Portugal
Latest Average Wage
+13.9% · 5 years
$44,937
Country Comparison
Portugal vs Greece
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Portugal
vs
Greece
$44,9372025
Latest Average Wage
Portugal +38.6%
(vs Greece)
$32,4122025
+13.9%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Portugal +14.2 pts
(vs Greece)
−0.3%2025
+23.1%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Portugal +29.1 pts
(vs Greece)
−6.0%2025
55.72024
Overall Price Level
Portugal +1.0 index points
(vs Greece)
54.72024
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
Greece
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$32,412
Wage Milestones
Portugal
10 Years Ago
$36,520 (2015)
Historical Peak
$44,937 (2025)
Latest Wage
$44,937 (2025)
Greece
10 Years Ago
$34,495 (2015)
Historical Peak
$44,174 (2009)
Latest Wage
$32,412 (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)Greece (GRC)
Overall
+1.0 index points
100
55.7vs54.7
Food
−3.5 index points
100
87.6vs91.1
Clothing
+1.5 index points
100
82.4vs80.9
Housing
+4.0 index points
100
44.7vs40.7
Health
+1.4 index points
100
39.5vs38.1
Transport
−1.4 index points
100
92vs93.4
Recreation
0.0 index points
100
66.5vs66.5
Restaurants & Accommodation
−9.6 index points
100
61.7vs71.3
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Portugal's latest average wage is $44,937 for 2025, about 38.6% higher than Greece's $32,412 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. That is roughly $12,525 a year on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Portugal shows the stronger movement at +1.8%, against −0.3% for Greece. 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
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 61.7 for Portugal against 71.3 for Greece. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 9.6 index points apart, Greece above Portugal. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Recreation: Portugal reads 66.5 and Greece 66.5 for 2024 — effectively the same relative price level on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Overall at 1.0 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
Few pairings separate this cleanly — Portugal's latest average wage of $44,937 for 2025 stands well above Greece's $32,412 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 38.6% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $12,525 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 Portugal recorded +23.1% against Greece's −6.0%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
This pairing shows two wage paths pulling apart rather than tracking each other. 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%. Greece continues to drift below its peak, with a one-year change of −0.3% and a five-year change of −0.3%. With Portugal gaining in real terms at +13.9% over five years and Greece at −0.3%, the five-year measures move away from each other rather than closing in. 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 Greece's reads 54.7, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Portugal leads in 4 of the 8 comparable categories and Greece in 3, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. The widest separation is in Restaurants & Accommodation: 61.7 for Portugal against 71.3 for Greece, a gap of 9.6 index points. At the other end, Recreation brings the two closest — 66.5 versus 66.5, a gap of just 0.0 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Portugal reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Greece in 0 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
