Portugal
Latest Average Wage
+13.9% · 5 years
$44,937
Country Comparison
Portugal vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Portugal
vs
Canada
$44,9372025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +51.1%
(vs Portugal)
$67,9012025
+13.9%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Portugal +14.2 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+23.1%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Portugal +18.1 pts
(vs Canada)
+5.0%2025
55.72024
Overall Price Level
Canada +30.3 index points
(vs Portugal)
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.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Wage Milestones
Portugal
10 Years Ago
$36,520 (2015)
Historical Peak
$44,937 (2025)
Latest Wage
$44,937 (2025)
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (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
Portugal (PRT)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−30.3 index points
100
55.7vs86
Food
−20.4 index points
100
87.6vs108
Clothing
−35.6 index points
100
82.4vs118
Housing
−38.4 index points
100
44.7vs83.1
Health
−22.7 index points
100
39.5vs62.2
Transport
−11.0 index points
100
92vs103
Recreation
−25.5 index points
100
66.5vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−35.9 index points
100
61.7vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 51.1% higher than Portugal's $44,937 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $22,964 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Portugal shows the stronger movement at +1.8%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +13.9% 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: 44.7 for Portugal against 83.1 for Canada. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 38.4 index points apart, Canada above Portugal. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Portugal reads 92 and Canada 103 for 2024, just 11.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 20.4 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Few pairings separate this cleanly — Canada's latest average wage of $67,901 for 2025 stands well above Portugal's $44,937 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 51.1% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $22,964 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 Portugal recorded +23.1% and Canada +5.0%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
No single shared direction describes this pairing; each side follows its own recent path. Portugal sits at the highest point of its series — $44,937 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +23.1%. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. With the five-year changes at +13.9% for Portugal and −0.3% for Canada, the horizons are clearer when read side by side rather than folded into one trend statement. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Portugal's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 55.7, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Canada reads higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Housing: 44.7 for Portugal against 83.1 for Canada, a gap of 38.4 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 92 versus 103, a gap of just 11.0 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Portugal reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Canada in 3 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
