Portugal
Latest Average Wage
+13.9% · 5 years
$44,937
Country Comparison
Portugal vs Germany
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Portugal
vs
Germany
$44,9372025
Latest Average Wage
Germany +69.8%
(vs Portugal)
$76,2852025
+13.9%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Portugal +11.9 pts
(vs Germany)
+2.0%2025
+23.1%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Portugal +16.0 pts
(vs Germany)
+7.1%2025
55.72024
Overall Price Level
Germany +15.8 index points
(vs Portugal)
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
Portugal
10 Years Ago
$36,520 (2015)
Historical Peak
$44,937 (2025)
Latest Wage
$44,937 (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
Portugal (PRT)Germany (DEU)
Overall
−15.8 index points
100
55.7vs71.5
Food
−1.1 index points
100
87.6vs88.7
Clothing
−8.0 index points
100
82.4vs90.4
Housing
−19.4 index points
100
44.7vs64.1
Health
−11.2 index points
100
39.5vs50.7
Transport
−22.0 index points
100
92vs114
Recreation
−20.1 index points
100
66.5vs86.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
−29.4 index points
100
61.7vs91.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Germany's latest average wage is $76,285 for 2025, about 69.8% higher than Portugal's $44,937 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $31,348 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Germany shows the stronger movement at +1.9%, against +1.8% for Portugal. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Portugal at +13.9% and Germany at +2.0% — so the latest year is not the whole story. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 61.7 for Portugal against 91.1 for Germany. Germany sits on the higher side of that 29.4-point spread; Portugal reads 29.4 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: Portugal reads 87.6 and Germany 88.7 for 2024, just 1.1 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 8.0 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 — Germany's latest average wage of $76,285 for 2025 stands well above Portugal's $44,937 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 69.8% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $31,348 a year. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. 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 Germany +7.1%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. 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%. 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%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +13.9% for Portugal against +2.0% for Germany, 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
Portugal's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 55.7, and Germany's reads 71.5, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Germany reads higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Restaurants & Accommodation: 61.7 for Portugal against 91.1 for Germany, a gap of 29.4 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 87.6 versus 88.7, a gap of just 1.1 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Portugal reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Germany in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
