Türkiye
Latest Average Wage
+61.0% · 5 years
$57,275
Country Comparison
Türkiye vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Türkiye
vs
Canada
$57,2752024
Latest Average Wage
Canada +18.6%
(vs Türkiye)
$67,9012025
+61.0%2024
5-Year Wage Change
Türkiye +61.3 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+96.2%2024
10-Year Wage Change
Türkiye +91.2 pts
(vs Canada)
+5.0%2025
322024
Overall Price Level
Canada +54.0 index points
(vs Türkiye)
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
Türkiye
10 Years Ago
$29,200 (2014)
Historical Peak
$57,275 (2024)
Latest Wage
$57,275 (2024)
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
Türkiye (TUR)Canada (CAN)
Overall
−54.0 index points
100
32vs86
Food
−44.0 index points
100
64vs108
Clothing
−54.5 index points
100
63.5vs118
Housing
−66.3 index points
100
16.8vs83.1
Health
−47.7 index points
100
14.5vs62.2
Transport
−23.1 index points
100
79.9vs103
Recreation
−38.9 index points
100
53.1vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−42.5 index points
100
55.1vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 18.6% higher than Türkiye's $57,275 for 2024 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. In annual terms the gap comes to about $10,626 on the same PPP basis. The two figures come from different reference years.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Türkiye shows the stronger movement at +19.0%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +61.0% 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: 16.8 for Türkiye against 83.1 for Canada. That is a separation of 66.3 index points on the US=100 scale, with Canada on the higher side and Türkiye 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: Türkiye reads 79.9 and Canada 103 for 2024, just 23.1 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 38.9 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Canada holds a clear wage lead in this pairing: $67,901 for 2025, against Türkiye's $57,275 for 2024. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 18.6% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $10,626 a year. 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. The reference years differ — 2024 for Türkiye and 2025 for Canada — so part of the gap reflects timing rather than level, and the two records are kept separate. Over ten years Türkiye recorded +96.2% 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. Türkiye sits at the highest point of its series — $57,275 in 2024 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +96.2%. 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 — +61.0% for Türkiye, −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
Türkiye's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 32, 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: Türkiye reads 16.8 and Canada 83.1, 66.3 index points apart. The two sit closest in Transport (79.9 versus 103), only 23.1 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Türkiye'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.
