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Australia vs New Zealand

Field by field, official sources only. Green wins the row, red loses it — grey rows lack a published value on one side.

Australia takes cost of money and macro — widest margin: real policy rate (1.48 % vs -0.34 %). New Zealand takes work & income and housing & living — widest margin: house price growth (-3.72 % vs 5.71 %). In this type case — a single average earner comparing published official figures — the categories are not summed: a mortgage rate and a GDP figure do not weigh the same.

Side by side

FieldAustraliaNew Zealand
Mortgage rate
Inflation2.87 %2.84 %
Real policy rate1.48 %-0.34 %
Lending rate
Deposit rate3.95 %
Savings vs inflation1.11 %
Bank spread
Take-home pay$55,077 PPP$48,221 PPP
Tax on pay23.52 %20.81 %
House price growth since 2015
House price growth5.71 %-3.72 %
Rent
Petrol
Electricity
Tax wedge27.90 %20.81 %
Minimum wage
Minimum wage (PPP)$2,819 PPP/mo$2,673 PPP/mo
Retirement age (men)67 years65 years
Retirement age (women)67 years65 years
Average salary$72,018 PPP$60,896 PPP
Monthly earnings$3,926 PPP/mo$4,064 PPP/mo
Median earnings$3,324 PPP/mo
Median income$36,203 PPP$38,320 PPP
Price level90 % of US prices86 % of US prices
VAT
Corporate tax25.00 %28.00 %
Top income tax47.00 %39.00 %
Public holidays6 days11 days
Currency10.09 %0.08 %
Money's value50.10 %53.20 %
GDP growth1.35 %0.46 %
GDP/capita$65,130$49,591
Unemployment4.09 %5.08 %
Government debt51.00 %54.70 %
Debt per person$33,216$27,126

Who is better off, field by field

By category

Cost of money

Australia

2 of 3 decided fields

Work & income

New Zealand

8 of 11 decided fields

Housing & living

New Zealand

2 of 2 decided fields

Macro

Australia

5 of 7 decided fields

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