Hungary
Latest Average Wage
+18.8% · 5 years
$39,145
Country Comparison
Hungary vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Hungary
vs
Canada
$39,1452025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +73.5%
(vs Hungary)
$67,9012025
+18.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Hungary +19.0 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+48.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Hungary +43.3 pts
(vs Canada)
+5.0%2025
45.12024
Overall Price Level
Canada +40.9 index points
(vs Hungary)
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
Hungary
10 Years Ago
$26,390 (2015)
Historical Peak
$39,145 (2025)
Latest Wage
$39,145 (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
Hungary (HUN)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−40.9 index points
100
45.1vs86
Food
−26.4 index points
100
81.6vs108
Clothing
−41.6 index points
100
76.4vs118
Housing
−47.5 index points
100
35.6vs83.1
Health
−43.0 index points
100
19.2vs62.2
Transport
−18.6 index points
100
84.4vs103
Recreation
−36.3 index points
100
55.7vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−40.9 index points
100
56.7vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 73.5% higher than Hungary's $39,145 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. In annual terms the gap comes to about $28,756 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Hungary shows the stronger movement at +3.4%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +18.8% 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: 35.6 for Hungary against 83.1 for Canada. That is a separation of 47.5 index points on the US=100 scale, with Canada on the higher side and Hungary 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 Transport: Hungary reads 84.4 and Canada 103 for 2024, just 18.6 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 26.4 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
The wage levels in this pairing are far apart: Canada reports $67,901 for 2025, while Hungary reports $39,145 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 73.5% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $28,756 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 Hungary recorded +48.3% and Canada +5.0%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The two wage series do not point the same way across the reported horizons. Hungary sits at the highest point of its series — $39,145 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +48.3%. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. The five-year changes — +18.8% for Hungary, −0.3% for Canada — resist a single-trend summary and are clearer read side by side. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Hungary's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 45.1, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Canada sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Housing separates the two most: Hungary reads 35.6 and Canada 83.1, 47.5 index points apart. The two sit closest in Transport (84.4 versus 103), only 18.6 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Hungary's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 3 of Canada'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.
