Finland
Latest Average Wage
−0.1% · 5 years
$63,053
Country Comparison
Finland vs United Kingdom
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Finland
vs
United Kingdom
$63,0532025
Latest Average Wage
United Kingdom +5.1%
(vs Finland)
$66,2992025
−0.1%2025
5-Year Wage Change
United Kingdom +1.2 pts
(vs Finland)
+1.2%2025
+3.8%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Finland +0.5 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+3.3%2025
83.82024
Overall Price Level
United Kingdom +0.5 index points
(vs Finland)
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
Finland
10 Years Ago
$60,740 (2015)
Historical Peak
$65,186 (2021)
Latest Wage
$63,053 (2025)
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
Finland (FIN)United Kingdom (GBR)
Overall
−0.5 index points
100
83.8vs84.3
Food
+8.0 index points
100
93.1vs85.1
Clothing
+30.1 index points
100
109vs78.9
Housing
−24.7 index points
100
70.7vs95.4
Health
+3.3 index points
100
75.4vs72.1
Transport
+6.0 index points
100
117vs111
Recreation
+10.8 index points
100
101vs90.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
+15.8 index points
100
103vs87.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
United Kingdom's latest average wage is $66,299 for 2025, about 5.1% higher than Finland's $63,053 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $3,246 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Finland shows the stronger movement at +1.1%, against +0.7% for United Kingdom. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Finland at −0.1% 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
Clothing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 109 for Finland against 78.9 for United Kingdom. Finland sits on the higher side of that 30.1-point spread; United Kingdom reads 30.1 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 Overall: Finland reads 83.8 and United Kingdom 84.3 for 2024, just 0.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Health at 3.3 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
United Kingdom's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $66,299 for 2025, moderately higher than Finland's $63,053 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 5.1% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $3,246 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. 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 Finland recorded +3.8% and United Kingdom +3.3%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. The wage milestones above show how each side arrived at its current level, year by year.
Wage Direction
No single shared direction describes this pairing; each side follows its own recent path. Finland is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.1%, though the level remains 3.3% 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%. With the five-year changes at −0.1% for Finland and +1.2% for United Kingdom, 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
Finland's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 83.8, and United Kingdom's reads 84.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Finland reads higher in 6 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Clothing: 109 for Finland against 78.9 for United Kingdom, a gap of 30.1 index points. At the other end, Overall brings the two closest — 83.8 versus 84.3, a gap of just 0.5 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Finland reads above 100 in 4 of its 8 reported categories, and United Kingdom in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
