Slovenia
Latest Average Wage
+12.2% · 5 years
$63,376
Country Comparison
Slovenia vs Sweden
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Slovenia
vs
Sweden
$63,3762025
Latest Average Wage
Slovenia +3.1%
(vs Sweden)
$61,4432025
+12.2%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +13.9 pts
(vs Sweden)
−1.7%2025
+29.4%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +26.2 pts
(vs Sweden)
+3.2%2025
59.22024
Overall Price Level
Sweden +22.3 index points
(vs Slovenia)
81.52024
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
Sweden
Latest Average Wage
−1.7% · 5 years
$61,443
Wage Milestones
Slovenia
10 Years Ago
$48,985 (2015)
Historical Peak
$63,376 (2025)
Latest Wage
$63,376 (2025)
Sweden
10 Years Ago
$59,542 (2015)
Historical Peak
$63,923 (2021)
Latest Wage
$61,443 (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)Sweden (SWE)
Overall
−22.3 index points
100
59.2vs81.5
Food
−5.2 index points
100
85.6vs90.8
Clothing
−21.6 index points
100
87.4vs109
Housing
−22.0 index points
100
42.2vs64.2
Health
−24.9 index points
100
46.5vs71.4
Transport
−26.0 index points
100
91vs117
Recreation
−25.0 index points
100
73.4vs98.4
Restaurants & Accommodation
−23.8 index points
100
73.2vs97
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Slovenia's latest average wage is $63,376 for 2025, about 3.1% higher than Sweden's $61,443 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $1,932 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Slovenia shows the stronger movement at +5.5%, against +0.9% for Sweden. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +12.2% against −1.7%. 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: 91 for Slovenia against 117 for Sweden. Sweden sits on the higher side of that 26.0-point spread; Slovenia reads 26.0 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 Sweden 90.8 for 2024, just 5.2 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 21.6 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Slovenia's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $63,376 for 2025, moderately higher than Sweden's $61,443 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 3.1% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $1,932 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 Sweden +3.2%, 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
This pairing shows two wage paths pulling apart rather than tracking each other. 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%. Sweden is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +0.9%, though the level remains 3.9% below its peak. With Slovenia gaining in real terms at +12.2% over five years and Sweden at −1.7%, the five-year measures move away from each other rather than closing in. 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 Sweden's reads 81.5, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Sweden reads higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Transport: 91 for Slovenia against 117 for Sweden, a gap of 26.0 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 85.6 versus 90.8, a gap of just 5.2 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Slovenia reads above 100 in 0 of its 8 reported categories, and Sweden in 2 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
