Sweden vs Denmark
Field by field, official sources only. Green wins the row, red loses it — grey rows lack a published value on one side.
Sweden takes work & income and housing & living — widest margin: house price growth (0.69 % vs 7.36 %). Denmark takes macro — widest margin: inflation (1.89 % vs 0.68 %). 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 | Sweden | Denmark |
|---|
| Mortgage rate | 2.82 % | 4.09 % |
| Inflation | 0.68 % | 1.89 % |
| Real policy rate | 1.07 % | 0.21 % |
| Lending rate | — | — |
| Deposit rate | — | — |
| Savings vs inflation | — | — |
| Bank spread | — | — |
| Take-home pay | $47,532 PPP | $50,503 PPP |
| Tax on pay | 22.64 % | 35.33 % |
| House price growth since 2015 | 139.3 | 165.6 |
| House price growth | 0.69 % | 7.36 % |
| Rent | — | — |
| Petrol | €1.64/l | €2.60/l |
| Electricity | €0.249/kWh | €0.234/kWh |
| Tax wedge | 41.14 % | 35.76 % |
| Minimum wage | — | — |
| Minimum wage (PPP) | — | — |
| Retirement age (men) | 66 years | 67 years |
| Retirement age (women) | 66 years | 67 years |
| Average salary | $61,443 PPP | $78,090 PPP |
| Monthly earnings | $5,284 PPP/mo | $6,689 PPP/mo |
| Median earnings | $4,852 PPP/mo | $6,198 PPP/mo |
| Median income | $44,436 PPP | $39,267 PPP |
| Price level | 87 % of US prices | 93 % of US prices |
| VAT | — | — |
| Corporate tax | 20.60 % | 22.00 % |
| Top income tax | 52.41 % | 55.90 % |
| Public holidays | 16 days | 10 days |
| Currency | -4.96 % | -3.37 % |
| Money's value | 62.40 % | 62.90 % |
| GDP growth | 1.54 % | 2.93 % |
| GDP/capita | $63,133 | $76,970 |
| Unemployment | 8.69 % | 5.53 % |
| Government debt | 34.50 % | 27.40 % |
| Debt per person | $21,781 | $21,090 |
Who is better off, field by field
By category
Work & income
Sweden
6 of 11 decided fields
Housing & living
Sweden
4 of 5 decided fields
Macro
Denmark
6 of 7 decided fields
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