Türkiye
Latest Average Wage
+61.0% · 5 years
$57,275
Country Comparison
Türkiye vs Colombia
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Türkiye
vs
Colombia
$57,2752024
Latest Average Wage
Türkiye +90.1%
(vs Colombia)
$30,1332024
+61.0%2024
5-Year Wage Change
Türkiye +64.9 pts
(vs Colombia)
−3.9%2024
+96.2%2024
10-Year Wage Change
Türkiye +93.8 pts
(vs Colombia)
+2.4%2024
322024
Overall Price Level
Colombia +0.6 index points
(vs Türkiye)
32.62024
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
Colombia
Latest Average Wage
−3.9% · 5 years
$30,133
Wage Milestones
Türkiye
10 Years Ago
$29,200 (2014)
Historical Peak
$57,275 (2024)
Latest Wage
$57,275 (2024)
Colombia
10 Years Ago
$29,443 (2014)
Historical Peak
$35,659 (2020)
Latest Wage
$30,133 (2024)
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)Colombia (COL)
Overall
−0.6 index points
100
32vs32.6
Food
−1.4 index points
100
64vs65.4
Clothing
+3.1 index points
100
63.5vs60.4
Housing
−9.8 index points
100
16.8vs26.6
Health
−4.1 index points
100
14.5vs18.6
Transport
+30.1 index points
100
79.9vs49.8
Recreation
+5.3 index points
100
53.1vs47.8
Restaurants & Accommodation
+14.6 index points
100
55.1vs40.5
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Türkiye's latest average wage is $57,275 for 2024, about 90.1% higher than Colombia's $30,133 for 2024 — computed straight from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $27,142 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Türkiye shows the stronger movement at +19.0%, against +1.9% for Colombia. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +61.0% against −3.9%. 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: 79.9 for Türkiye against 49.8 for Colombia. Türkiye sits on the higher side of that 30.1-point spread; Colombia reads 30.1 index points lower on the US=100 scale. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Overall: Türkiye reads 32 and Colombia 32.6 for 2024, just 0.6 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 1.4 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
The wage levels in this pairing are far apart: Türkiye reports $57,275 for 2024, while Colombia reports $30,133 for 2024. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 90.1% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $27,142 a year. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. For scale, neither series has moved by that much within any single reported year, so the gap is structural rather than the product of one unusual observation. Over ten years Türkiye recorded +96.2% and Colombia +2.4%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The two wage series are currently moving in opposite directions, and the separation between them is growing. 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%. Colombia is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.9%, though the level remains 15.5% below its peak. Türkiye is the side gaining in real terms (+61.0% over five years), while Colombia records −3.9%, so the five-year measures point away from each other instead of converging. 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 Colombia's reads 32.6, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Türkiye leads in 4 of the 8 comparable categories and Colombia in 4, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. Transport separates the two most: Türkiye reads 79.9 and Colombia 49.8, 30.1 index points apart. The two sit closest in Overall (32 versus 32.6), only 0.6 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Türkiye's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Colombia's 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
