Chile
Latest Average Wage
+6.1% · 5 years
$40,626
Country Comparison
Chile vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Chile
vs
Canada
$40,6262023
Latest Average Wage
Canada +67.1%
(vs Chile)
$67,9012025
+6.1%2023
5-Year Wage Change
Chile +6.4 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
−6.1%2023
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +11.1 pts
(vs Chile)
+5.0%2025
42.92024
Overall Price Level
Canada +43.1 index points
(vs Chile)
862024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Wage Milestones
Chile
10 Years Ago
$43,267 (2013)
Historical Peak
$45,670 (2016)
Latest Wage
$40,626 (2023)
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Chile (CHL)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−43.1 index points
100
42.9vs86
Food
−23.2 index points
100
84.8vs108
Clothing
−40.5 index points
100
77.5vs118
Housing
−53.5 index points
100
29.6vs83.1
Health
−36.4 index points
100
25.8vs62.2
Transport
−36.2 index points
100
66.8vs103
Recreation
−31.3 index points
100
60.7vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−36.5 index points
100
61.1vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 67.1% higher than Chile's $40,626 for 2023 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $27,274 on the shared purchasing-power basis. The two figures come from different reference years.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Chile shows the stronger movement at +1.3%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +6.1% against −0.3%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Housing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 29.6 for Chile against 83.1 for Canada. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 53.5 index points apart, Canada above Chile. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Food: Chile reads 84.8 and Canada 108 for 2024, just 23.2 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 31.3 index points apart. Two readings this close mean the category sits at nearly the same point of the US=100 scale for both.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
The wage levels in this pairing are far apart: Canada reports $67,901 for 2025, while Chile reports $40,626 for 2023. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 67.1% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $27,274 a year. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. For scale, neither series has moved by that much within any single reported year, so the gap is structural rather than the product of one unusual observation. Over ten years Chile recorded −6.1% against Canada's +5.0%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
The two wage series do not point the same way across the reported horizons. Chile is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.3%, though the level remains 11.1% below its peak. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. The five-year changes — +6.1% for Chile, −0.3% for Canada — resist a single-trend summary and are clearer read side by side. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Chile's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 42.9, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Canada sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Housing separates the two most: Chile reads 29.6 and Canada 83.1, 53.5 index points apart. The two sit closest in Food (84.8 versus 108), only 23.2 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Chile's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 3 of Canada's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
