Lithuania
Latest Average Wage
+15.9% · 5 years
$58,112
Country Comparison
Lithuania vs Mexico
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Lithuania
vs
Mexico
$58,1122025
Latest Average Wage
Lithuania +137.5%
(vs Mexico)
$24,4632025
+15.9%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +7.0 pts
(vs Mexico)
+8.9%2025
+55.3%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Lithuania +45.7 pts
(vs Mexico)
+9.7%2025
51.32024
Overall Price Level
Lithuania +0.4 index points
(vs Mexico)
50.92024
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
Mexico
Latest Average Wage
+8.9% · 5 years
$24,463
Wage Milestones
Lithuania
10 Years Ago
$37,409 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,112 (2025)
Latest Wage
$58,112 (2025)
Mexico
10 Years Ago
$22,304 (2015)
Historical Peak
$27,014 (1994)
Latest Wage
$24,463 (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)Mexico (MEX)
Overall
+0.4 index points
100
51.3vs50.9
Food
−1.1 index points
100
87.2vs88.3
Clothing
+22.9 index points
100
94.9vs72
Housing
−9.4 index points
100
33.3vs42.7
Health
−15.3 index points
100
30.7vs46
Transport
+3.8 index points
100
84.4vs80.6
Recreation
−1.5 index points
100
61.8vs63.3
Restaurants & Accommodation
+5.1 index points
100
70.2vs65.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Lithuania's latest average wage is $58,112 for 2025, about 137.5% higher than Mexico's $24,463 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. That is roughly $33,648 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 +1.3% for Mexico. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +15.9% against +8.9%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Clothing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 94.9 for Lithuania against 72 for Mexico. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 22.9 index points apart, Lithuania above Mexico. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Overall: Lithuania reads 51.3 and Mexico 50.9 for 2024 — effectively the same relative price level on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 1.1 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
The wage levels in this pairing are far apart: Lithuania reports $58,112 for 2025, while Mexico reports $24,463 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 137.5% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $33,648 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 Mexico +9.7%, 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%. Mexico is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.3%, though the level remains 9.4% below its peak. Lithuania's five-year change of +15.9% outpaces Mexico's +8.9% 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 Mexico's reads 50.9, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Lithuania leads in 3 of the 8 comparable categories and Mexico in 4, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. Clothing separates the two most: Lithuania reads 94.9 and Mexico 72, 22.9 index points apart. The two sit closest in Overall (51.3 versus 50.9), only 0.4 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Lithuania's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Mexico's 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
