Italy
Latest Average Wage
+1.8% · 5 years
$53,864
Country Comparison
Italy vs Türkiye
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Italy
vs
Türkiye
$53,8642025
Latest Average Wage
Türkiye +6.3%
(vs Italy)
$57,2752024
+1.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Türkiye +59.2 pts
(vs Italy)
+61.0%2024
−3.9%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Türkiye +100.0 pts
(vs Italy)
+96.2%2024
64.12024
Overall Price Level
Italy +32.1 index points
(vs Türkiye)
322024
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
Türkiye
Latest Average Wage
+61.0% · 5 years
$57,275
Wage Milestones
Italy
10 Years Ago
$56,043 (2015)
Historical Peak
$57,790 (2010)
Latest Wage
$53,864 (2025)
Türkiye
10 Years Ago
$29,200 (2014)
Historical Peak
$57,275 (2024)
Latest Wage
$57,275 (2024)
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
Italy (ITA)Türkiye (TUR)
Overall
+32.1 index points
100
64.1vs32
Food
+22.7 index points
100
86.7vs64
Clothing
+31.8 index points
100
95.3vs63.5
Housing
+34.0 index points
100
50.8vs16.8
Health
+38.3 index points
100
52.8vs14.5
Transport
+20.0 index points
100
99.9vs79.9
Recreation
+21.3 index points
100
74.4vs53.1
Restaurants & Accommodation
+34.3 index points
100
89.4vs55.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Türkiye's latest average wage is $57,275 for 2024, about 6.3% higher than Italy's $53,864 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $3,411 a year on the same PPP basis. The two figures come from different reference years.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Türkiye shows the stronger movement at +19.0%, against +1.2% for Italy. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +61.0% against +1.8%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Health shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 52.8 for Italy against 14.5 for Türkiye. That is a separation of 38.3 index points on the US=100 scale, with Italy on the higher side and Türkiye 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: Italy reads 99.9 and Türkiye 79.9 for 2024, just 20.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 21.3 index points apart. Two readings this close mean the category sits at nearly the same point of the US=100 scale for both.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Türkiye's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $57,275 for 2024, moderately higher than Italy's $53,864 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 6.3% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $3,411 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. Both figures are expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices, so they can be set side by side without any further conversion. The reference years differ — 2025 for Italy and 2024 for Türkiye — so part of the gap reflects timing rather than level, and the two records are kept separate. Over ten years Italy recorded −3.9% against Türkiye's +96.2%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Italy is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.2%, though the level remains 6.8% below its peak. Türkiye sits at the highest point of its series — $57,275 in 2024 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +96.2%. Türkiye's five-year change of +61.0% outpaces Italy's +1.8% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Italy's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 64.1, and Türkiye's reads 32, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Italy sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Health separates the two most: Italy reads 52.8 and Türkiye 14.5, 38.3 index points apart. The two sit closest in Transport (99.9 versus 79.9), only 20.0 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Italy's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Türkiye'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.
