Türkiye
Latest Average Wage
+61.0% · 5 years
$57,275
Country Comparison
Türkiye vs Spain
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Türkiye
vs
Spain
$57,2752024
Latest Average Wage
Spain +0.9%
(vs Türkiye)
$57,7792025
+61.0%2024
5-Year Wage Change
Türkiye +56.7 pts
(vs Spain)
+4.3%2025
+96.2%2024
10-Year Wage Change
Türkiye +93.6 pts
(vs Spain)
+2.6%2025
322024
Overall Price Level
Spain +27.4 index points
(vs Türkiye)
59.42024
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.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Spain
Latest Average Wage
+4.3% · 5 years
$57,779
Wage Milestones
Türkiye
10 Years Ago
$29,200 (2014)
Historical Peak
$57,275 (2024)
Latest Wage
$57,275 (2024)
Spain
10 Years Ago
$56,334 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,456 (2009)
Latest Wage
$57,779 (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)Spain (ESP)
Overall
−27.4 index points
100
32vs59.4
Food
−18.0 index points
100
64vs82
Clothing
−17.1 index points
100
63.5vs80.6
Housing
−37.7 index points
100
16.8vs54.5
Health
−28.2 index points
100
14.5vs42.7
Transport
−12.2 index points
100
79.9vs92.1
Recreation
−20.5 index points
100
53.1vs73.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
−14.1 index points
100
55.1vs69.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Spain's latest average wage is $57,779 for 2025, about 0.9% higher than Türkiye's $57,275 for 2024 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $504 a year 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 +1.2% for Spain. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +61.0% against +4.3%. 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 54.5 for Spain. That is a separation of 37.7 index points on the US=100 scale, with Spain 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 Spain 92.1 for 2024, just 12.2 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Restaurants & Accommodation at 14.1 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Türkiye and Spain report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $57,779 for 2025, against $57,275 for 2024. The difference is 0.9% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $504 a year, which is small next to either figure. Both figures are expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices, so they can be set side by side without any further conversion. The reference years differ — 2024 for Türkiye and 2025 for Spain — so part of the gap reflects timing rather than level, and the two records are kept separate. For most side-by-side readings the two wage levels can be treated as equivalent within this dataset.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. 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%. Spain stands just below its historical high of $58,456 in 2009, only 1.2% away, with a ten-year change of +2.6%. Türkiye's five-year change of +61.0% outpaces Spain's +4.3% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. 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 Spain's reads 59.4, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Spain sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Housing separates the two most: Türkiye reads 16.8 and Spain 54.5, 37.7 index points apart. The two sit closest in Transport (79.9 versus 92.1), only 12.2 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Türkiye's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Spain'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.
