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United Kingdom vs Australia

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

United Kingdom takes work & income and housing & living — widest margin: house price growth (-1.88 % vs 4.16 %). Australia takes cost of money and macro — widest margin: real policy rate (1.73 % 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

FieldUnited KingdomAustralia
Mortgage rate5.13 %—
Inflation3.88 %2.87 %
Real policy rate-0.13 %1.73 %
Lending rate——
Deposit rate——
Savings vs inflation——
Bank spread——
Take-home pay$50,956 PPP$55,077 PPP
Tax on pay23.14 %23.52 %
House price growth since 2015——
House price growth-1.88 %4.16 %
Rent——
Petrol——
Electricity——
Tax wedge32.38 %27.90 %
Minimum wage——
Minimum wage (PPP)$2,902 PPP/mo$2,819 PPP/mo
Retirement age (men)66 years67 years
Retirement age (women)66 years67 years
Average salary$66,299 PPP$72,018 PPP
Monthly earnings$4,500 PPP/mo$3,926 PPP/mo
Median earnings$3,861 PPP/mo$3,324 PPP/mo
Median income$35,136 PPP$36,203 PPP
Price level89 % of US prices90 % of US prices
VAT——
Corporate tax19.00 %25.00 %
Top income tax45.00 %47.00 %
Public holidays5 days6 days
Currency0.40 %7.88 %
Money's value53.20 %50.10 %
GDP growth1.39 %1.35 %
GDP/capita$57,602$65,130
Unemployment4.75 %4.09 %
Government debt102.10 %51.90 %
Debt per person$58,812$33,802

Who is better off, field by field

By category

Cost of money

Australia

3 of 3 decided fields

Work & income

United Kingdom

7 of 12 decided fields

Housing & living

United Kingdom

2 of 2 decided fields

Macro

Australia

4 of 7 decided fields

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