hey guys welcome back to phone reacts today we're going to be checking out average american versus
average british person how do they compare people comparison i love doing these videos it's kind of
funny but this one is actually not uh generalized based off of the entire europe population it's
actually pretty much pretty much more uh um direct to the um specific person so average
american average british person should be an interesting comparison so uh without further ado
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two of the closest allies in the world today are the united states of america and the united
kingdom of great britain with both countries considering their bilateral partnership to
be the strongest of bonds the british american bloodline runs deep with millions of americans
identifying themselves as having either english scottish welsh or scotch-irish ancestry
given these close ties we thought it would be fun to compare these two powerful nations in
this episode of the infographic show the average american versus the average brit don't forget to
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first of all we should explain what the united kingdom of great britain is as it's often an
area of confusion when we talk about the uk we are referring to the united kingdom of great britain
and northern ireland which is a sovereign state consisting of four countries england scotland
wales and northern ireland the average brit we are discussing today is someone from the uk
in terms of ancestral relations according to a census bureau american community survey
nearly 27 million people identified as being part english over 5.5 million said scottish about 5
million said scotch irish and nearly 2 million said welsh although irish and german americans
make up larger portions of the u.s public it's thought there are a lot more americans that have
brit blood flowing through their veins but no longer consider themselves being anything other
than a full-blooded american with this in mind we'll start with some comparisons of a physical
nature the average brit stands just a fraction taller than the average american with the bbc
lately reporting that the average man in the uk is now five feet ten inches and the average woman
is five feet five inches american men average five feet nine and a half inches and american women
five feet three and a half inches both countries are considered to be not so well proportioned when
compared to other more developed nations with a new report from the institute of health metrics
and evaluation stating that the usa is an 18th place on the world's most obese nations list only
egypt was the other populist nation in the top 20 countries which was filled mostly by countries in
the south pacific the uk however might also need to get in shape with reports stating that obesity
is a national tragedy and that by 2025 the uk will be the fattest country in europe according to the
centers for disease control and prevention's latest report the average american male is now
195.7 pounds and the average woman is 168.5 pounds the average british man is 186.2 pounds and the
average woman is 154 pounds does the fact both countries are perhaps on the heavy side influence
life expectancy american men on average will live to 77.11 years and american women 81.94 citizens
of the united kingdom can expect to clock out at a similar age on average with male life expectancy
standing at 79. well he gotta say clock out oh my gosh clock out of her life is so american um like
and it has like seriously 1.1 and female life expectancy 82.8 the median age meaning half the
country is older and half the country younger is 37.8 in the usa for men and women and right on 40
in the uk which country is making more babies at the moment current statistics state that the us
and uk are similar here with births per woman in america averaging 1.84 and in the uk 1.9
marriage rates have decreased in many developed nations over the last few decades according to
the cdc in 2015 6.8 people per 1 000 of the total population tied to not in the usa while in the uk
that number was 4.5 per 1 000. around 42 percent of uk marriages end in divorce with almost half
of u.s marriages ending the same way on that sobering note we'll take a look at money matters
in terms of industry both nations are considered champions of the world but according to the united
nations economic commission for europe the usa citizen grosses a higher salary than the average
uk person the average gross salary in the usa was the fifth highest in the world at four thousand
eight hundred ninety three dollars per month while the uk sat in fourteenth place on the list with
an average of three thousand four hundred sixty one dollars per month in terms of cost of living
americans might need a few extra dollars with one report putting the usa in 18th place in the world
on a cost of living index and the uk in 29th place we must also note that cost of living and
wages can change dramatically from city to city if we take a look at the economic big mac index
we find that the cost of a big mac in the us is five dollars and six cents while the brits only
pay three dollars and seventy three cents at the same time the index shows someone in london has
to work on average one minute longer than someone in new york to buy the same burger at the high end
of the earning scale the us is home to the richest man on the planet microsoft co-founder bill gates
whose fortune amounts to around 87 billion dollars the richest person in the uk has two brothers who
are part of the hinduja family their net worth is around 16.9 billion dollars according to forbes
in total there are 134 billionaires based in the uk according to the sunday times while the usa has
the most billionaires in the world at 565. what do americans and brits get for all their hard work
well the brits don't work as hard according to one study that divided the total number of hours
actually worked by the average number of people in employment per year the usa was 16th on the
list at 34.40 hours per week and the uk was 24th on the list at 32.25 hours per week the
brits also get more time off with workers by law given 5.6 weeks of paid vacation time per year
in the us there is no such law and pay time off is an agreement made between the employer
and the employee the average paid days off in the us is set to be about 10 days with that
number increasing with the number of years in a certain job the uk has less public holidays though
at 8 days with the us enjoying 10 national public holidays americans may work harder but they also
seem to be getting more for their buck while the british public have been dealing with drastically
increasing property prices they also live in very small abodes studies have found that britain's
houses on average are some of the smallest in europe at around 818 square feet american
citizens on average can enjoy much larger living areas with the average house size being around
2160 square feet the us also has more in terms of vehicle ownership america is third on the list
what is the cost though what is the cost of the housing um housing in uh uk like what what do you
what would you pay like for america you could get a decent house uh depending on the area a decent
house for like 250 250 000 um you would also get nice hots for a million a very nice house that is
um but um what about for the uk like how expensive is the house like the size matters um if you're
gonna include the price but if the if the price is not included the size doesn't matter to me because
um if i'm gonna pay a lot of money for a small size house that's garbage but if i'm gonna
pay a little bit of money for a small size house that's very much worth it in my opinion
number of vehicles owned per 1000 people at 797 excluding motorcycles and anything else on two
wheels the uk lies in 34th place on the same list with 519 vehicles per 1000 people rising property
prices expensive cars what does this mean in terms of borrowing money household debt statistics which
is measured by all money owed to financial institutions whether it be for a house or bmw
has both the uk and the us in the top 10 countries of the world for 2016 the uk was in sixth place
on the household debt list and the us not far behind in seventh place uk citizens looking for
a higher education and a good start in life might also have to take on a lot of debt before they
actually embark on a career while much of europe enjoys a free ride or low-cost higher education
england is now said to be the most expensive place in the world to get a college degree
the latest reports state uk nationals attending an english university can expect annual tuition to be
11 715 dollars compared to the 9 410 americans pay on average per year on average the class
of 2016 in the usa owed around 37 172 in loans while students graduating from a university in
england could expect to owe as much as something in the region of 40 to fifty five thousand dollars
scotland wales and northern ireland all have cheaper university tuition fees or no tuition fee
for scottish people studying in scotland students may still have to borrow to study though with a
recent report by the student loans company stating the average student debt in northern ireland in
scotland was around twenty six thousand dollars and fifteen thousand dollars respectively the
welsh have part of their tuition fees paid for by the welsh government but students still rack up
debts on average of around twenty four thousand dollars uk citizens may take some comfort in
matters of health care with most costs covered by britain's national health service americans are
not so fortunate with an article in the atlantic this year stating that more than a quarter of
americans said that someone in their household was struggling to pay off crushing medical debts
with that we come to the end of today's show head on over to the comments section to let us know
which that was really beautiful actually i i i can't disagree that was that was really beautiful
that was really beautiful actually that was really beautiful they're pretty similar but um
that uh health care system right there changes and i actually did not know that the brits actually
paid so much for uh college tuition that's actually a huge surprise for me right but um
that's gonna be it guys um i'm out of here have a good one peace