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title: "Cost of Living in Barbados vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Barbados is about 9% more expensive than the United States (price level 1.095, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Barbados, on the World Bank figure alone — the sources disagree, and why is explained."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Barbados

# Cost of living in 🇧🇧 Barbados vs the United States

Barbados has a US-relative price level of **1.095** (US = 1.0) — about 9% more expensive than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Barbados

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $45,662 | $54,750 |
| $80,000 | $73,059 | $87,600 |
| $120,000 | $109,589 | $131,400 |
| $180,000 | $164,384 | $197,100 |
| $250,000 | $228,311 | $273,750 |

“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=BB).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Barbados's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

These sources disagree — the figure above is the World Bank figure alone, decided by a person, not a blend.

Exchange regime: hard peg. BBD 2 = USD 1, fixed since 1975 and held by the Central Bank of Barbados; the World Bank official rate reads exactly 2.00 in every year. There is no exchange-rate story, so Penn World Table's 1.992 (twice the US price level) is a provider anomaly and the World Bank's 1.095 is preferred.

Checked 2026-09-09 against secondary sources; the authority's own page could not be read.

Consensus (median) 1.095 2025

World Bank — GDP 1.095 2025

IMF (WEO) 1.095 2025

Penn World Table 1.992 2023

World Bank — Consumption 1.319 2021

CIA Factbook (coverage) 1.119 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇮🇱 Israel](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/israel/) — price level 1.088
- [🇨🇭 Switzerland](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/switzerland/) — price level 1.113
- [🇳🇷 Nauru](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/nauru/) — price level 1.125
- [🇮🇸 Iceland](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/iceland/) — price level 1.162
- [🇫🇲 Micronesia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/micronesia/) — price level 1.024

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Barbados compared to the United States?**: Barbados has a price level of 1.095 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 9% more expensive than the United States), based on the World Bank figure alone — the sources disagree and a curated exchange-regime register names the one to believe, reference year 2025.
- **What is a $100,000 salary worth in Barbados?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $91,324 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Barbados; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $109,500.
- **Where does the Barbados cost-of-living data come from?**: Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table, refreshed at build time. For Barbados the sources disagree (hard peg): BBD 2 = USD 1, fixed since 1975 and held by the Central Bank of Barbados; the World Bank official rate reads exactly 2.00 in every year. There is no exchange-rate story, so Penn World Table's 1.992 (twice the US price level) is a provider anomaly and the World Bank's 1.095 is preferred.

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

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