Slovenia
Latest Average Wage
+12.2% · 5 years
$63,376
Country Comparison
Slovenia vs Finland
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Slovenia
vs
Finland
$63,3762025
Latest Average Wage
Slovenia +0.5%
(vs Finland)
$63,0532025
+12.2%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +12.3 pts
(vs Finland)
−0.1%2025
+29.4%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +25.6 pts
(vs Finland)
+3.8%2025
59.22024
Overall Price Level
Finland +24.6 index points
(vs Slovenia)
83.82024
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
Finland
Latest Average Wage
−0.1% · 5 years
$63,053
Wage Milestones
Slovenia
10 Years Ago
$48,985 (2015)
Historical Peak
$63,376 (2025)
Latest Wage
$63,376 (2025)
Finland
10 Years Ago
$60,740 (2015)
Historical Peak
$65,186 (2021)
Latest Wage
$63,053 (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)Finland (FIN)
Overall
−24.6 index points
100
59.2vs83.8
Food
−7.5 index points
100
85.6vs93.1
Clothing
−21.6 index points
100
87.4vs109
Housing
−28.5 index points
100
42.2vs70.7
Health
−28.9 index points
100
46.5vs75.4
Transport
−26.0 index points
100
91vs117
Recreation
−27.6 index points
100
73.4vs101
Restaurants & Accommodation
−29.8 index points
100
73.2vs103
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Slovenia's latest average wage is $63,376 for 2025, about 0.5% higher than Finland's $63,053 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. That is roughly $322 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 +1.1% for Finland. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +12.2% against −0.1%. 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: 73.2 for Slovenia against 103 for Finland. Finland sits on the higher side of that 29.8-point spread; Slovenia reads 29.8 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: Slovenia reads 85.6 and Finland 93.1 for 2024, just 7.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 21.6 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Slovenia and Finland report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $63,376 for 2025, against $63,053 for 2025. The difference is 0.5% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $322 a year, which is small next to either figure. Both figures are expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices, so they can be set side by side without any further conversion. Over ten years Slovenia recorded +29.4% and Finland +3.8%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. For most side-by-side readings the two wage levels can be treated as equivalent within this dataset.
Wage Direction
No single shared direction describes this pairing; each side follows its own recent path. 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%. Finland is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.1%, though the level remains 3.3% below its peak. With the five-year changes at +12.2% for Slovenia and −0.1% for Finland, 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
Slovenia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 59.2, and Finland's reads 83.8, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Finland 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: 73.2 for Slovenia against 103 for Finland, a gap of 29.8 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 85.6 versus 93.1, a gap of just 7.5 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Slovenia reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Finland in 4 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
