Italy vs United States
Field by field, official sources only. Green wins the row, red loses it — grey rows lack a published value on one side.
Italy takes cost of money and housing & living — widest margin: mortgage rate (3.58 % vs 7.32 %). United States takes work & income and macro — widest margin: house price growth (-2.60 % vs 3.76 %). 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
| Field | Italy | United States |
|---|
| Mortgage rate | 3.58 % | 7.32 % |
| Inflation | 1.53 % | 2.95 % |
| Real policy rate | 0.97 % | 0.92 % |
| Lending rate | 4.89 % | 3.25 % |
| Deposit rate | — | — |
| Savings vs inflation | — | — |
| Bank spread | — | — |
| Take-home pay | $38,444 PPP | $65,829 PPP |
| Tax on pay | 28.63 % | 24.31 % |
| House price growth since 2015 | 121.0 | 337.3 |
| House price growth | 3.76 % | -2.60 % |
| Rent | — | — |
| Petrol | €2.02/l | — |
| Electricity | €0.358/kWh | — |
| Tax wedge | 45.76 % | 29.98 % |
| Minimum wage | — | €1,103/mo |
| Minimum wage (PPP) | — | $1,257 PPP/mo |
| Retirement age (men) | 64.8 years | 66.7 years |
| Retirement age (women) | 63.8 years | 66.7 years |
| Average salary | $53,864 PPP | $86,977 PPP |
| Monthly earnings | $5,481 PPP/mo | $6,273 PPP/mo |
| Median earnings | $4,844 PPP/mo | $4,481 PPP/mo |
| Median income | $36,387 PPP | $49,885 PPP |
| Price level | 69 % of US prices | 100 % of US prices |
| VAT | — | — |
| Corporate tax | 24.00 % | 21.00 % |
| Top income tax | 47.23 % | 43.65 % |
| Public holidays | 13 days | 10 days |
| Currency | -3.25 % | 0.00 % |
| Money's value | 61.20 % | 54.90 % |
| GDP growth | 0.54 % | 2.16 % |
| GDP/capita | $43,309 | $90,027 |
| Unemployment | 6.39 % | 4.20 % |
| Government debt | 137.10 % | 124.40 % |
| Debt per person | $59,376 | $111,993 |
Who is better off, field by field
By category
Cost of money
Italy
3 of 5 decided fields
Work & income
United States
7 of 11 decided fields
Housing & living
Italy
2 of 3 decided fields
Macro
United States
5 of 7 decided fields
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