Purchasing Power Parity · Bangladesh
Cost of living in 🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs the United States
Bangladesh has a US-relative price level of 0.267 (US = 1.0) — about 73% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Bangladesh
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $187,266 | $13,350 |
| $80,000 | $299,625 | $21,360 |
| $120,000 | $449,438 | $32,040 |
| $180,000 | $674,157 | $48,060 |
| $250,000 | $936,330 | $66,750 |
“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 Bangladesh's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.267 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.254 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.253 2025
Penn World Table 0.280 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.287 2025
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Bangladesh is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇬🇲 Gambia — price level 0.266
- 🇧🇮 Burundi — price level 0.264
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — price level 0.264
- 🇮🇷 Iran — price level 0.271
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — price level 0.262
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Bangladesh compared to the United States?
- Bangladesh has a price level of 0.267 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 73% 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 Bangladesh?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $374,532 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Bangladesh; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $26,700.
- Where does the Bangladesh 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.