Spain
Latest Average Wage
+4.3% · 5 years
$57,779
Country Comparison
Spain vs Lithuania
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Spain
vs
Lithuania
$57,7792025
Latest Average Wage
Lithuania +0.6%
(vs Spain)
$58,1122025
+4.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +11.6 pts
(vs Spain)
+15.9%2025
+2.6%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +52.8 pts
(vs Spain)
+55.3%2025
59.42024
Overall Price Level
Spain +8.1 index points
(vs Lithuania)
51.32024
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
Lithuania
Latest Average Wage
+15.9% · 5 years
$58,112
Wage Milestones
Spain
10 Years Ago
$56,334 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,456 (2009)
Latest Wage
$57,779 (2025)
Lithuania
10 Years Ago
$37,409 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,112 (2025)
Latest Wage
$58,112 (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)Lithuania (LTU)
Overall
+8.1 index points
100
59.4vs51.3
Food
−5.2 index points
100
82vs87.2
Clothing
−14.3 index points
100
80.6vs94.9
Housing
+21.2 index points
100
54.5vs33.3
Health
+12.0 index points
100
42.7vs30.7
Transport
+7.7 index points
100
92.1vs84.4
Recreation
+11.8 index points
100
73.6vs61.8
Restaurants & Accommodation
−1.0 index points
100
69.2vs70.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Lithuania's latest average wage is $58,112 for 2025, about 0.6% higher than Spain's $57,779 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. In annual terms the gap comes to about $333 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Lithuania shows the stronger movement at +5.9%, against +1.2% for Spain. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +15.9% against +4.3%. 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: 54.5 for Spain against 33.3 for Lithuania. That is a separation of 21.2 index points on the US=100 scale, with Spain on the higher side and Lithuania on the lower one. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Restaurants & Accommodation: Spain reads 69.2 and Lithuania 70.2 for 2024, just 1.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 5.2 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Spain and Lithuania report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $58,112 for 2025, against $57,779 for 2025. The difference is 0.6% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $333 a year, which is small next to either figure. Because both values already sit on the same USD PPP, constant-2025-price footing, the comparison adjusts for price-level differences between the two economies. Over ten years Spain recorded +2.6% and Lithuania +55.3%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. For most side-by-side readings the two wage levels can be treated as equivalent within this dataset.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Spain stands just below its historical high of $58,456 in 2009, only 1.2% away, with a ten-year change of +2.6%. Lithuania sits at the highest point of its series — $58,112 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +55.3%. Lithuania's five-year change of +15.9% outpaces Spain's +4.3% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Spain's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 59.4, and Lithuania's reads 51.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Spain leads in 5 of the 8 comparable categories and Lithuania in 3, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. Housing separates the two most: Spain reads 54.5 and Lithuania 33.3, 21.2 index points apart. The two sit closest in Restaurants & Accommodation (69.2 versus 70.2), only 1.0 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Spain's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Lithuania's 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
