Greece
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$32,412
Country Comparison
Greece vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Greece
vs
Canada
$32,4122025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +109.5%
(vs Greece)
$67,9012025
−0.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Canada +0.0 pts
(vs Greece)
−0.3%2025
−6.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +11.0 pts
(vs Greece)
+5.0%2025
54.72024
Overall Price Level
Canada +31.3 index points
(vs Greece)
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
Greece
10 Years Ago
$34,495 (2015)
Historical Peak
$44,174 (2009)
Latest Wage
$32,412 (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
Greece (GRC)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−31.3 index points
100
54.7vs86
Food
−16.9 index points
100
91.1vs108
Clothing
−37.1 index points
100
80.9vs118
Housing
−42.4 index points
100
40.7vs83.1
Health
−24.1 index points
100
38.1vs62.2
Transport
−9.6 index points
100
93.4vs103
Recreation
−25.5 index points
100
66.5vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−26.3 index points
100
71.3vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 109.5% higher than Greece's $32,412 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $35,488 a year on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Canada shows the stronger movement at +0.2%, against −0.3% for Greece. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: −0.3% 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: 40.7 for Greece against 83.1 for Canada. That is a separation of 42.4 index points on the US=100 scale, with Canada on the higher side and Greece on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Greece reads 93.4 and Canada 103 for 2024, just 9.6 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 16.9 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Few pairings separate this cleanly — Canada's latest average wage of $67,901 for 2025 stands well above Greece's $32,412 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 109.5% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $35,488 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 Greece recorded −6.0% against Canada's +5.0%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
No single shared direction describes this pairing; each side follows its own recent path. Greece continues to drift below its peak, with a one-year change of −0.3% and a five-year change of −0.3%. 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 −0.3% for Greece 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
Greece's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 54.7, 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: 40.7 for Greece against 83.1 for Canada, a gap of 42.4 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 93.4 versus 103, a gap of just 9.6 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Greece reads above 100 in 0 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.
