Chile
Latest Average Wage
+6.1% · 5 years
$40,626
Country Comparison
Chile vs Hungary
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Chile
vs
Hungary
$40,6262023
Latest Average Wage
Chile +3.8%
(vs Hungary)
$39,1452025
+6.1%2023
5-Year Wage Change
Hungary +12.6 pts
(vs Chile)
+18.8%2025
−6.1%2023
10-Year Wage Change
Hungary +54.4 pts
(vs Chile)
+48.3%2025
42.92024
Overall Price Level
Hungary +2.2 index points
(vs Chile)
45.12024
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
Hungary
Latest Average Wage
+18.8% · 5 years
$39,145
Wage Milestones
Chile
10 Years Ago
$43,267 (2013)
Historical Peak
$45,670 (2016)
Latest Wage
$40,626 (2023)
Hungary
10 Years Ago
$26,390 (2015)
Historical Peak
$39,145 (2025)
Latest Wage
$39,145 (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)Hungary (HUN)
Overall
−2.2 index points
100
42.9vs45.1
Food
+3.2 index points
100
84.8vs81.6
Clothing
+1.1 index points
100
77.5vs76.4
Housing
−6.0 index points
100
29.6vs35.6
Health
+6.6 index points
100
25.8vs19.2
Transport
−17.6 index points
100
66.8vs84.4
Recreation
+5.0 index points
100
60.7vs55.7
Restaurants & Accommodation
+4.4 index points
100
61.1vs56.7
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Chile's latest average wage is $40,626 for 2023, about 3.8% higher than Hungary's $39,145 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. Per year, that works out to roughly $1,481 on the shared purchasing-power basis. The two figures come from different reference years.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Hungary shows the stronger movement at +3.4%, against +1.3% for Chile. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +18.8% against +6.1%. 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 84.4 for Hungary. That is a separation of 17.6 index points on the US=100 scale, with Hungary 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 Hungary 76.4 for 2024, just 1.1 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Overall at 2.2 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Chile's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $40,626 for 2023, moderately higher than Hungary's $39,145 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 3.8% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $1,481 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. The reference years differ — 2023 for Chile and 2025 for Hungary — so part of the gap reflects timing rather than level, and the two records are kept separate. Over ten years Chile recorded −6.1% against Hungary's +48.3%, 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. Hungary sits at the highest point of its series — $39,145 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +48.3%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +18.8% for Hungary against +6.1% for Chile, 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 Hungary's reads 45.1, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Chile leads in 5 of the 8 comparable categories and Hungary in 3, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. The widest separation is in Transport: 66.8 for Chile against 84.4 for Hungary, a gap of 17.6 index points. At the other end, Clothing brings the two closest — 77.5 versus 76.4, a gap of just 1.1 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Chile reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Hungary in 0 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
