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 housing & living — widest margin: house price growth (-1.88 % vs 5.71 %). Australia takes cost of money, work & income and macro — widest margin: real policy rate (1.48 % 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
| Field | United Kingdom | Australia |
|---|
| Mortgage rate | 4.92 % | — |
| Inflation | 3.88 % | 2.87 % |
| Real policy rate | -0.13 % | 1.48 % |
| Lending rate | — | — |
| Deposit rate | — | — |
| Savings vs inflation | — | — |
| Bank spread | — | — |
| Take-home pay | $50,956 PPP | $55,077 PPP |
| Tax on pay | 23.14 % | 23.52 % |
| House price growth since 2015 | — | — |
| House price growth | -1.88 % | 5.71 % |
| Rent | — | — |
| Petrol | — | — |
| Electricity | — | — |
| Tax wedge | 32.38 % | 27.90 % |
| Minimum wage | — | — |
| Minimum wage (PPP) | $2,902 PPP/mo | $2,819 PPP/mo |
| Retirement age (men) | 66 years | 67 years |
| Retirement age (women) | 66 years | 67 years |
| Average salary | $66,299 PPP | $72,018 PPP |
| Monthly earnings | $3,862 PPP/mo | $3,926 PPP/mo |
| Median earnings | $3,313 PPP/mo | $3,324 PPP/mo |
| Median income | $35,136 PPP | $36,203 PPP |
| Price level | 89 % of US prices | 90 % of US prices |
| VAT | — | — |
| Corporate tax | 19.00 % | 25.00 % |
| Top income tax | 45.00 % | 47.00 % |
| Public holidays | 5 days | 6 days |
| Currency | 0.29 % | 10.09 % |
| Money's value | 53.20 % | 50.10 % |
| GDP growth | 1.39 % | 1.35 % |
| GDP/capita | $57,602 | $65,130 |
| Unemployment | 4.75 % | 4.09 % |
| Government debt | 102.30 % | 51.00 % |
| Debt per person | $58,927 | $33,216 |
Who is better off, field by field
By category
Cost of money
Australia
3 of 3 decided fields
Work & income
Australia
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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