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5 years ago
What does a country's average income, foreign exchange rate, and cost of living mean for furry art, and particularly for commission prices?
Essentially, for example, a Canadian artist who isn't living in one of the big expensive coastal cities might be able to afford to take art commissions for somewhat less (perhaps as low as two-thirds) of what an artist living in the United States would need to charge in order to be able to make a living doing art commissions. There are actually a lot of Canadian artists on FA, I can easily think of several.
This effect isn't limited to between countries, since even within a large country like the USA or Canada or Russia, it is easier to make a living as an artist in a location that has a lower cost of living (e.g. Madrid, New Mexico) rather than in a big and expensive city (like New York or Vancouver). Artists in places like Poland, Russia, Argentina and Brazil can afford to have even lower commission prices (in USD or Euros), and artists in countries like Ukraine and India could probably afford to have some of the lowest commission prices on the net (why aren't there more furries from India? someday there probably will be!). However, there are economies that are (currently) worse than Ukraine or India, many of them are in central Asia, or sub-Saharan Africa, or island nations.
After I met several 'starving artists' (almost literally) through FA, I decided to educate myself about the economies of places like the post-Soviet countries and South America. I would have researched sub-Saharan Africa too but I couldn't think of any furry artists in Africa (yet). The statistics for some of them are quite stark.
unfortunately, it is difficult to get a table to display well on FA
Country .................. GDP .................. GDP [in 2020 USD]
................................... nominal ........... PPP [PPP = purchasing power parity]
Ireland .................... 79,669 ............. 89,383 (GNI=62,210. GDP data distorted by tax haven issues)
United States ....... 63,051 ............. 63,051
Deutschland ........ 45,466 .............. 53,571 (aka Germany)
Canada .................. 42,080 .............. 47,569
France .................... 39,257 .............. 45,454
South Korea ........ 30,644 .............. 44,292
UK ........................... 39,229 .............. 44,288
Italy ........................ 30,657 .............. 40,066
Poland .................. 15,304 ............... 33,739
Romania .............. 12,813 ............... 30,141 (~12,800 USD/capita, but like living in the US on ~$30,000)
The following are the 15 internationally recognized Post-Soviet states:
Estonia ................... 22,986 ............. 37,033
Lithuania ............... 19,883 ............. 38,605
Latvia ...................... 17,230 ............. 30,579
Russia ....................... 9,972 ............. 27,394
Kazakhstan ............. 8,782 ............. 26,589 (the northernmost and largest 'stan, natural resource rich)
Turkmenistan ........ 7,507 ............. 16,711 (the westernmost of the smaller 'stans)
Belarus ..................... 6,134 ............. 19,759
Georgia .................... 4,405 ............ 15,142
Armenia ................... 4,315 ............ 13,735
Moldova .................. 4,268 ............ 13,253
Azerbaijan ............... 4,125 ............ 14,499
Ukraine ..................... 3,425 ............ 12,710 --> ukraine , ukrainefurs
Uzbekistan .............. 1,763 .............. 7,378
Kyrgyzstan .............. 1,148 .............. 4,824
Tajikistan ..................... 834 .............. 3,560 (ranked 151 of 186 re PPP, there are 35 poorer!)
A few other (assorted) countries for reference:
Argentina ................ 8,433 ............. 20,370 --> argentinafurs
Mexico ..................... 8,069 ............. 18,804 --> multiple FA groups, see here
Brazil ......................... 6,450 ............. 14,563 --> multiple FA groups, see here
China ..................... 10,839 .............. 17,206 --> chnfur
Sri Lanka ................. 3,698 .............. 13,114
India ......................... 1,877 ................ 6,284
Malaysia ............... 10,192 .............. 27,287 --> malaysiafurs
Indonesia ............... 4,038 .............. 12,345 --> indofur
Philippines ............. 3,373 ................ 8,574 --> furrypinos
Afghanistan ............. 499 ................ 2,073 --> no FA group, try a search
Haiti ............................ 732 ................ 1,728
Madagascar ............. 515 ................ 1,647 (ranked 176 of 186 re PPP, there are 9 poorer!)
Information sources used:
List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita (PPP = purchasing power parity, accounts for the cost of living in that country)
Post-Soviet states
FA-groups (specifically, the Regional Groups Journal)
I may write some more later, but for now I will leave this with just the raw statistics.
Essentially, for example, a Canadian artist who isn't living in one of the big expensive coastal cities might be able to afford to take art commissions for somewhat less (perhaps as low as two-thirds) of what an artist living in the United States would need to charge in order to be able to make a living doing art commissions. There are actually a lot of Canadian artists on FA, I can easily think of several.
This effect isn't limited to between countries, since even within a large country like the USA or Canada or Russia, it is easier to make a living as an artist in a location that has a lower cost of living (e.g. Madrid, New Mexico) rather than in a big and expensive city (like New York or Vancouver). Artists in places like Poland, Russia, Argentina and Brazil can afford to have even lower commission prices (in USD or Euros), and artists in countries like Ukraine and India could probably afford to have some of the lowest commission prices on the net (why aren't there more furries from India? someday there probably will be!). However, there are economies that are (currently) worse than Ukraine or India, many of them are in central Asia, or sub-Saharan Africa, or island nations.
After I met several 'starving artists' (almost literally) through FA, I decided to educate myself about the economies of places like the post-Soviet countries and South America. I would have researched sub-Saharan Africa too but I couldn't think of any furry artists in Africa (yet). The statistics for some of them are quite stark.
unfortunately, it is difficult to get a table to display well on FA
Country .................. GDP .................. GDP [in 2020 USD]
................................... nominal ........... PPP [PPP = purchasing power parity]
Ireland .................... 79,669 ............. 89,383 (GNI=62,210. GDP data distorted by tax haven issues)
United States ....... 63,051 ............. 63,051
Deutschland ........ 45,466 .............. 53,571 (aka Germany)
Canada .................. 42,080 .............. 47,569
France .................... 39,257 .............. 45,454
South Korea ........ 30,644 .............. 44,292
UK ........................... 39,229 .............. 44,288
Italy ........................ 30,657 .............. 40,066
Poland .................. 15,304 ............... 33,739
Romania .............. 12,813 ............... 30,141 (~12,800 USD/capita, but like living in the US on ~$30,000)
The following are the 15 internationally recognized Post-Soviet states:
Estonia ................... 22,986 ............. 37,033
Lithuania ............... 19,883 ............. 38,605
Latvia ...................... 17,230 ............. 30,579
Russia ....................... 9,972 ............. 27,394
Kazakhstan ............. 8,782 ............. 26,589 (the northernmost and largest 'stan, natural resource rich)
Turkmenistan ........ 7,507 ............. 16,711 (the westernmost of the smaller 'stans)
Belarus ..................... 6,134 ............. 19,759
Georgia .................... 4,405 ............ 15,142
Armenia ................... 4,315 ............ 13,735
Moldova .................. 4,268 ............ 13,253
Azerbaijan ............... 4,125 ............ 14,499
Ukraine ..................... 3,425 ............ 12,710 --> ukraine , ukrainefurs
Uzbekistan .............. 1,763 .............. 7,378
Kyrgyzstan .............. 1,148 .............. 4,824
Tajikistan ..................... 834 .............. 3,560 (ranked 151 of 186 re PPP, there are 35 poorer!)
A few other (assorted) countries for reference:
Argentina ................ 8,433 ............. 20,370 --> argentinafurs
Mexico ..................... 8,069 ............. 18,804 --> multiple FA groups, see here
Brazil ......................... 6,450 ............. 14,563 --> multiple FA groups, see here
China ..................... 10,839 .............. 17,206 --> chnfur
Sri Lanka ................. 3,698 .............. 13,114
India ......................... 1,877 ................ 6,284
Malaysia ............... 10,192 .............. 27,287 --> malaysiafurs
Indonesia ............... 4,038 .............. 12,345 --> indofur
Philippines ............. 3,373 ................ 8,574 --> furrypinos
Afghanistan ............. 499 ................ 2,073 --> no FA group, try a search
Haiti ............................ 732 ................ 1,728
Madagascar ............. 515 ................ 1,647 (ranked 176 of 186 re PPP, there are 9 poorer!)
Information sources used:
List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita (PPP = purchasing power parity, accounts for the cost of living in that country)
Post-Soviet states
FA-groups (specifically, the Regional Groups Journal)
I may write some more later, but for now I will leave this with just the raw statistics.
