Colombia
Latest Average Wage
−3.9% · 5 years
$30,133
Country Comparison
Colombia vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Colombia
vs
Canada
$30,1332024
Latest Average Wage
Canada +125.3%
(vs Colombia)
$67,9012025
−3.9%2024
5-Year Wage Change
Canada +3.6 pts
(vs Colombia)
−0.3%2025
+2.4%2024
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +2.6 pts
(vs Colombia)
+5.0%2025
32.62024
Overall Price Level
Canada +53.4 index points
(vs Colombia)
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
Colombia
10 Years Ago
$29,443 (2014)
Historical Peak
$35,659 (2020)
Latest Wage
$30,133 (2024)
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
Colombia (COL)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−53.4 index points
100
32.6vs86
Food
−42.6 index points
100
65.4vs108
Clothing
−57.6 index points
100
60.4vs118
Housing
−56.5 index points
100
26.6vs83.1
Health
−43.6 index points
100
18.6vs62.2
Transport
−53.2 index points
100
49.8vs103
Recreation
−44.2 index points
100
47.8vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−57.1 index points
100
40.5vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 125.3% higher than Colombia's $30,133 for 2024 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. That is roughly $37,767 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, Colombia shows the stronger movement at +1.9%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Colombia at −3.9% and Canada at −0.3% — so the latest year is not the whole story. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Clothing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 60.4 for Colombia against 118 for Canada. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 57.6 index points apart, Canada above Colombia. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Food: Colombia reads 65.4 and Canada 108 for 2024, just 42.6 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Health at 43.6 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Few pairings separate this cleanly — Canada's latest average wage of $67,901 for 2025 stands well above Colombia's $30,133 for 2024. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 125.3% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $37,767 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 Colombia recorded +2.4% and Canada +5.0%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
No single shared direction describes this pairing; each side follows its own recent path. Colombia is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.9%, though the level remains 15.5% 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%. With the five-year changes at −3.9% for Colombia and −0.3% for Canada, the horizons are clearer when read side by side rather than folded into one trend statement. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Colombia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 32.6, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Canada reads higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Clothing: 60.4 for Colombia against 118 for Canada, a gap of 57.6 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 65.4 versus 108, a gap of just 42.6 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Colombia reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Canada in 3 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
