije slučaj 30 godina kasnije U Japanu, na primer, prosečne plate nakon prilagođavanja inflaciji i kupovnoj moći danas su nešto niže od onih u Italiji ili Litvaniji. Ove poslednje su zabeležile povećanje realnih plata od 35-45%. Slične probleme Japanu (godine niskog ekonomskog rasta, niske inflacije i deflacije, rastućeg sektora niskih plata i kratkoročnih ugovora) imaju neke južnoevropske nacije poput Italije, Španije ili Grčke. S druge strane, najveće uspešne priče u pogledu realnog rasta zarada mogu se naći u istočnoj Evropi i baltičkim državama, na primer u Litvaniji, Letoniji, Estoniji i Češkoj. Uprkos ovim povećanjima, plate u istočnoj Evropi ostaju među najnižima u OECD-u.
Izvor: OECD
In recent years, inflation has severely eroded any wage increases realized in OECD countries. For many workers, this has been a reality for decades. Real wage stagnation has also been seen in developed countries with high incomes such as Japan, Italy and Spain in the last three decades. In Mexico, real wages are very low.
As seen in OECD real wage statistics for 2023, which includes member and associated countries, Mexico had the lowest average full-time annual wage before tax of the 38 countries surveyed at just $20,090 in 2023 (calculated by purchasing power parity). This means that the average salary has increased by only 14% since 1990 after adjusting for inflation. However, Spain (12.6%), the Netherlands (6.32%) and Japan (1.68%) had lower growth in average wages, while only Italy saw a 2.6% drop in average wages in the observed period. The practice is that sudden price increases occur more often in less developed countries, but the latest crisis has shown that wild inflation can also bring developed economies into serious stagnation.
In 1990, Japan had a comparable average salary to developed economies such as Canada, Australia or Germany. This is no longer the case 30 years later. In Japan, for example, average wages after adjusting for inflation and purchasing power are today somewhat lower than those in Italy or Lithuania. The latter recorded an increase in real wages of 35-45%. Similar problems to Japan (years of low economic growth, low inflation and deflation, a growing sector of low wages and short-term contracts) are experienced by some Southern European nations such as Italy, Spain or Greece. On the other hand, the biggest success stories in terms of real wage growth can be found in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states, for example in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the Czech Republic. Despite these increases, wages in Eastern Europe remain among the lowest in the OECD.
Source: OECD