Lithuania
Latest Average Wage
+15.9% · 5 years
$58,112
Country Comparison
Lithuania vs Germany
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Lithuania
vs
Germany
$58,1122025
Latest Average Wage
Germany +31.3%
(vs Lithuania)
$76,2852025
+15.9%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +14.0 pts
(vs Germany)
+2.0%2025
+55.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +48.3 pts
(vs Germany)
+7.1%2025
51.32024
Overall Price Level
Germany +20.2 index points
(vs Lithuania)
71.52024
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
Germany
Latest Average Wage
+2.0% · 5 years
$76,285
Wage Milestones
Lithuania
10 Years Ago
$37,409 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,112 (2025)
Latest Wage
$58,112 (2025)
Germany
10 Years Ago
$71,244 (2015)
Historical Peak
$76,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$76,285 (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
Lithuania (LTU)Germany (DEU)
Overall
−20.2 index points
100
51.3vs71.5
Food
−1.5 index points
100
87.2vs88.7
Clothing
+4.5 index points
100
94.9vs90.4
Housing
−30.8 index points
100
33.3vs64.1
Health
−20.0 index points
100
30.7vs50.7
Transport
−29.6 index points
100
84.4vs114
Recreation
−24.8 index points
100
61.8vs86.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
−20.9 index points
100
70.2vs91.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Germany's latest average wage is $76,285 for 2025, about 31.3% higher than Lithuania's $58,112 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $18,173 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Lithuania shows the stronger movement at +5.9%, against +1.9% for Germany. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +15.9% against +2.0%. 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 64.1 for Germany. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 30.8 index points apart, Germany above Lithuania. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Food: Lithuania reads 87.2 and Germany 88.7 for 2024, just 1.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 4.5 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
Germany holds a clear wage lead in this pairing: $76,285 for 2025, against Lithuania's $58,112 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 31.3% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $18,173 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 Lithuania recorded +55.3% and Germany +7.1%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. 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%. Germany sits at the highest point of its series — $76,285 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +7.1%. Lithuania's five-year change of +15.9% outpaces Germany's +2.0% 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
Lithuania's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 51.3, and Germany's reads 71.5, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Germany sits higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories. Housing separates the two most: Lithuania reads 33.3 and Germany 64.1, 30.8 index points apart. The two sit closest in Food (87.2 versus 88.7), only 1.5 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Lithuania's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 1 of Germany'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.
