Country Comparison

Slovenia vs United Kingdom

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

At a Glance

Slovenia flagSlovenia

vs

United KingdomUnited Kingdom flag

$63,3762025

Latest Average Wage

United Kingdom +4.6%

(vs Slovenia)

$66,2992025
+12.2%2025

5-Year Wage Change

Slovenia +11.0 pts

(vs United Kingdom)

+1.2%2025
+29.4%2025

10-Year Wage Change

Slovenia +26.1 pts

(vs United Kingdom)

+3.3%2025
59.22024

Overall Price Level

United Kingdom +25.1 index points

(vs Slovenia)

84.32024

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$53k$58k$63k$68k20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

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

Slovenia flag

Slovenia

Latest Average Wage

+12.2% · 5 years

$63,376

United Kingdom flag

United Kingdom

Latest Average Wage

+1.2% · 5 years

$66,299

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

United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom

10 Years Ago

$64,199 (2015)

Historical Peak

$66,480 (2019)

Latest Wage

$66,299 (2025)

1Y +0.7% · 5Y +1.2% · From Peak −0.3%

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)United Kingdom (GBR)

Overall

−25.1 index points

100
59.2vs84.3

Food

+0.5 index points

100
85.6vs85.1

Clothing

+8.5 index points

100
87.4vs78.9

Housing

−53.2 index points

100
42.2vs95.4

Health

−25.6 index points

100
46.5vs72.1

Transport

−20.0 index points

100
91vs111

Recreation

−16.8 index points

100
73.4vs90.2

Restaurants & Accommodation

−14.0 index points

100
73.2vs87.2

What Stands Out

01

Latest Wage Gap

United Kingdom's latest average wage is $66,299 for 2025, about 4.6% higher than Slovenia's $63,376 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $2,924 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 +0.7% for United Kingdom. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +12.2% against +1.2%. 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 95.4 for United Kingdom. That is a separation of 53.2 index points on the US=100 scale, with United Kingdom 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 Food: Slovenia reads 85.6 and United Kingdom 85.1 for 2024, just 0.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 8.5 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.

Understanding the Comparison

Wage Position illustration

Wage Position

United Kingdom's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $66,299 for 2025, moderately higher than Slovenia's $63,376 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 4.6% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $2,924 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. Over ten years Slovenia recorded +29.4% and United Kingdom +3.3%, 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%. United Kingdom stands just below its historical high of $66,480 in 2019, only 0.3% away, with a ten-year change of +3.3%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +12.2% for Slovenia against +1.2% for United Kingdom, 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 United Kingdom's reads 84.3, each measured against the United States reference of 100. United Kingdom 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 95.4 for United Kingdom, a gap of 53.2 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 85.6 versus 85.1, a gap of just 0.5 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Slovenia reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and United Kingdom 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.