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United States vs Thailand

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

United States takes cost of money and work & income — widest margin: house price growth (-2.07 % vs 1.93 %). Thailand takes macro — widest margin: debt per person ($5,213 vs $111,543). 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 StatesThailand
Mortgage rate6.71 %
Inflation2.95 %-0.13 %
Real policy rate0.67 %1.13 %
Lending rate3.25 %3.94 %
Deposit rate1.15 %
Savings vs inflation1.28 %
Bank spread2.79 %
Take-home pay$65,829 PPP
Tax on pay24.31 %
House price growth since 2015336.7
House price growth-2.07 %1.93 %
Rent
Petrol
Electricity
Tax wedge29.98 %
Minimum wage€1,103/mo
Minimum wage (PPP)$1,257 PPP/mo$822 PPP/mo
Retirement age (men)66.7 years
Retirement age (women)66.7 years
Average salary$86,977 PPP
Monthly earnings$6,273 PPP/mo$1,574 PPP/mo
Median earnings$4,481 PPP/mo$1,226 PPP/mo
Median income$49,885 PPP
Price level100 % of US prices31 % of US prices
VAT
Corporate tax21.00 %20.00 %
Top income tax43.65 %
Public holidays10 days
Currency0.00 %-2.27 %
Money's value54.90 %63.20 %
GDP growth2.16 %2.44 %
GDP/capita$90,027$8,057
Unemployment4.20 %0.78 %
Government debt123.90 %64.70 %
Debt per person$111,543$5,213

Who is better off, field by field

By category

Cost of money

United States

3 of 4 decided fields

Work & income

United States

3 of 3 decided fields

Housing & living

Tie, 1–1

Macro

Thailand

6 of 7 decided fields

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