Purchasing Power Parity · Albania
Cost of living in 🇦🇱 Albania vs the United States
Albania has a US-relative price level of 0.441 (US = 1.0) — about 56% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.
What US salaries are worth in Albania
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $113,379 | $22,050 |
| $80,000 | $181,406 | $35,280 |
| $120,000 | $272,109 | $52,920 |
| $180,000 | $408,163 | $79,380 |
| $250,000 | $566,893 | $110,250 |
“Feels like” = income ÷ price level; “cost of a US lifestyle” = income × price level. Try your own number in the interactive calculator.
How the sources compare
Each provider measures Albania's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.441 2024
World Bank — GDP 0.426 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.455 2024
Penn World Table 0.462 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.492 2024
Eurostat (GDP) 0.426 2024
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.466 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Albania is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan — price level 0.448
- 🇰🇲 Comoros — price level 0.433
- 🇴🇲 Oman — price level 0.451
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain — price level 0.452
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala — price level 0.429
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Albania compared to the United States?
- Albania has a price level of 0.441 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 56% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of independent votes from the World Bank/IMF (one vote — both use the official exchange rate), the Eurostat-OECD PPP programme and the Penn World Table, reference year 2024.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Albania?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $226,757 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Albania; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $44,100.
- Where does the Albania cost-of-living data come from?
- Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median of independent votes and refreshed at build time.