Country Comparison

Slovenia vs France

Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.

At a Glance

Slovenia flagSlovenia

vs

FranceFrance flag

$63,3762025

Latest Average Wage

Slovenia +4.8%

(vs France)

$60,4832025
+12.2%2025

5-Year Wage Change

Slovenia +8.5 pts

(vs France)

+3.7%2025
+29.4%2025

10-Year Wage Change

Slovenia +27.7 pts

(vs France)

+1.7%2025
59.22024

Overall Price Level

France +11.2 index points

(vs Slovenia)

70.42024

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.

$48k$52k$56k$60k$65k20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated

Slovenia flag

Slovenia

Latest Average Wage

+12.2% · 5 years

$63,376

France flag

France

Latest Average Wage

+3.7% · 5 years

$60,483

Wage Milestones

Slovenia flagSlovenia

10 Years Ago

$48,985 (2015)

Historical Peak

$63,376 (2025)

Latest Wage

$63,376 (2025)

1Y +5.5% · 5Y +12.2% · At the historical peak

France flagFrance

10 Years Ago

$59,485 (2015)

Historical Peak

$61,289 (2019)

Latest Wage

$60,483 (2025)

1Y +1.0% · 5Y +3.7% · From Peak −1.3%

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)France (FRA)

Overall

−11.2 index points

100
59.2vs70.4

Food

−7.8 index points

100
85.6vs93.4

Clothing

+1.3 index points

100
87.4vs86.1

Housing

−26.1 index points

100
42.2vs68.3

Health

+3.1 index points

100
46.5vs43.4

Transport

−23.0 index points

100
91vs114

Recreation

−8.8 index points

100
73.4vs82.2

Restaurants & Accommodation

−16.9 index points

100
73.2vs90.1

What Stands Out

01

Latest Wage Gap

Slovenia's latest average wage is $63,376 for 2025, about 4.8% higher than France's $60,483 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. In annual terms the gap comes to about $2,892 on the same PPP basis.

02

Stronger Recent Trend

On the latest one-year change, Slovenia shows the stronger movement at +5.5%, against +1.0% for France. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +12.2% against +3.7%. 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 68.3 for France. That is a separation of 26.1 index points on the US=100 scale, with France on the higher side and Slovenia on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.

04

Closest Price Category

The closest category is Clothing: Slovenia reads 87.4 and France 86.1 for 2024, just 1.3 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Health at 3.1 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.

Understanding the Comparison

Wage Position illustration

Wage Position

Slovenia's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $63,376 for 2025, moderately higher than France's $60,483 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 4.8% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $2,892 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. Because both values already sit on the same USD PPP, constant-2025-price footing, the comparison adjusts for price-level differences between the two economies. Over ten years Slovenia recorded +29.4% and France +1.7%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. The wage milestones above show how each side arrived at its current level, year by year.

Wage Direction illustration

Wage Direction

The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. 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%. France stands just below its historical high of $61,289 in 2019, only 1.3% away, with a ten-year change of +1.7%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +12.2% for Slovenia against +3.7% for France, 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 illustration

Price Profile

Slovenia's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 59.2, and France's reads 70.4, each measured against the United States reference of 100. France reads higher in 6 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Housing: 42.2 for Slovenia against 68.3 for France, a gap of 26.1 index points. At the other end, Clothing brings the two closest — 87.4 versus 86.1, a gap of just 1.3 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Slovenia reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and France in 1 of its 8.

Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.

Average wages are PPP-adjusted and expressed in constant prices. Consumer price levels use the United States as the reference value of 100.