Chile
Latest Average Wage
+6.1% · 5 years
$40,626
Country Comparison
Chile vs France
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Chile
vs
France
$40,6262023
Latest Average Wage
France +48.9%
(vs Chile)
$60,4832025
+6.1%2023
5-Year Wage Change
Chile +2.4 pts
(vs France)
+3.7%2025
−6.1%2023
10-Year Wage Change
France +7.8 pts
(vs Chile)
+1.7%2025
42.92024
Overall Price Level
France +27.5 index points
(vs Chile)
70.42024
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
France
Latest Average Wage
+3.7% · 5 years
$60,483
Wage Milestones
Chile
10 Years Ago
$43,267 (2013)
Historical Peak
$45,670 (2016)
Latest Wage
$40,626 (2023)
France
10 Years Ago
$59,485 (2015)
Historical Peak
$61,289 (2019)
Latest Wage
$60,483 (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)France (FRA)
Overall
−27.5 index points
100
42.9vs70.4
Food
−8.6 index points
100
84.8vs93.4
Clothing
−8.6 index points
100
77.5vs86.1
Housing
−38.7 index points
100
29.6vs68.3
Health
−17.6 index points
100
25.8vs43.4
Transport
−47.2 index points
100
66.8vs114
Recreation
−21.5 index points
100
60.7vs82.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
−29.0 index points
100
61.1vs90.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
France's latest average wage is $60,483 for 2025, about 48.9% higher than Chile's $40,626 for 2023 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $19,857 a year on the same PPP 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 +1.0% for France. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +6.1% against +3.7%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Transport shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 66.8 for Chile against 114 for France. That is a separation of 47.2 index points on the US=100 scale, with France on the higher side and Chile on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Clothing: Chile reads 77.5 and France 86.1 for 2024, just 8.6 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 8.6 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
Few pairings separate this cleanly — France's latest average wage of $60,483 for 2025 stands well above Chile's $40,626 for 2023. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 48.9% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $19,857 a year. Both figures are expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices, so they can be set side by side without any further conversion. 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 France's +1.7%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. Chile is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.3%, though the level remains 11.1% below its peak. France stands just below its historical high of $61,289 in 2019, only 1.3% away, with a ten-year change of +1.7%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +6.1% for Chile against +3.7% for France, so the distance between the two levels keeps shifting. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Chile's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 42.9, and France's reads 70.4, each measured against the United States reference of 100. France reads higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Transport: 66.8 for Chile against 114 for France, a gap of 47.2 index points. At the other end, Clothing brings the two closest — 77.5 versus 86.1, a gap of just 8.6 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Chile reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and France in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
