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title: "Cost of Living in Bangladesh vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Bangladesh is about 73% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.267, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Bangladesh, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=BD).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇬🇲 Gambia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/gambia/) — price level 0.266
- [🇧🇮 Burundi](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/burundi/) — price level 0.264
- [🇺🇿 Uzbekistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uzbekistan/) — price level 0.264
- [🇮🇷 Iran](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/iran/) — price level 0.271
- [🇱🇰 Sri Lanka](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/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.

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

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