Purchasing Power Parity · Bhutan
Cost of living in 🇧🇹 Bhutan vs the United States
Bhutan has a US-relative price level of 0.236 (US = 1.0) — about 76% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Bhutan
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $211,864 | $11,800 |
| $80,000 | $338,983 | $18,880 |
| $120,000 | $508,475 | $28,320 |
| $180,000 | $762,712 | $42,480 |
| $250,000 | $1,059,322 | $59,000 |
“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 Bhutan's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.236 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.229 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.233 2025
Penn World Table 0.241 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.242 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.231 2023
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Bhutan is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone — price level 0.232
- 🇮🇳 India — price level 0.231
- 🇸🇩 Sudan — price level 0.241
- 🇳🇵 Nepal — price level 0.243
- 🇹🇯 Tajikistan — price level 0.246
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Bhutan compared to the United States?
- Bhutan has a price level of 0.236 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 76% 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 Bhutan?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $423,729 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Bhutan; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $23,600.
- Where does the Bhutan 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.