Colombia
Latest Average Wage
−3.9% · 5 years
$30,133
Country Comparison
Colombia vs United Kingdom
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Colombia
vs
United Kingdom
$30,1332024
Latest Average Wage
United Kingdom +120.0%
(vs Colombia)
$66,2992025
−3.9%2024
5-Year Wage Change
United Kingdom +5.0 pts
(vs Colombia)
+1.2%2025
+2.4%2024
10-Year Wage Change
United Kingdom +0.9 pts
(vs Colombia)
+3.3%2025
32.62024
Overall Price Level
United Kingdom +51.7 index points
(vs Colombia)
84.32024
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
United Kingdom
Latest Average Wage
+1.2% · 5 years
$66,299
Wage Milestones
Colombia
10 Years Ago
$29,443 (2014)
Historical Peak
$35,659 (2020)
Latest Wage
$30,133 (2024)
United Kingdom
10 Years Ago
$64,199 (2015)
Historical Peak
$66,480 (2019)
Latest Wage
$66,299 (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)United Kingdom (GBR)
Overall
−51.7 index points
100
32.6vs84.3
Food
−19.7 index points
100
65.4vs85.1
Clothing
−18.5 index points
100
60.4vs78.9
Housing
−68.8 index points
100
26.6vs95.4
Health
−53.5 index points
100
18.6vs72.1
Transport
−61.2 index points
100
49.8vs111
Recreation
−42.4 index points
100
47.8vs90.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
−46.7 index points
100
40.5vs87.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
United Kingdom's latest average wage is $66,299 for 2025, about 120.0% higher than Colombia's $30,133 for 2024 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $36,166 on the shared purchasing-power 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 +0.7% for United Kingdom. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Colombia at −3.9% and United Kingdom at +1.2% — 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
Housing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 26.6 for Colombia against 95.4 for United Kingdom. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 68.8 index points apart, United Kingdom above Colombia. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Clothing: Colombia reads 60.4 and United Kingdom 78.9 for 2024, just 18.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 19.7 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
The wage levels in this pairing are far apart: United Kingdom reports $66,299 for 2025, while Colombia reports $30,133 for 2024. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 120.0% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $36,166 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 Colombia recorded +2.4% and United Kingdom +3.3%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The two wage series are currently moving in opposite directions, and the separation between them is growing. Colombia is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.9%, though the level remains 15.5% below its peak. United Kingdom stands just below its historical high of $66,480 in 2019, only 0.3% away, with a ten-year change of +3.3%. United Kingdom is the side gaining in real terms (+1.2% over five years), while Colombia records −3.9%, so the five-year measures point away from each other instead of converging. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Colombia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 32.6, and United Kingdom's reads 84.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: United Kingdom sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Housing separates the two most: Colombia reads 26.6 and United Kingdom 95.4, 68.8 index points apart. The two sit closest in Clothing (60.4 versus 78.9), only 18.5 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Colombia's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 1 of United Kingdom'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.
