Country Comparison

Lithuania vs Canada

Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.

At a Glance

Lithuania flagLithuania

vs

CanadaCanada flag

$58,1122025

Latest Average Wage

Canada +16.8%

(vs Lithuania)

$67,9012025
+15.9%2025

5-Year Wage Change

Lithuania +16.2 pts

(vs Canada)

−0.3%2025
+55.3%2025

10-Year Wage Change

Lithuania +50.3 pts

(vs Canada)

+5.0%2025
51.32024

Overall Price Level

Canada +34.7 index points

(vs Lithuania)

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.

$35k$44k$53k$62k$71k20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated

Lithuania flag

Lithuania

Latest Average Wage

+15.9% · 5 years

$58,112

Canada flag

Canada

Latest Average Wage

−0.3% · 5 years

$67,901

Wage Milestones

Lithuania flagLithuania

10 Years Ago

$37,409 (2015)

Historical Peak

$58,112 (2025)

Latest Wage

$58,112 (2025)

1Y +5.9% · 5Y +15.9% · At the historical peak

Canada flagCanada

10 Years Ago

$64,667 (2015)

Historical Peak

$68,434 (2021)

Latest Wage

$67,901 (2025)

1Y +0.2% · 5Y −0.3% · From Peak −0.8%

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

Lithuania (LTU)Canada (CAN)

Overall

−34.7 index points

100
51.3vs86

Food

−20.8 index points

100
87.2vs108

Clothing

−23.1 index points

100
94.9vs118

Housing

−49.8 index points

100
33.3vs83.1

Health

−31.5 index points

100
30.7vs62.2

Transport

−18.6 index points

100
84.4vs103

Recreation

−30.2 index points

100
61.8vs92

Restaurants & Accommodation

−27.4 index points

100
70.2vs97.6

What Stands Out

01

Latest Wage Gap

Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 16.8% higher than Lithuania's $58,112 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $9,789 a year on the same PPP basis.

02

Stronger Recent Trend

On the latest one-year change, Lithuania shows the stronger movement at +5.9%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +15.9% 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: 33.3 for Lithuania against 83.1 for Canada. That is a separation of 49.8 index points on the US=100 scale, with Canada on the higher side and Lithuania 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: Lithuania 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 20.8 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 illustration

Wage Position

Canada holds a clear wage lead in this pairing: $67,901 for 2025, against Lithuania's $58,112 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 16.8% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $9,789 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 Lithuania recorded +55.3% and Canada +5.0%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.

Wage Direction illustration

Wage Direction

The two wage series do not point the same way across the reported horizons. Lithuania sits at the highest point of its series — $58,112 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +55.3%. 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 — +15.9% for Lithuania, −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 illustration

Price Profile

Lithuania's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 51.3, 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: Lithuania reads 33.3 and Canada 83.1, 49.8 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 Lithuania'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.

Average wages are PPP-adjusted and expressed in constant prices. Consumer price levels use the United States as the reference value of 100.