Purchasing Power Parity · Bahrain
Cost of living in 🇧🇭 Bahrain vs the United States
Bahrain has a US-relative price level of 0.452 (US = 1.0) — about 55% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Bahrain
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $110,619 | $22,600 |
| $80,000 | $176,991 | $36,160 |
| $120,000 | $265,487 | $54,240 |
| $180,000 | $398,230 | $81,360 |
| $250,000 | $553,097 | $113,000 |
“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 Bahrain's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.452 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.431 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.420 2025
Penn World Table 0.478 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.488 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.447 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Bahrain is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇴🇲 Oman — price level 0.451
- 🇵🇦 Panama — price level 0.455
- 🇷🇴 Romania — price level 0.455
- 🇭🇳 Honduras — price level 0.456
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan — price level 0.448
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Bahrain compared to the United States?
- Bahrain has a price level of 0.452 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 55% 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 2025.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Bahrain?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $221,239 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Bahrain; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $45,200.
- Where does the Bahrain 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.