United Kingdom
Latest Average Wage
+1.2% · 5 years
$66,299
Country Comparison
United Kingdom vs Slovenia
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
United Kingdom
vs
Slovenia
$66,2992025
Latest Average Wage
United Kingdom +4.6%
(vs Slovenia)
$63,3762025
+1.2%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +11.0 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+12.2%2025
+3.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +26.1 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+29.4%2025
84.32024
Overall Price Level
United Kingdom +25.1 index points
(vs Slovenia)
59.22024
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
Slovenia
Latest Average Wage
+12.2% · 5 years
$63,376
Wage Milestones
United Kingdom
10 Years Ago
$64,199 (2015)
Historical Peak
$66,480 (2019)
Latest Wage
$66,299 (2025)
Slovenia
10 Years Ago
$48,985 (2015)
Historical Peak
$63,376 (2025)
Latest Wage
$63,376 (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
United Kingdom (GBR)Slovenia (SVN)
Overall
+25.1 index points
100
84.3vs59.2
Food
−0.5 index points
100
85.1vs85.6
Clothing
−8.5 index points
100
78.9vs87.4
Housing
+53.2 index points
100
95.4vs42.2
Health
+25.6 index points
100
72.1vs46.5
Transport
+20.0 index points
100
111vs91
Recreation
+16.8 index points
100
90.2vs73.4
Restaurants & Accommodation
+14.0 index points
100
87.2vs73.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
United Kingdom's latest average wage is $66,299 for 2025, about 4.6% higher than Slovenia's $63,376 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $2,924 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Slovenia shows the stronger movement at +5.5%, against +0.7% for United Kingdom. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +12.2% against +1.2%. 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: 95.4 for United Kingdom against 42.2 for Slovenia. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 53.2 index points apart, United Kingdom above Slovenia. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Food: United Kingdom reads 85.1 and Slovenia 85.6 for 2024, just 0.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 8.5 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 Slovenia's $63,376 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 4.6% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $2,924 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 United Kingdom recorded +3.3% and Slovenia +29.4%, 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
The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. 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%. Slovenia sits at the highest point of its series — $63,376 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +29.4%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +12.2% for Slovenia against +1.2% for United Kingdom, so the distance between the two levels keeps shifting. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
United Kingdom's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 84.3, and Slovenia's reads 59.2, each measured against the United States reference of 100. United Kingdom reads higher in 6 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Housing: 95.4 for United Kingdom against 42.2 for Slovenia, a gap of 53.2 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 85.1 versus 85.6, a gap of just 0.5 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, United Kingdom reads above 100 in 1 of its 8 reported categories, and Slovenia in 0 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
