Spain
Latest Average Wage
+4.3% · 5 years
$57,779
Country Comparison
Spain vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Spain
vs
Canada
$57,7792025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +17.5%
(vs Spain)
$67,9012025
+4.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Spain +4.6 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+2.6%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +2.4 pts
(vs Spain)
+5.0%2025
59.42024
Overall Price Level
Canada +26.6 index points
(vs Spain)
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
Spain
10 Years Ago
$56,334 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,456 (2009)
Latest Wage
$57,779 (2025)
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
Spain (ESP)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−26.6 index points
100
59.4vs86
Food
−26.0 index points
100
82vs108
Clothing
−37.4 index points
100
80.6vs118
Housing
−28.6 index points
100
54.5vs83.1
Health
−19.5 index points
100
42.7vs62.2
Transport
−10.9 index points
100
92.1vs103
Recreation
−18.4 index points
100
73.6vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−28.4 index points
100
69.2vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 17.5% higher than Spain's $57,779 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $10,122 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Spain shows the stronger movement at +1.2%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +4.3% against −0.3%. 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: 80.6 for Spain against 118 for Canada. Canada sits on the higher side of that 37.4-point spread; Spain reads 37.4 index points lower on the US=100 scale. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Spain reads 92.1 and Canada 103 for 2024, just 10.9 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 18.4 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
A clear separation shows in the latest wage figures — Canada at $67,901 for 2025, and Spain at $57,779 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 17.5% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $10,122 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 Spain recorded +2.6% 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. Spain stands just below its historical high of $58,456 in 2009, only 1.2% away, with a ten-year change of +2.6%. 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 +4.3% for Spain 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
Spain's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 59.4, 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: 80.6 for Spain against 118 for Canada, a gap of 37.4 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 92.1 versus 103, a gap of just 10.9 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Spain 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.
