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title: "Cost of Living in Bahrain vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Bahrain is about 55% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.452, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Bahrain, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=BH"
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=BH).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇴🇲 Oman](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/oman/) — price level 0.451
- [🇵🇦 Panama](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/panama/) — price level 0.455
- [🇷🇴 Romania](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/romania/) — price level 0.455
- [🇭🇳 Honduras](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/honduras/) — price level 0.456
- [🇹🇼 Taiwan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/taiwan/) — price level 0.448

Relocating for work? use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

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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.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=BH.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bahrain/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=BH