Netherlands vs Spain
Field by field, official sources only. Green wins the row, red loses it — grey rows lack a published value on one side.
Netherlands takes work & income and macro — widest margin: house price growth (2.57 % vs 9.87 %). Spain takes cost of money and housing & living — widest margin: real policy rate (-0.45 % vs -1.01 %). 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 | Netherlands | Spain |
|---|
| Mortgage rate | 3.85 % | 2.89 % |
| Inflation | 3.26 % | 2.70 % |
| Real policy rate | -1.01 % | -0.45 % |
| Lending rate | — | — |
| Deposit rate | — | — |
| Savings vs inflation | — | — |
| Bank spread | — | — |
| Take-home pay | $57,806 PPP | $44,176 PPP |
| Tax on pay | 27.86 % | 23.54 % |
| House price growth since 2015 | 221.1 | 194.1 |
| House price growth | 2.57 % | 9.87 % |
| Rent | — | — |
| Petrol | €2.35/l | €1.73/l |
| Electricity | €0.248/kWh | €0.287/kWh |
| Tax wedge | 35.94 % | 41.44 % |
| Minimum wage | €2,338/mo | €1,425/mo |
| Minimum wage (PPP) | — | — |
| Retirement age (men) | 67 years | 65 years |
| Retirement age (women) | 67 years | 65 years |
| Average salary | $80,136 PPP | $57,779 PPP |
| Monthly earnings | $7,383 PPP/mo | $5,203 PPP/mo |
| Median earnings | $6,636 PPP/mo | $4,357 PPP/mo |
| Median income | $50,677 PPP | $37,969 PPP |
| Price level | 84 % of US prices | 65 % of US prices |
| VAT | — | — |
| Corporate tax | 25.80 % | 19.00 % |
| Top income tax | 49.50 % | 48.58 % |
| Public holidays | 9 days | 10 days |
| Currency | -0.71 % | -0.71 % |
| Money's value | 55.80 % | 56.20 % |
| GDP growth | 1.78 % | 2.82 % |
| GDP/capita | $73,684 | $38,627 |
| Unemployment | 3.87 % | 10.38 % |
| Government debt | 43.30 % | 100.40 % |
| Debt per person | $31,905 | $38,782 |
Who is better off, field by field
By category
Cost of money
Spain
3 of 3 decided fields
Work & income
Netherlands
7 of 12 decided fields
Housing & living
Spain
3 of 5 decided fields
Macro
Netherlands
4 of 7 decided fields
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