Lithuania
Latest Average Wage
+15.9% · 5 years
$58,112
Country Comparison
Lithuania vs United Kingdom
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Lithuania
vs
United Kingdom
$58,1122025
Latest Average Wage
United Kingdom +14.1%
(vs Lithuania)
$66,2992025
+15.9%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +14.8 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+1.2%2025
+55.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +52.1 pts
(vs United Kingdom)
+3.3%2025
51.32024
Overall Price Level
United Kingdom +33.0 index points
(vs Lithuania)
84.32024
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
United Kingdom
Latest Average Wage
+1.2% · 5 years
$66,299
Wage Milestones
Lithuania
10 Years Ago
$37,409 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,112 (2025)
Latest Wage
$58,112 (2025)
United Kingdom
10 Years Ago
$64,199 (2015)
Historical Peak
$66,480 (2019)
Latest Wage
$66,299 (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)United Kingdom (GBR)
Overall
−33.0 index points
100
51.3vs84.3
Food
+2.1 index points
100
87.2vs85.1
Clothing
+16.0 index points
100
94.9vs78.9
Housing
−62.1 index points
100
33.3vs95.4
Health
−41.4 index points
100
30.7vs72.1
Transport
−26.6 index points
100
84.4vs111
Recreation
−28.4 index points
100
61.8vs90.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
−17.0 index points
100
70.2vs87.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
United Kingdom's latest average wage is $66,299 for 2025, about 14.1% higher than Lithuania's $58,112 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. That is roughly $8,188 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 +0.7% for United Kingdom. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +15.9% against +1.2%. 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 95.4 for United Kingdom. United Kingdom sits on the higher side of that 62.1-point spread; Lithuania reads 62.1 index points lower on the US=100 scale. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Food: Lithuania reads 87.2 and United Kingdom 85.1 for 2024, just 2.1 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 16.0 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
A clear separation shows in the latest wage figures — United Kingdom at $66,299 for 2025, and Lithuania at $58,112 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 14.1% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $8,188 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.
Wage Direction
The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. 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%. United Kingdom stands just below its historical high of $66,480 in 2019, only 0.3% away, with a ten-year change of +3.3%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +15.9% for Lithuania against +1.2% for United Kingdom, so the distance between the two levels keeps shifting. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Lithuania's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 51.3, and United Kingdom's reads 84.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. United Kingdom reads higher in 6 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Housing: 33.3 for Lithuania against 95.4 for United Kingdom, a gap of 62.1 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 87.2 versus 85.1, a gap of just 2.1 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Lithuania reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and United Kingdom in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
