Slovakia
Latest Average Wage
+2.7% · 5 years
$37,832
Country Comparison
Slovakia vs Chile
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Slovakia
vs
Chile
$37,8322025
Latest Average Wage
Chile +7.4%
(vs Slovakia)
$40,6262023
+2.7%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Chile +3.4 pts
(vs Slovakia)
+6.1%2023
+19.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Slovakia +25.1 pts
(vs Chile)
−6.1%2023
52.92024
Overall Price Level
Slovakia +10.0 index points
(vs Chile)
42.92024
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
Chile
Latest Average Wage
+6.1% · 5 years
$40,626
Wage Milestones
Slovakia
10 Years Ago
$31,798 (2015)
Historical Peak
$37,832 (2025)
Latest Wage
$37,832 (2025)
Chile
10 Years Ago
$43,267 (2013)
Historical Peak
$45,670 (2016)
Latest Wage
$40,626 (2023)
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
Slovakia (SVK)Chile (CHL)
Overall
+10.0 index points
100
52.9vs42.9
Food
−13.1 index points
100
71.7vs84.8
Clothing
+10.8 index points
100
88.3vs77.5
Housing
+14.3 index points
100
43.9vs29.6
Health
+7.6 index points
100
33.4vs25.8
Transport
+22.2 index points
100
89vs66.8
Recreation
+14.2 index points
100
74.9vs60.7
Restaurants & Accommodation
+13.1 index points
100
74.2vs61.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Chile's latest average wage is $40,626 for 2023, about 7.4% higher than Slovakia's $37,832 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $2,794 on the shared purchasing-power basis. The two figures come from different reference years.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Slovakia shows the stronger movement at +1.6%, against +1.3% for Chile. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Slovakia at +2.7% and Chile at +6.1% — 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
Transport shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 89 for Slovakia against 66.8 for Chile. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 22.2 index points apart, Slovakia above Chile. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Health: Slovakia reads 33.4 and Chile 25.8 for 2024, just 7.6 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Overall at 10.0 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Chile's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $40,626 for 2023, moderately higher than Slovakia's $37,832 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 7.4% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $2,794 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. The reference years differ — 2025 for Slovakia and 2023 for Chile — so part of the gap reflects timing rather than level, and the two records are kept separate. Over ten years Slovakia recorded +19.0% against Chile's −6.1%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Slovakia sits at the highest point of its series — $37,832 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +19.0%. Chile is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.3%, though the level remains 11.1% below its peak. Chile's five-year change of +6.1% outpaces Slovakia's +2.7% 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
Slovakia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 52.9, and Chile's reads 42.9, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Slovakia sits higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories. Transport separates the two most: Slovakia reads 89 and Chile 66.8, 22.2 index points apart. The two sit closest in Health (33.4 versus 25.8), only 7.6 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Slovakia's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Chile's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
