Purchasing Power Parity · Belarus
Cost of living in 🇧🇾 Belarus vs the United States
Belarus has a US-relative price level of 0.274 (US = 1.0) — about 73% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Belarus
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $182,482 | $13,700 |
| $80,000 | $291,971 | $21,920 |
| $120,000 | $437,956 | $32,880 |
| $180,000 | $656,934 | $49,320 |
| $250,000 | $912,409 | $68,500 |
“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 Belarus's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.274 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.296 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.301 2025
Penn World Table 0.249 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.276 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.252 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Belarus is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇮🇷 Iran — price level 0.271
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda — price level 0.28
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh — price level 0.267
- 🇬🇲 Gambia — price level 0.266
- 🇹🇱 East Timor — price level 0.284
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Belarus compared to the United States?
- Belarus has a price level of 0.274 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 Belarus?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $364,964 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Belarus; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $27,400.
- Where does the Belarus 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.