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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 work & income — widest margin: inflation (3.17 % vs -0.13 %). Thailand takes cost of money, housing & living and macro — widest margin: real policy rate (1.13 % vs -2.17 %). 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-2.17 %1.13 %
Lending rate3.94 %
Deposit rate1.15 %
Savings vs inflation1.28 %
Bank spread2.79 %
Take-home pay$38,818 PPP
Tax on pay22.65 %
House price growth since 2015
House price growth2.31 %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-5.25 %-2.27 %
Money's value87.00 %63.20 %
GDP growth1.19 %2.44 %
GDP/capita$35,951$8,057
Unemployment2.45 %0.78 %
Government debt206.50 %64.70 %
Debt per person$74,239$5,213

Who is better off, field by field

By category

Cost of money

Thailand

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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