Estonia
Latest Average Wage
+1.6% · 5 years
$41,019
Country Comparison
Estonia vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Estonia
vs
Canada
$41,0192025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +65.5%
(vs Estonia)
$67,9012025
+1.6%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Estonia +1.8 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+27.6%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Estonia +22.6 pts
(vs Canada)
+5.0%2025
63.62024
Overall Price Level
Canada +22.4 index points
(vs Estonia)
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
Estonia
10 Years Ago
$32,160 (2015)
Historical Peak
$42,741 (2021)
Latest Wage
$41,019 (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
Estonia (EST)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−22.4 index points
100
63.6vs86
Food
−16.8 index points
100
91.2vs108
Clothing
−13.0 index points
100
105vs118
Housing
−28.2 index points
100
54.9vs83.1
Health
−20.8 index points
100
41.4vs62.2
Transport
−4.5 index points
100
98.5vs103
Recreation
−8.2 index points
100
83.8vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−16.9 index points
100
80.7vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 65.5% higher than Estonia's $41,019 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $26,882 a year on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Estonia shows the stronger movement at +1.4%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +1.6% against −0.3%. 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: 54.9 for Estonia against 83.1 for Canada. That is a separation of 28.2 index points on the US=100 scale, with Canada on the higher side and Estonia on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Estonia reads 98.5 and Canada 103 for 2024, just 4.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 8.2 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
Few pairings separate this cleanly — Canada's latest average wage of $67,901 for 2025 stands well above Estonia's $41,019 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 65.5% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $26,882 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 Estonia recorded +27.6% 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. Estonia is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.4%, though the level remains 4.0% 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 +1.6% for Estonia 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
Estonia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 63.6, 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 Housing: 54.9 for Estonia against 83.1 for Canada, a gap of 28.2 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 98.5 versus 103, a gap of just 4.5 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Estonia reads above 100 in 1 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.
