Slovenia
Latest Average Wage
+12.2% · 5 years
$63,376
Country Comparison
Slovenia vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Slovenia
vs
Canada
$63,3762025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +7.1%
(vs Slovenia)
$67,9012025
+12.2%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +12.5 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+29.4%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +24.4 pts
(vs Canada)
+5.0%2025
59.22024
Overall Price Level
Canada +26.8 index points
(vs Slovenia)
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
Slovenia
10 Years Ago
$48,985 (2015)
Historical Peak
$63,376 (2025)
Latest Wage
$63,376 (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
Slovenia (SVN)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−26.8 index points
100
59.2vs86
Food
−22.4 index points
100
85.6vs108
Clothing
−30.6 index points
100
87.4vs118
Housing
−40.9 index points
100
42.2vs83.1
Health
−15.7 index points
100
46.5vs62.2
Transport
−12.0 index points
100
91vs103
Recreation
−18.6 index points
100
73.4vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−24.4 index points
100
73.2vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 7.1% higher than Slovenia's $63,376 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $4,525 a year on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Slovenia shows the stronger movement at +5.5%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +12.2% 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: 42.2 for Slovenia against 83.1 for Canada. That is a separation of 40.9 index points on the US=100 scale, with Canada on the higher side and Slovenia on the lower one. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Slovenia reads 91 and Canada 103 for 2024, just 12.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Health at 15.7 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Canada's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $67,901 for 2025, moderately higher than Slovenia's $63,376 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 7.1% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $4,525 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. 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 Slovenia recorded +29.4% and Canada +5.0%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The two wage series do not point the same way across the reported horizons. Slovenia sits at the highest point of its series — $63,376 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +29.4%. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. The five-year changes — +12.2% for Slovenia, −0.3% for Canada — resist a single-trend summary and are clearer read side by side. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Slovenia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 59.2, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Canada sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Housing separates the two most: Slovenia reads 42.2 and Canada 83.1, 40.9 index points apart. The two sit closest in Transport (91 versus 103), only 12.0 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Slovenia's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 3 of Canada'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.
