Surabaya — Useful ratios
Prices put in perspective: what a meal, a room or a commute in Surabaya costs in work time and wage share.
In work time
Nasi rawon at a local depot costs about 57 minutes of minimum-wage work.
One hour at minimum wage buys about 3.1 litres of Pertalite.
As a share of the minimum wage
A simple boarding room (kos) takes about 25% of the monthly minimum wage.
Three warung meals a day for a month take about 43% of the minimum wage.
A daily return trip by city bus costs about 4.2% of the minimum wage.
Living simply costs about 74% of the minimum wage, leaving 26% for everything else.
The official poverty line per person is about 15% of the minimum wage.
The city in numbers
Surabaya produces about 4.5 times a year of minimum wage per resident.
About 9,000 people share every square kilometre.
There are about 98 men for every 100 women.
Every 100 working-age residents support about 42 children and seniors.
Public parks and green space cover about 22% of the city.
Work time uses the official rule of 173 working hours per month (hourly wage = monthly wage ÷173). Prices use the middle of each range on the economics page, except bus fares, which use the standard adult fare.