12 comparison tools
Money & value
What an amount buys, how long it takes to earn, and how it stacks against famous fortunes.
- Billionaire scale Great fortunes drawn against median incomes, houses and lifetime earnings.
- Cost per use A purchase price divided by how often you use it, against everyday spends.
- Energy bills A yearly running cost against typical household appliances and the whole bill.
- Film budgets A production budget against real films, from micro-budget hits to the most expensive ever made.
- How much money is that? Any amount placed on one scale from a coffee to the whole world economy.
- Salary comparison A salary against national medians, minimum wages and the thresholds that define each bracket.
- Space mission costs A budget against launches, rovers, telescopes and the whole Apollo programme.
- Subscription costs A monthly subscription total turned into yearly and ten-year costs, against real purchases.
- Time to earn it An amount of money converted into working hours, days and years at different wages.
- Tipping around the world A tip percentage against the customary rate in different countries and situations.
- What could you buy? An amount turned into the things it would pay for, from coffees to houses.
- What things used to cost An amount against what the same money bought in earlier decades.