Estonia
Latest Average Wage
+1.6% · 5 years
$41,019
Country Comparison
Estonia vs Chile
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Estonia
vs
Chile
$41,0192025
Latest Average Wage
Estonia +1.0%
(vs Chile)
$40,6262023
+1.6%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Chile +4.6 pts
(vs Estonia)
+6.1%2023
+27.6%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Estonia +33.6 pts
(vs Chile)
−6.1%2023
63.62024
Overall Price Level
Estonia +20.7 index points
(vs Chile)
42.92024
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
Chile
Latest Average Wage
+6.1% · 5 years
$40,626
Wage Milestones
Estonia
10 Years Ago
$32,160 (2015)
Historical Peak
$42,741 (2021)
Latest Wage
$41,019 (2025)
Chile
10 Years Ago
$43,267 (2013)
Historical Peak
$45,670 (2016)
Latest Wage
$40,626 (2023)
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)Chile (CHL)
Overall
+20.7 index points
100
63.6vs42.9
Food
+6.4 index points
100
91.2vs84.8
Clothing
+27.5 index points
100
105vs77.5
Housing
+25.3 index points
100
54.9vs29.6
Health
+15.6 index points
100
41.4vs25.8
Transport
+31.7 index points
100
98.5vs66.8
Recreation
+23.1 index points
100
83.8vs60.7
Restaurants & Accommodation
+19.6 index points
100
80.7vs61.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Estonia's latest average wage is $41,019 for 2025, about 1.0% higher than Chile's $40,626 for 2023 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. In annual terms the gap comes to about $393 on the same PPP basis. The two figures come from different reference years.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Estonia shows the stronger movement at +1.4%, against +1.3% for Chile. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Estonia at +1.6% and Chile at +6.1% — 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
Transport shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 98.5 for Estonia against 66.8 for Chile. That is a separation of 31.7 index points on the US=100 scale, with Estonia on the higher side and Chile 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 Food: Estonia reads 91.2 and Chile 84.8 for 2024, just 6.4 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Health at 15.6 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
Estonia and Chile report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $41,019 for 2025, against $40,626 for 2023. The difference is 1.0% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $393 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. The reference years differ — 2025 for Estonia and 2023 for Chile — so part of the gap reflects timing rather than level, and the two records are kept separate. Over ten years Estonia recorded +27.6% against Chile's −6.1%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Estonia is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.4%, though the level remains 4.0% below its peak. Chile is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.3%, though the level remains 11.1% below its peak. Chile's five-year change of +6.1% outpaces Estonia's +1.6% 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
Estonia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 63.6, and Chile's reads 42.9, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Estonia sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Transport separates the two most: Estonia reads 98.5 and Chile 66.8, 31.7 index points apart. The two sit closest in Food (91.2 versus 84.8), only 6.4 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 1 of Estonia's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Chile'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.
