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Thailand vs Vietnam

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

Thailand takes work & income — widest margin: money's value (63.20 % vs 24.50 %). Vietnam's best row: inflation (3.31 % vs -0.13 %). 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

FieldThailandVietnam
Mortgage rate
Inflation-0.13 %3.31 %
Real policy rate1.13 %
Lending rate3.94 %
Deposit rate1.15 %
Savings vs inflation1.28 %
Bank spread2.79 %
Take-home pay
Tax on pay
House price growth since 2015
House price growth1.93 %
Rent
Petrol
Electricity
Tax wedge
Minimum wage
Minimum wage (PPP)$822 PPP/mo$693 PPP/mo
Retirement age (men)
Retirement age (women)
Average salary
Monthly earnings$1,574 PPP/mo$1,198 PPP/mo
Median earnings$1,226 PPP/mo$1,117 PPP/mo
Median income
Price level31 % of US prices29 % of US prices
VAT
Corporate tax20.00 %20.00 %
Top income tax
Public holidays4 days
Currency-2.27 %
Money's value63.20 %24.50 %
GDP growth2.44 %8.02 %
GDP/capita$8,057$5,066
Unemployment0.78 %1.52 %
Government debt64.70 %30.30 %
Debt per person$5,213$1,535

Who is better off, field by field

By category

Cost of money

Insufficient comparable data

Work & income

Thailand

3 of 3 decided fields

Housing & living

Insufficient comparable data

Macro

Tie, 3–3

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Rows without colour lack a published value on one side — Fiatmap never fills gaps with guesses. Full profiles: Thailand · Vietnam

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