CNY
China
China's house price growth is -6.95 %, the lowest of 54. And its retirement age (women) is 55 years, the 3rd lowest of 49.
Of 17 fields published for China, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
47 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,435 PPP/mo
The average employee in China earns about $1,435 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
61.10 %
100 saved in China in 2000 buys what 61 buys today — 39 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,435 PPP/mo
The average employee in China earns about $1,435 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$544 PPP/mo
The law in China sets the floor at about $544 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
What does borrowing actually cost here?
House price growth
-6.95 %
Real house prices in China fell 7.0 % over the past year, adjusted for inflation.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
0.06 %
At 0.1 % a year, prices double in about several centuries if it holds.
Public holidays
6 days
ranked 96th of 104
Retirement age (men)
60 years
ranked 5th of 49
Real policy rate
2.94 %
ranked 7th of 53
Where China sits, field by field
Each dot is China’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- House price growth-6.95 %1 of 54
- Retirement age (women)55 years3 of 49
- Currency6.54 %5 of 71
- Public holidays6 days96 of 104
- Retirement age (men)60 years5 of 49
- Real policy rate2.94 %7 of 53
- Government debt98.60 %110 of 125
- Money's value61.10 %18 of 116
- GDP growth4.96 %23 of 127
- Inflation rate0.06 %89 of 126
- Debt per person$13,66883 of 124
- Minimum wage$544 PPP/mo57 of 90
- Corporate tax25.00 %60 of 96
- Unemployment rate4.62 %48 of 124
- Average monthly salary$1,435 PPP/mo57 of 93
- Price level47 % of US prices70 of 125
- GDP per capita$13,86263 of 127
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Malaysia
avg gap 15.3 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $544 PPP/mo (China) vs $1,035 PPP/mo
Fiji
avg gap 16.7 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $544 PPP/mo (China) vs $1,010 PPP/mo
Panama
avg gap 17.2 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 6 days (China) vs 13 days
Libya
avg gap 19.9 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 4.62 % (China) vs 18.76 %
| GDP growth | 4.96 % | ranked 23rd of 127 | |
| Inflation rate | 0.06 % | ranked 89th of 126 | |
| Debt per person | $13,668 | ranked 83rd of 124 | |
| Minimum wage | $544 PPP/mo | ranked 57th of 90 | |
| Corporate tax | 25.00 % | ranked 60th of 96 | |
| Unemployment rate | 4.62 % | ranked 48th of 124 | |
| Average monthly salary | $1,435 PPP/mo | ranked 57th of 93 | |
| Price level | 47 % of US prices | ranked 70th of 125 | |
| GDP per capita | $13,862 | ranked 63rd of 127 |
✓ 17 fields published for China, every one dated and sourced · 18 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for China: mortgage rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, average salary, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax.
Sources for all 17 figures
- House price growth — BIS residential property prices · 2026-Q2
- Retirement age (women) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-10-22
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Retirement age (men) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Real policy rate — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2026-09
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2022
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
What changed
| 23 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.39 → 6.54 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.42 → 6.39 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.26 → 6.42 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.33 → 6.26 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.31 → 6.33 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.26 → 6.31 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.49 → 6.26 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.36 → 6.49 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.31 → 6.36 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.2 → 6.31 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 13751 → 13668 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 99.2 → 98.6 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.21 → 6.2 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.06 → 6.21 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.07 → 6.06 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.03 → 6.07 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.1 → 6.03 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 5.95 → 6.1 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.04 → 5.95 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 6.03 → 6.04 |