Greece
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$32,412
Country Comparison
Greece vs Slovakia
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Greece
vs
Slovakia
$32,4122025
Latest Average Wage
Slovakia +16.7%
(vs Greece)
$37,8322025
−0.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Slovakia +3.0 pts
(vs Greece)
+2.7%2025
−6.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Slovakia +25.0 pts
(vs Greece)
+19.0%2025
54.72024
Overall Price Level
Greece +1.8 index points
(vs Slovakia)
52.92024
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
Slovakia
Latest Average Wage
+2.7% · 5 years
$37,832
Wage Milestones
Greece
10 Years Ago
$34,495 (2015)
Historical Peak
$44,174 (2009)
Latest Wage
$32,412 (2025)
Slovakia
10 Years Ago
$31,798 (2015)
Historical Peak
$37,832 (2025)
Latest Wage
$37,832 (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)Slovakia (SVK)
Overall
+1.8 index points
100
54.7vs52.9
Food
+19.4 index points
100
91.1vs71.7
Clothing
−7.4 index points
100
80.9vs88.3
Housing
−3.2 index points
100
40.7vs43.9
Health
+4.7 index points
100
38.1vs33.4
Transport
+4.4 index points
100
93.4vs89
Recreation
−8.4 index points
100
66.5vs74.9
Restaurants & Accommodation
−2.9 index points
100
71.3vs74.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Slovakia's latest average wage is $37,832 for 2025, about 16.7% higher than Greece's $32,412 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $5,420 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Slovakia shows the stronger movement at +1.6%, against −0.3% for Greece. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +2.7% against −0.3%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Food shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 91.1 for Greece against 71.7 for Slovakia. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 19.4 index points apart, Greece above Slovakia. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Overall: Greece reads 54.7 and Slovakia 52.9 for 2024, just 1.8 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Restaurants & Accommodation at 2.9 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
A clear separation shows in the latest wage figures — Slovakia at $37,832 for 2025, and Greece at $32,412 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 16.7% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $5,420 a year. 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. 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 Slovakia's +19.0%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
This pairing shows two wage paths pulling apart rather than tracking each other. Greece continues to drift below its peak, with a one-year change of −0.3% and a five-year change of −0.3%. Slovakia sits at the highest point of its series — $37,832 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +19.0%. With Slovakia gaining in real terms at +2.7% over five years and Greece at −0.3%, the five-year measures move away from each other rather than closing in. 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 Slovakia's reads 52.9, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Greece leads in 4 of the 8 comparable categories and Slovakia in 4, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. The widest separation is in Food: 91.1 for Greece against 71.7 for Slovakia, a gap of 19.4 index points. At the other end, Overall brings the two closest — 54.7 versus 52.9, a gap of just 1.8 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Greece reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Slovakia in 0 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
