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Japan vs Thailand

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

Japan takes cost of money and work & income — widest margin: inflation (3.17 % vs -0.13 %). Thailand takes housing & living and macro — widest margin: real policy rate (1.13 % vs -1.92 %). 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

FieldJapanThailand
Mortgage rate——
Inflation3.17 %-0.13 %
Real policy rate-1.92 %1.13 %
Lending rate—4.99 %
Deposit rate—1.15 %
Savings vs inflation—1.28 %
Bank spread—3.84 %
Take-home pay$38,818 PPP—
Tax on pay22.65 %—
House price growth since 2015——
House price growth2.43 %1.93 %
Rent——
Petrol——
Electricity——
Tax wedge33.12 %—
Minimum wage——
Minimum wage (PPP)$1,839 PPP/mo$822 PPP/mo
Retirement age (men)65 years—
Retirement age (women)65 years—
Average salary$50,183 PPP—
Monthly earnings$2,809 PPP/mo$1,574 PPP/mo
Median earnings—$1,226 PPP/mo
Median income$23,208 PPP—
Price level65 % of US prices31 % of US prices
VAT——
Corporate tax23.20 %20.00 %
Top income tax55.95 %—
Public holidays16 days—
Currency-2.73 %-2.75 %
Money's value87.00 %63.20 %
GDP growth1.19 %2.44 %
GDP/capita$35,951$8,057
Unemployment2.45 %0.78 %
Government debt204.80 %64.70 %
Debt per person$73,628$5,213

Who is better off, field by field

By category

Cost of money

Japan

2 of 3 decided fields

Work & income

Japan

2 of 2 decided fields

Housing & living

Thailand

2 of 2 decided fields

Macro

Thailand

5 of 7 decided fields

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