Lithuania
Latest Average Wage
+15.9% · 5 years
$58,112
Country Comparison
Lithuania vs Spain
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Lithuania
vs
Spain
$58,1122025
Latest Average Wage
Lithuania +0.6%
(vs Spain)
$57,7792025
+15.9%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +11.6 pts
(vs Spain)
+4.3%2025
+55.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +52.8 pts
(vs Spain)
+2.6%2025
51.32024
Overall Price Level
Spain +8.1 index points
(vs Lithuania)
59.42024
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
Spain
Latest Average Wage
+4.3% · 5 years
$57,779
Wage Milestones
Lithuania
10 Years Ago
$37,409 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,112 (2025)
Latest Wage
$58,112 (2025)
Spain
10 Years Ago
$56,334 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,456 (2009)
Latest Wage
$57,779 (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)Spain (ESP)
Overall
−8.1 index points
100
51.3vs59.4
Food
+5.2 index points
100
87.2vs82
Clothing
+14.3 index points
100
94.9vs80.6
Housing
−21.2 index points
100
33.3vs54.5
Health
−12.0 index points
100
30.7vs42.7
Transport
−7.7 index points
100
84.4vs92.1
Recreation
−11.8 index points
100
61.8vs73.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
+1.0 index points
100
70.2vs69.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Lithuania's latest average wage is $58,112 for 2025, about 0.6% higher than Spain's $57,779 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. That is roughly $333 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 +1.2% for Spain. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +15.9% against +4.3%. 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 54.5 for Spain. Spain sits on the higher side of that 21.2-point spread; Lithuania reads 21.2 index points lower on the US=100 scale. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Restaurants & Accommodation: Lithuania reads 70.2 and Spain 69.2 for 2024, just 1.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 5.2 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
Lithuania and Spain report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $58,112 for 2025, against $57,779 for 2025. The difference is 0.6% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $333 a year, which is small next to either figure. Both figures are expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices, so they can be set side by side without any further conversion. Over ten years Lithuania recorded +55.3% and Spain +2.6%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. For most side-by-side readings the two wage levels can be treated as equivalent within this dataset.
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%. Spain stands just below its historical high of $58,456 in 2009, only 1.2% away, with a ten-year change of +2.6%. Lithuania's five-year change of +15.9% outpaces Spain's +4.3% 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 Spain's reads 59.4, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Lithuania leads in 3 of the 8 comparable categories and Spain in 5, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. Housing separates the two most: Lithuania reads 33.3 and Spain 54.5, 21.2 index points apart. The two sit closest in Restaurants & Accommodation (70.2 versus 69.2), only 1.0 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Lithuania's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Spain's 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
